1982-83 OUA – men

REGULAR SEASON

	EAST				WEST
	York	13-1	30-7	Gerry Barker	Waterloo	10-2	23-15	Don McCrae
	Ottawa`	11-3	20-12	John Restivo	Windsor	7-5		Paul Thomas
	Laurentian	10-4		Mike Heale	Brock	7-5	18-16	Garney Henley
	Carleton	8-6	14-23	Gene Chatterton	Wilfrid Laurier	5-7		Chris Coulthard
	Toronto	7-7	7-8	John McManus	Western	5-7		Doug Hayes
	Queen’s	5-9		Jim Crozier	McMaster	5-7		Barry Phillips
	Ryerson	2-12		Terry Haggerty	Guelph	3-9		Dave Arsenault
	RMC-Kingston	0-14		Barry Smith

Playoff non-qualifiers:

       Queen’s Golden Gaels: Duff Trimble, Kirt Charter, Mike Voelker, Todd Hooper, Bruce Shoveller, Mike Kirby, Mike Holmes, Harry McMurtry, Grant Lawrence, Jim Reynolds, Kevin Barrie, Steve Babineau, Steve Fitzgerald, coach Jim Crozier

       Royal Military College Paladins: Mike Minicola, Andy Smith, Ivy Miezitis, Bastien Dufour, Jim Miller, Ken Rodzinyak, Richard Kosierb, Russ Riddell, Tim Marshall, Mark Milner

       Ryerson Rams: Steve Arklauskas, Martin Berlin, Rob Hare, Kevin Lewis, Jamie Mandolesi, Bernie Moseley-Williams, Tom Mouharemis, Tim Pink, Tony Ramondino, Jim Szarka, Richard Yan, Greg Ziesmann, coach Terry Haggerty

       Toronto Varsity Blues: Paul Hunt, Jim Desmarchais, Jonathan Roy, Mario Tenentes, Ross Geddes, Tim Fischl, Mitch Zuk, Vladimir Oustimovitch, Jim MacLellan, Dan Van Holst-Pelleken, Michael Wyers, Ed Ulrich, Richard Cleminson, Scott Wortley, Martin Van Kranendonk, coach John McManus

In the East semis, top-seeded York thrashed 4th-seeded Carleton 95-74 as Tim Rider scored 25, Grant Parobec 21 and Mark Jones 19. The Yeoman took a 10-point lead at the half but “we were still confident but in the second half we seemed to lose our intensity,” guard Bill Holmes told the Charlatan. “We didn’t see a lot of rebounds, we haven’t all year, and that hurt us. … I have to be disappointed with the way things turned out. I think we are a better team than 8-6 and losing in the first round of the play-offs. What it comes down to is that we just didn’t play as well as a team as I thought we might.” Rick Powers led the Ravens with 22. The Ravens (coached by Gene Chatterton, manager Barry Haggerty) also included Keith Kelso, Brock Cowan, Geoff Wells, Kevin Mullington, Tim May, Gary Sullivan, Steve Gladu, Andy Czich, Steve Bull, Dave West, Dan Elliot and Peter Richards.

In the other East semi, 3rd-seeded Laurentian defeated 2nd-seeded Ottawa 82-71. The Gee-Gees (coached by John Restivo) included Paul Manning, Ethan Bynoe, Rob Taylor, Rohan McLean, Geordie Gibson, Daniel Gingras, Steve Amer, Jeff Grosspietsch, Kevin Hart, Terry Victor, Ross Buskard, Jim Turner, Andy Thuswaldner and Vince Perron.

       In the East final, York walloped Laurentian 94-74 before a home crowd of 10,000. All five York starters notched double figures. Tim Rider scored 22, Enzo Spagnolo 21, Grant Parobec 18, John Christianson 16 and Mark Jones 11. Phil Rowe led the Voyageurs with 16. Brian Skeoch added 15, along with 12 boards. York rode its transition game, including a pair of runouts in the last 1:30 to take a 41-33 lead at the half. They opened the second half with an 8-0 run and romped. Interim Lions coach Gerry Barker (Bob Bain was on sabbatical) told The Excalibur that “it was just a great win for the team. Everyone was saying we couldn’t do it without Dave (Coulthard). But we proved that, as a team, we play well together.”

