1980-81 OUA – men

REGULAR SEASON

	EAST				WEST
	York	12-0	37-4	Bob Bain	Guelph	10-2		Gib Chapman
	Carleton	9-3	15-13	Pat O’Brien	Windsor	10-2		Nick Grabowski
	Laurentian	7-5		Mike Heale	Waterloo	7-5	17-20	Don McCrae
	Toronto	6-6	6-9	John McManus	McMaster	7-5		Don Punch
	Ottawa	4-8	8-23	John Restivo	Brock	3-9	8-20	Garney Henley
	Queen’s	2-10		Jim Crozier	Western	3-9		Doug Hayes
	Ryerson	2-10		Phil Schlote	Wilfrid Laurier	2-10		Don Smith

Playoff non-qualifiers:

       Ottawa Gee-Gees: Rob Ashe, Steve Jackson, Henry Hanlan, Greg Ashe, Brian Coburn, Allan Abbas, Doug Martin, Matt Kane, Mike Havey, Phil Davies, George Azzie, Guy Tellier, Mark Hreljac, coach John Restivo

       Queen’s Golden Gaels: Phil Moore, Jeff Folkhard, Mike Kirby, Rick Emmerson, Kelly Campbell, Stuart Fergusson, Jim Allen, Tim Birch, Steve Fitzgerald, Dave Wilson, Pat Powers, Ian Campbell, Bob Binnington, Andy Lapin, coach Jim Crozier

       Ryerson Rams: Steve Arlauskas, Peter Baxter, John Brown, Jim Greene, Dennis Harrison, Tom Imray, Rob Jones, Jamie Mandolesi, Tom Mouharemis, Darrell Outschoorn, Tony Ramondino, Jim Szarka, Dave Voth, Gord Simpson, coach Phil Schlote

In the West quarterfinals, the 2nd-seeded Windsor Lancers defeated the 7th-seeded Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks 101-84 as Stan Korosec tossed in 24, while nabbing 20 boards. Saskatchewan native Brian Buttrey added 16, Jim Molyneux 11, Hunt Hool 11, John Ritchie 9, Doug Austen 5, Jim Kennedy 5, Jim Harris 4, Brian Hogan 4 and Ron Wallman 3, while Mark Landry was scoreless. The Lancers, who scored 62 in the final half, hit 39-69 from the floor and 23-30 from the line. Lancers coach Nick Grabowski told the Windsor Star that “they proved to be an extremely tough team, especially in the first half. They were a hungry team and played like I knew they could play. We were a bit lethargic in the first half. We were not concentrating on moving the ball around. Fortunately, we started to put things together halftime. If it hadn’t have been for Stan in the first half, we’d have been in trouble.” Bob Fitzgerald paced the Golden Hawks with 17. Tim Brennan added 17, Dave Byck 13, Leon Arendse 12, Paul Flack 9, Enzo Piazza 8, Doug Aitchison 4 and Brian Totzke 4, while Jim Daugharty, Emil Labaj and Steve Dent were scoreless. The Golden Hawks hit 35-78 from the floor and 14-20 from the line. The Golden Hawks (coached by Don Smith, assisted by Jim Saddler) also included Peter Briglio, Pat Langdon, Helmut Tinnes, Bill Hanes, Pat Langdan, Barry Shulist and John Sneyd.

The 6th-seeded Western Mustangs stunned the 3rd-seeded Waterloo Warriors 67-65 in overtime. Waterloo took a 13-point lead in the first half but five consecutive buckets by Jim Davidson in the final five minutes drew Western within 27-23 at the half. The Mustangs quickly took the lead in the second half but Waterloo rallied back, forcing overtime on a pair of free throws by Tom Fugedi with 17 (also reported as 46) seconds to play. A Scott McLeod 40-footer at the buzzer was ruled to have gone in after time had expired. McLeod notched an and-one and then forced a turnover in the extra session which proved to be the difference. Mustang Ross Hurd to the Kitchener-Waterloo Record that “with our three 3-9 record, we had nothing to lose. So there wasn’t a lot of pressure on us. … We knew we had the game after the first half when they could have won and we came back to cut their lead to 4 or 5 points.” Mustangs coach Doug Hayes said “we’ve had a lot of close games this year, it’s about time we won one of them. It makes up for all the trouble we’ve had.” Scott McLeod paced the Mustangs with 13. Ross Hurd added 12 and Jim Davidson 12. Tom Fugedi led the Warriors with 18. Doug Vancer added 14 and Cal Keil 13. Warriors coach Don McCrae said “I think our kids felt they could win and got really uptight and were afraid of losing.” McCrae told The Imprint that “it was very disappointing.” The Warriors (coached by McCrae, assisted by Mike Frisby and Mike Visser) also included Phil Jarrett, Bruce Breckbill, Paul Van Oorschot, Paul Bean, Scott King, Lee Gladman, Dan St. Amand, Harry Van Drunen, Mike West, Dave Burns, Ken Haggerty, Steve Leeming and Bob Urosevic.

