St. Mary’s Brian Heaney was selected coach of year. Heaney later went on to coach national women’s team at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, 1975 Worlds and 1975 Pan Am Games. Heaney steered the Huskies to a (14-4) AUAA regular season record and a (21-8) overall record.
The All-Canadian 1st team selections were: Barry King (Winnipeg); Wayne Morgan (Guelph); Mike Moser (Waterloo); Lee Thomas (St. Mary’s) and Phil Tollestrup (Lethbridge). …………………………………………………… King, a 5-8 guard, was a first-team GPAC all-star. …………………………………………………… Morgan, a 6-8 post, was a first-team OUAA West all-star. …………………………………………………… Moser, a 6-6 forward from Kitchener, hit .671 from the floor. He was a first-team OUAA West all-star. …………………………………………………… Thomas, a 6-6 forward from New Jersey, averaged 14.5 rpg. He was a first-team AUAA all-star. …………………………………………………… Tollestrup, a 6-5 forward from Raymond, averaged 26.5 ppg and 11.7 rpg. He’d previously played four years at Brigham Young. He was a first-team Canada West all-star.
The 2nd-team selections were: Bruce Coulthard (Windsor); Rod Dean (Waterloo Lutheran); Mickey Fox (St. Mary’s); Mike Frisby (Alberta); and Joey Wells (Acadia). …………………………………………………… Coulthard, a 6-1 guard from Tilsonburg, was a first-team OUAA West all-star. …………………………………………………… Dean, a 6-3 forward from Upper Sandusky, Ohio, was a first-team OUAA West all-star. …………………………………………………… Fox, a 6-3 guard from Forest Hills, New York, averaged 20.5 ppg. He was a first-team AUAA all-star. …………………………………………………… Frisby, a 6-8 forward, was a first-team Canada West all-star. …………………………………………………… Wells, a 6-5 forward, averaged 17.1 ppg and 8.6 rpg, while hitting .482 from the floor and .894 from the line. He was a first-team AUAA all-star.