       In the West quarterfinals, 2nd-seeded Brock defeated 7th-seeded Guelph 90-77 as Doug Fast scored 20, Jim Zaretski 18, Bob Yuhasz 16 and David Hodges 15. The Badgers effectively pounded the ball into the paint, particularly to Philadelphia-native David Hodges, while capitalizing at the free throw line in the second half. Hodges told the St. Catharines Standard that Guelph’s Mike Sesto “drove but we just took it away. It was almost like my third foul – I just can’t sit and watch a guy get a layup. That’s not basketball to me.” Doug Fast added that “it was a war out there, very physical and the ref didn’t call half the stuff. … We had other guys to get to it (so the box-and-one was no problem). Hodges, Paul (Trietz) and (Bob) Yuhasz inside. Plus, when they overplay like that, I can penetrate and dish off for easy 2-3-footers. We scored a lot inside.” Badgers coach Garney Henley said “it was a matter of getting down to basics and being super aggressive. … The key to the whole thing is to have somebody who really wants the ball, like Hodges, and then have them do something with it.” The Gryphons led 43-42 at the half. Derrick Lewis paced Guelph with 18. Mike Sesto added 17 and Dan Sukara 12. The Gryphons (coached by David Arsenault, assistant Ross Wilson, manager Michael Wacasey, trainer Marion Greenberg) also included George Harpur, Greg Hook, Ron Henry, Paul Flack, Drew Scott, John Lohr, Ken Capponi, Steve Frangos and Brad Bowering.

The 5th-seeded Western Mustangs dumped the 4th-seeded Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks 94-73 after leading 43-34 at the half. The Hawks trimmed the margin to six with two minutes to play but were forced to foul, resulting in a Western parade to the foul line and 15 unanswered points. The Mustangs dominated the boards. Scott MacKenzie paced the Mustangs with 36, including 12-13 from the line. Ross Hurd added 22, while nabbing 15 boards, and Criag Bonner 20. Leon Arendse led the Golden Hawks with 21. David Byck added 18, Steve Forden 12 and Mark Polischuk 10. Golden Hawks coach Chris Coulthard told the Kitchener-Waterloo Record that “we might have had some trouble with inexperience but I thought we played about as well as we could and for a playoff game. So it really just a case of Western’s superior play being the difference. Western played a very patient game on offence and did such a good job on the boards and shooting that they never allowed us to get into our transition game.” The Golden Hawks (coached by Chris Coulthard, assisted by Tim Darling) also included Doug Aitchison, Enzo Piazza, Pat Keane, Chuck Klassen, Dave Weaver, Peter Briglio, Keith Nuess and Shawn O’Rourke.

In the last West quarterfinal, 3rd-seeded Windsor whacked 6th-seeded McMaster 85-62 after leading 38-31 at the half. Hunt Hool paced the Lancers with 17. Andy Kiss added 16, Jim Kennedy 11, along with 17 boards, Paul Sobocan 9, Mike Stockwell 8, OUA scoring champ Phil Hermanutz 8 (including none in the first half), Mark Landry 2 and Tracy Walls 2, while Jim Pitre was scoreless. Windsor hit 36-88 from the floor and 13-25 from the line. Lancers coach Paul Thomas said Jim Kennedy “gave us some strong rebounding, his best in recent games, and this had to be Andy Kiss’ best game. He’s getting more reliable every time out.” Thomas also credited “our scrappy play … and our multiple defences gave them a lot of trouble all night.” Hunt Hool said “the whole team won this game. Everybody contributed. They’ve been playing the box-and-one against Phil. So, it’s up to the rest of us to contribute.” Tony Sterling paced McMaster with 21. Ned Janjic added 13, Vojko Pesa 10, Peter Ross 7, Mike Kostrich 5, Jim Hoyle 4 and Ed Zubas 2. The Marauders hit 25-73 from the floor and 12-31 from the line. The Marauders (coached by Barry Phillips) also included John Diviesti, Ray Bergstra, Horace Peterkin, Mike Knezovic, Chuck Cochlin and Paul Hopper.