In the last West quarterfinal, the 4th-seeded McMaster Marauders defeated the 5th-seeded Brock Badgers 79-66 as John Kulik scored 17, Ron Antanaitis 14, while nabbing 10 boards, Mike Voelkner 14, Marc Dubois 14, Brian Fuller 8, John Civesti 8 and David Jones 4. The Marauders hit 35-73 from the floor and 9-19 from the line, while the Badgers were 21-69 from the floor and 24-35 from the line. The Badgers led 38-32 at the half but were outrebounded 36-35. Marauders coach Don Punch told the Hamilton Spectator that trailing early was beneficial. “That’s the mark of an inexperienced team. It’s hard to play with a lead. That’s what pleased me the most, the way they kept their poise at the last.” Kelly Baker led the Badgers with 16. Paul Treitz added 15, Jim Baldwin 10, Alvin White 9, Bob Blasko 8, along with 10 boards, David Hodges 4, Jim Zareski 2 and Mark Green 2. The Badgers (coached by Garney Henley) also included Jim Zareski, Alvin White, Terry Rigg, David Brain, Doug Johnson, Tim Motruk and Tim Syrotuk.

In the West semis, 2nd-seeded Windsor defeated 4th-seeded McMaster 96-72 after leading 44-30 at the half and 64-40 midway through the second half. Stan Korosec paced the Lancers with 17, while nabbing 27 rebounds. John Ritchie added 15, Phil Hermanutz 14, Jim Molyneux 13, Brian Hogan 9, Jim Harris 8, Ron Wallman 4, Mark Landry 4, Hunt Hool 4, Doug Austen 2, Brian Buttrey 2 and Jim Kennedy 2. Windsor out-rebounded McMaster 47-24 and led 44-30 at the half. The Lancers hit 36-79 from the floor and 23-38 from the line. The Marauders hit 32-102 from the floor. Lancers coach Nick Grabowski told the Windsor Star “we missed more free throws tonight than I liked but we still ran up close to 100 points using everybody and we got everybody to do what they had to do. I was particularly impressed with the defensive play of John Ritchie.” Marc Dubois led the Marauders with 26, while nabbing 15 boards. Brian Fuller added 16, John Diviesti 14, John Kulik 14, Mike Voelkner 8, Mike Kostrich 2 and Frank Lostracco 2, while Ron Antanaitis was scoreless. The Marauders (coached by Don Punch) also included Jim Hoyle, Slavko Duric, David Jones, Paul Hopper and Horace Peterkin. Punch told the Hamilton Spectator that “we’d get close and we’d miss layups or miss easy shots. Even Marc Dubois was forcing from outside. … We put ourselves on the spot. We were fouling. You do that with the style we play. But it’s strange. Windsor plays the same style. They can’t be that lily pure.” Fuller said “it was the same old problem. Wer couldn’t get inside and you can’t win that way.” Kulik said “things were dropping at the first and we ot a bit desperate and tried to do things on our own.”

In the other West semi, top-seeded Guelph defeated 6th-seeded Western 90-86 in overtime as Tom Heslip scored 22, all but two in the second half. Guard Mike Sesto added 18 and forward Rick Dundas 18. Western was ahead 45-37 at the half. Guard Jim Davidson hit a 16-foot jumper with two seconds to go to force overtime. Ross Hurd led Western with 17, Scott McKenzie added 16. The Mustangs (coached by Doug Hayes, assisted by Bruce Patterson and Jim Murray, managers Jo Verhaege and John Douglas, trainer Josee Lanouette) also included Scott McLeod, Jim Davidson, Wade Walker, George Cope, Paul Hunt, John McNeill, Dave McKenzie, Shawn Manuel, Ron Sanderson, Larry Chisholm and Dave Bull.