       In the West semis, top-seeded Waterloo nipped 5th-seeded Western 69-66. The Mustangs led 38-34 at the half but Bob Urosevic and David Burns rallied the Warriors early in the second half. Steve Atkin hit an off-balance jumper to give Waterloo a 50-49 lead with 12:25 to play. The Warriors led 67-64 with 28 seconds to play when Western’s Chris Cavender missed the front end of a one-and-one. Waterloo nabbed the rebound and held on for the win. Peter Savich paced the Warriors with 20. Steve Atkin added 18 and Paul Van Oorschot 12. Western outrebounded Waterloo 33-26. Warriors coach Don McCrae told the imprint that “it was a hard game. Some games aren’t a ‘contest’. This was a contest.” Western coach Doug Hayes said “Waterloo played hard. They played well down the stretch.” McCrae told the Kitchener-Waterloo Record that “we had each other neutralized after we had some trouble stopping their scoring in the first half but that was just a great contest. … We might have had a couple of poor shots late in the game but we didn’t panic.” McCrae added that Bob Urosevic came off the bench “when we needed him and turned in a solid effort …. The numbers may not be big for Paul (Van Oorchot, 4 points) and Dave (Burns, 1 point) but they were in there pounding and we needed it against a team that us all we can handle inside.” Ross Hurd led the Mustangs with 19, while nabbing 10 boards. Scott MacKenzie added 18 and Craig Bonner 12. The Mustangs (coached by Doug Hayes) also included George Cope, Chris Cavender, Wade Walker, Craig Bonner, Jamie Ziegel, Jim Davidson, Shawn Manuel, Dave Bull, Ron Antanaitis and Mike Fedak.

In the other West semi, 2nd-seeded Brock defeated 3rd-seeded Windsor 101-88. Paul Treitz paced the Badgers with 30. David Hodges added 17, Bob Yuhasz 15, Doug Fast 13, Jim Zareski 11, Mike Butera 11 and David Jones 4, while Warren Scott was scoreless. The Badgers hit 39-84 from the floor and 23-30 from the line, while nabbing 51 boards. Treitz told the St. Catharines Standard that “it was all Dougie (Fast), Zee (Jim Zaretski) and Mike (Butera). They fed it into me. (Dave) Hodges would clean up the boards and I’d just run down the court.” Zaretski said “forwards have never been so open. Every time you penetrated, there were at least two guys open.” Fast said “we thought we could run them. I think we proved it tonight. We can run anybody.” Badgers coach Garney Henley told the Windsor Star his troops “aimed to get the ball off the boards first and then getting it up the floor quickly. I’ve always had confidence in our inside game. And I felt that we could run against Windsor too. Windsor didn’t do anything that we didn’t expect. It was simply a matter of keeping the flow of the game at our pace instead of theirs.” Lancers coach Paul Thomas said “we just weren’t peppy. I don’t know why. I thought we had a lot going for us right up to the start of the game. We weren’t going to the boards like we should have and their halfcourt zone press took us out of the tempo of our game. On top of that, it was a night of wasted shots and turnovers. I don’t feel that I coached a good game but we beat ourselves in so many important areas.” Phil Hermanutz paced the Lancers (coached by Paul Thomas) with 29. Andy Kiss added 13, Jim Kennedy 11, Mike Stockwell 10, Doug Byrne 10, Hunt Hool 9, Paul Sobocan 4, Tracy Walls 2 and Jim Pitre 2, while Mark Landry was scoreless.

       In the West final, Waterloo defeated Brock 62-57 after rallying from a 15-point deficit. Peter Savich led the way with 32. Paul Van Oorschot added 10, Randy Norris 8, along with 17 (also reported as 15 boards), Paul Van Oorschot 10, Steve Atkin 6, Phil Jarrett 4 and Burns 2. Waterloo fell behind early but rallied to within 29-22 at the half. The Warriors suffered a 12-minute scoring drought in which the Badgers ripped off 17 unanswered points, led by post David Hodges and forward Paul Treitz. Waterloo coach Don MacCrae told the Windsor Star that Savich was “a pure shooter” who was given the green light “to go out there and shoot the ball whenever there’s a shot open.” Waterloo appeared bothered by Brock’s 2-1-2 zone while falling behind 19-6. They eventually took their first lead at 48-47 on a Randy Norris tip-in of a missed Phil Jarrett jumper. MacCrae said “I’ve got some great battlers on this team. There’s no reason in the world why they even continued playing with the score the way that it was after that stretch. … (Norris) played a key role for us today. For a big guy and a rookie, I was surprised he stayed fresh for that long.” MacCrae told the Imprint that “it was a wonderful game, and an emotional game for us. That’s enough (of a deficit) to be beaten (by) in championship ball. They chased us out of man-to-man fast, and then the guys played wonderfully. … When Peter Savich scores 32 points in a 60-point game – wow. He’s the one player who can breakout of everything and shoot the ball. I felt that when we put Randy Norris in, it stopped Brock. He was a key man. Paul Van Oorschot is such a worker.” Savich told the Kitchener-Waterloo Record that “we were just a little too tentative at the start. But once we got loose and got rolling, we knew we’d get it going again, everything is okay. We got good boards from Randy, Steve (Atkin) and Paul Van Oorschot) and Dave (Burns) and that helped turn things around. The Warriors outrebounded the Badgers 39-28. McCrae told the St. Catharines Standard that Savich “really perked us up for halftime. For 12 minutes, we didn’t score. That’s enough to get beaten in championship ball. I’m proud of my kids – they’re great battlers. They were getting blown out and they came back.” Savich said “the second tries on offence helped. We were playing too tentatively, we had to do more than take what was available.” Brock coach Garney Henley told the Windsor Star that “we tried to do something with him (Savich) but he was getting his shots. If we had been playing man-to-man, he’s not in the game. Norris hurt us inside. He’s so big and tough to push out. I didn’t use a lot of people today and I guess it took its toll.” Waterloo had 15 turnovers to Brock’s 25. Bob Yuhasz paced the Badgers with 16. Dave Hodges added 15, Paul Treitz 14 and Doug Fast 8. Yuhasz told the Standard that Savich “played the game of his life. He hit some long ones too. He’d be as far as the corner up the sideline putting them in. When it’s like that, there’s not much you can do.” Jim Zaretski added that Savich “got fired up. We tried to play man-to-man but somebody would penetrate, we’d help out and he’d be there for the open shot.” Fast said “I think our biggest problem was letting them slow us down. We didn’t run as much in the second half and we let their zone affect us.” Badgers coach Garney Henley told the Kitchener-Waterloo Record that “we should have been up at least 14 points but we let it get away because Waterloo went to the zone defence and it got us out of our tempo. We’re a better shooting club than we showed today but we didn’t have the tempo we like because Waterloo made us play their game. What did Savich shoot, a 1,000%? It seemed like it. And the big guy (Norris) hurt us inside.”