In the West final, 2nd-seeded Windsor edged top-seeded Guelph 79-78. Korosec missed a shot with three seconds to go but Jim Molyneux grabbed the rebound and threw it in off the backboard with one second to go. “I’m just drained, just shaking,” Windsor coach Nick Grabowski told Canadian Press. “This has to be one of the greatest moments.” Guelph was ahead 50-42 at the break and playing tough defence but shot poorly from the line over the last 12 minutes. Derrick Lewis and Mike Sesto missed free throws in the final two minutes. But Korosec was also cold, missing his last four shots inside. “I still can’t remember the shot. It all happened so fast,” Molyneux said of his fourth field goal of the night. Buttrey grabbed the rebound and tried to tip it to Korosec but it fell into Molyneux’ hands and he hit the winner. Korosec was chosen the west tourney MVP. Joining him on the all-star team were Hermanutz, Jim Davidson of Western, Heslip and Lewis. Windsor won the battle of the boards 46-35, with Korosec grabbing 13 boards to go along with his 32 points. Phil Hermanutz added 16, John Ritchie 10, Brian Hogan 9, Jim Molyneaux 8, Brian Buttrey 2 and Jim Kennedy 2, while Mark Landry, Hunt Hool were scoreless. Grabowski told the Windsor Star that “we had trouble with Guelph’s defence in the first half, so we tried to step in, cause a little trouble in the second half. They did a super job on us but we got in close often enough to pull it out. … I just can’t say enough about the poise we showed. Everyone just responded to the challenge. Korosec had two or three guys on him all night and Brian (Hogan) did good things with the ball. But the guy I’m happiest for is Jim Molyneaux.” Tom Heslip paced Guelph with 22. Mike Sesto added 17, Peter Smith 14, Derrick Lewis 11, Mark Scott 8 and Rick Dundas 6, while Ron Henry was scoreless.

       In the East semis, top-seeded York thrashed 4th-seeded Toronto 96-70 as David Coulthard scored 27 on 13-18 from the floor. Paul Jones added 15 and Ron Kaknevicius 14. The Yeomen led 57-36 at the half, despite playing without all-star Bo Pelech, who was sidelined by a broken wrist. Lions coach Bob Bain told The Excalibur that it was good to have Coulthard back in the line-up after a bout with the flu. “At the beginning, when we had our starters on, our defence was great, so our offence scored almost at will. The end got a little scrambly because the inexperience players want to go out there to play ball and let off some excess energy.” The Blues (coached by John McManus) included Bill Pangos, Frank Wenzl, Hubert Smith, Tony Braunstein, Ron McClure, Jim Desmarchais, John Lam, Mike Virro, Tim Fischl, Doug Cleminson, Ross Geddes, Anthony Hadwen, Dave Calnan and Neil Muldoon.

In the other East semi, 3rd-seeded Laurentian nipped 2nd-seeded Carleton 92-88 as Brian Skeoch tossed in 26, Dave Burden 21 and Don McRoberts 17. “It was a perfect example of looking ahead,” Ravens coach Pat O’Brien told the Charlatan. “We were looking ahead towards the next cliff.” Carleton led 42-40 at the half. Assistant coach Jon Love said “they outhustled us and stopped us from doing the things we wanted to do.” O’Brien said “mentally, we were not ready to play. Offensively we had poor execution and defensively we let them get to the (foul) line too early.” Rick Powers led the Ravens with 24. The Ravens (coached by Pat O’Brien, assisted by Jon Love) also included Greg Yeldon, Keith Kelso, Bill Holmes, Steve Casselman, Gord Pepper, Brock Cowan, Greg Armstrong, Grant Johnson, Len Fitzpatrick and Mike Syridis. All-star Tom Cholock was on academic suspension from the university for the season.

In the East final, top-seeded York smashed 3rd-seeded Laurentian 92-71. The Yeomen took command with a 15-0 run late in the first half. Dave Coulthard paced the Yeomen with 32. Paul Jones added 15. Brian Skeoch led the Voyageurs with 24, along with 11 boards. Dave Burden added 14 and Diego Favero 10.

       In the Wilson Cup final, York defeated Windsor 83-72. Coach Bob Bain attributed the victory to the Yeoman’s man-to-man defence, which neutralized Windsor’s inside strength. “We stayed with it the whole game with happy results,” he told Canadian Press. Windsor shot poorly from the perimeter and forward John Ritchie sprained an ankle six minutes into the game. Bain said York played a poor game. “Windsor did a good job on Coulthard with a diamond-and-one in the first half.” Coulthard finished with 32 points, including 7-10 from the floor in the second half. Paul Jones, the game’s MVP, added 17, John Christensen 14, Ron Kaknevicius 10, Bo Pelech 8, Peter Greenway 6 and Grant Parobec 6, while Enzo Spagnuolo was scoreless. Phil Hermanutz led Windsor with 22. Brian Hogan added 14, Jim Kennedy 11, Stan Korosec 8, Jim Molyneaux 7, John Ritchie 4, Hunt Hool 2, Mark Landry 2 and Brian Buttrey 2. Windsor led 12-4 but Coulthard hit a field goal and Jones hit three straight to calm York down. They tied the score at 30 as Kaknevicius and Jones hit field goals. Windsor never led again after that. Although they tied the score at 44 just three minutes into the second half, York stretched their lead to 52-49 and then went a 10-0 run, including six by Coulthard to put the game out of reach. Korosec picked up his third foul early and fouled out with eight minutes to play. Pelech picked up two quick fouls. Lancers coach Nick Grabowski told the Windsor Star that “they did a good job on Stan and we had a cold second half shooting. Don’t ask me why. I honestly can’t explain it. You’ve got to have a little bit of luck in the game of basketball. We just didn’t have too much going for us. But I’ll tell you this – we didn’t quit. We kept battling right to the end.” Pelech, who returned to the line-up after a five-week stint recovering from a broken wrist, told The Excalibur that “it really feels good to be back I just can’t stand sitting on the bench and watching. That’s why I didn’t go on any road trips while I was hurt. It would just eat away at me that I wasn’t in there.” Bain said “we knew Bo would be back just as soon as he could. My only concern was that he didn’t come back too soon. Bo’s the kind of guy who would play hurt and not say anything about it.”

After the season, Pat O’Brien resigns as coach at Carleton. “I told Keith Harris (Carleton athletic director) last October that this would be my last season,” he told The Charlatan. “I have a young family and I want to spend more time with them.” O’Brien compiled a 48-12 record in OUA East division play during his five years at the helm and was named coach of the year in 1980. O’Brien was replaced by Eugene Chatterton, a former assistant at Acadia.

After the season, Wilfrid Laurier coach Don Smith retired after 11 years at the helm and was replaced by 31-year-old Chris Coulthard. A graduate of Laurier and and assistant since 1975, Coulthard played three years for the Hawks, each season being named a league all-star.

The co-bronze medalist Laurentian Voyageurs: Brian Skeoch; Dave Burden; Diego Favero; Mike Sheridan; Don MacRoberts; Eddie Picco; Don Jones; Willie Woitowich; John Stoian; Mike Raiche; Bob Tassone; Don MacRyer; coach Mike Heale; manager Jeff McCrae

The co-bronze medalist Guelph Gryphons: Tom Heslip; Mike Sesto; Peter Smith; Derrick Lewis; Mark Scott; Rick Dundas; Ron Henry; Dan Sukara; Mike Wacasey; Greg Hook; Rory Gooderham; Dave Kok; Mike Hudson; Keith Mantesso; Steve Yednoroz; coach Gib Chapman; manager John Aird

       The runner-up Windsor Lancers: Phil Hermanutz; Stan Korosec; Jim Molyneux; John Ritchie; Brian Hogan; Jim Kennedy; Mark Landry; Hunt Hool; Ron Wallman; Brian Buttrey; Doug Austen; Jim Harris; Martin Ritsma; coach Nick Grabowski; assistant Vince Landry

       The champion York Yeomen: Dave Coulthard; Bo Pelech; John Christensen; Paul Jones; Mark Jones; Grant Parobec; Peter Greenway; Donovan Lawrence; Dino Scagnetto; Enzo Spagnuolo; Ron Kaknevicius; Lester Smith; Tony Bone; Stan Hamstra; Enzo Spagnuolo; coach Bob Bain; assistant Gerry Barker; assistant Terry Haggerty; manager Dominic Martino