       In the Wilson Cup, Waterloo nipped York 66-65 as Warrior sixth man and player of the game David Burns hit an 18-foot jumper with 15 seconds to play. Burns led the Warriors with 19. Steve Atkin added 15 and Randy Norris 12. The Yeomen led 40-37 at the half. Waterloo slowed the game to a crawl in hopes of containing the Yeomen’s up-tempo style. The Warriors kept fouling the Yeomen to prevent transition buckets but York still led 40-37 at the half. Burns, who was chosen player of the game, stepped in when Paul Van Oorschot collected his fourth foul early in the second half and performed admirably, pilfering several balls as Waterloo rallied to knot the score at 56. Randy Norris blocked an Enzo Spagnuolo jumper, firing up the Warriors as they took a 62-61 lead. Mark Jones gave York a 65-64 lead after hitting a free throw and Warriors came back down the floor and Burns drilled a bomb with 16 seconds to play. “I had a good clear shot, so I took it. I was relieved to see it go in,” Burns told the Imprint. With 15 seconds to play, York missed an open jumper from the baseline. McCrae said “I can’t believe that we keep doing this type of stuff. We neutralized our average play with great rebounding. If we don’t have Randy in there, we’re at a disadvantage (against York). It’s nice to feel that you’re going to get better.” Burns told the Kitchener-Waterloo Record that “it’s freelance all the way. We run a series of routes for the post man and wings. We move it around and try to find a guy who is open. The ball came to me and I took the shot. I had a clear view of the basket. The only York player near me was Mark Jones and he was too small to do anything. I just jumped and let it go. I was sure relieved to see it go in. … We play really good defence and I wasn’t worried about them coming back.” McCrae said “I guess we are never going to break a game open. We play like a football team. We go down and move it (the ball) very specifically. And it’s very hard to get ahead.” The game featured 19 lead changes and the Lions appeared befuddled at times by Waterloo’s shifting defences, which forced 11 turnovers. The Warriors hit 28-69 from the floor and 10-16 from the line, while committing 10 turnovers. Grant Parobec led the Yeomen with 19. Tim Rider added 16, John Christensen 12, Enzo Spagnuolo 10 and Mark Jones 8. The Yeomen hit 24-60 from the floor and 17-24 from the line, while committing 33 turnovers. Warriors guard David Burns told The Excalibur that “it’s going to take a little while for all this to settle in. York beat us twice before and they played an awfully tough game out there. I’m just glad things turned out the way they did.” Lions interim coach Gerry Barker said “our shooting was bad in the second half. I don’t thing we’ve been that low all season long. … Their 1-3-1 zone gave us trouble. They set up in what appeared to be a man-to-man defence, but really, it was a zone. We like to swing our man through for the open shot but they just cut uss off on all angles.” Barker said that 15 seconds to play after Burns hit the winner, “we knew they were in foul trouble. They were still playing the 1-3-1, which meant we could penetrate early. So we let Enzo (Spagnuolo, the OUA’s most valuable player) bring the ball up and kick off to (Grant) Parobec on the left. But Zo swung too far left and they came up and pinched off Parobec’s attempt at a shot. It just didn’t go our way.”

       After the season, Toronto coach John McManus retired after 28 years at the helm of the Blues.

       Gene Chatterton, a part-time coach, resigned at Carleton, citing differences with the administration in the direction of the program and time constraints. Chatterton told the Ottawa Citizen that “I recognize they (Carleton) have limitations, especially without a school of phys ed. But it’s as if you decided to open a supermarket. Others are already open and you have to hustle. You can’t sit back and hope people come to your door. If you at it, you have to try to be number one … Carleton is in a conference (OUA East) that does not have credibility and wasn’t really in a position for full-time involvement.” The former assistant to Stu Aberdeen at Acadia, was replaced by former Ravens all-star Paul Armstrong, who’d been at the helm of the distaff Ravens the previous two years.

The co-bronze medalist Brock Badgers: Bob Yuhasz; Dave Hodges; Paul Treitz; Doug Fast; Mike Butera; Jim Zareski; Jim Smythe; Warren Scott; David Jones; Glenn Haughton; Rich Lianga; David Hill; Ian Woodhouse; coach Garney Henley; assistant Francis Moccio; trainer Joe Kenny; manager Vince Nonolo; manager Britt Fisher

The co-bronze medalist Laurentian Voyageurs: Brian Skeoch; Dave Burden; Bill Sandblom; Mike Sheridan; Rob Thirkhill; Don Jones; Tony Rheault; Phil Rowe; Jeff Gark; Mike Hamilton; Diego Favero; Rick Giommi; Andrew Barbeau; coach Mike Heale

       The runner-up York Yeomen: Grant Parobec; John Christensen; Enzo Spagnuolo; Mark Jones; Tim Rider; Bruce Atwood; Adrian Koene; Dino Scagnetto; Lester Smith; Mike Gillett; Stacey Gliatis; Wayne Shaw; coach Gerry Barker; assistant Mike Quigley, manager Dave Watson, trainer Cindy Hughes

       The champion Waterloo Warriors: Peter Savich; Steve Atkin; Dave Burns; Kenneth Haggert; Phil Jarrett; Mark Korchok; Bruce Milliken; David Moser; Randy Norris; Scott Rand; Bogdan Urosevic; Paul Van Oorschot; Paul Boyce; Bob Urosevic; coach Don McCrae; assistant Mike Visser; assistant Mike Frisby; manager Kevin Parent; trainer John Podobnik