REGULAR SEASON
| Laval | 15-1 | 26-5 | Jacques Paiement | ||
| Concordia | 13-3 | 19-6 | John Dore | ||
| Bishop’s | 5-11 | 7-19 | Eddie Pomykala | ||
| McGill | 4-12 | 4-21 | Nevio Marzinotto | ||
| UQAM | 3-13 | 4-19 | Olga Hrycak | ||
In the regular season, Laval topped the standings with a (15-1) record.
Playoff non-qualifier Universite du Quebec @ Montreal Citadins: Marc-Andre Demers; Souleymane Diagne; Ratana Sak; Marc-Olivier Beauchamp; Joseph Atangana; Thierry Paul; Leo Octavius; Jules Daigne; coach Olga Hrycak; assistant Jay Prosper; assistant Carlo Galli
In the postseason semis, Bishop’s stunned Concordia 72-69 as Jeff Szita dominated the paint and the Gaiters suffocating defence befuddled the Stingers. Concordia led 37-35 at the half. “It was an embarrassment the way we played on defence the last time we played them,” Bishop’s coach Eddie Pomykala told the Montreal Gazette. “What John Dore said the other day about not expecting us to change anything we did defensively coming into this game was true. We didn’t. We just wanted to do it better.” Pomykala added that Szita’s defence was exceptional. “We ride on his back. The defence starts with him. His shot blocking is phenomenal and he rebounds like hell out there. His performance for us this season as allowed our other kids to grow on his leadership.” Szita said “coach talked all week about applying defensive pressure on and off the ball and that’s what it came down to. What’s important for us today is that I think we came together as a team.” The Gaiters ripped off a 14-6 run midway through the second half to pull away from the Stingers. “It was the best defence I’ve seen them play this year and Szita did a helluva job inside against us,” said Concordia coach John Dore. “There were times out there when we didn’t compete but they played their best basketball when it counted.” Jeff Szita and Jason Thorne each scored 16 to lead Bishop’s. Szita scored 16 on 7-8 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-6 from the line, 14 boards and 3 blocks. Thorne scored 16 on 7-10 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 1-3 from the line and 3 assists. Ricardo Telamon added 13 points on 4-11 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 4-6 from the line, 9 boards and 5 assists. Mackenzie De Brosse scored 7 on 3-6 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 3 boards and 3 steals. Cameron MacDonald added 5, 1-2 from the arc, 2-3 from the line, 3 boards and 3 assists. Craig Smendziuk added 2 on 0-2 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 2 boards. Shaun Brade added 1, while Pierre-A St. Laurent, James Bazuik, Scott MacDonald and Eric Donohue were scoreless. The Gaiters shot 26-54 (.481) from the floor, 6-18 from the arc and 14-28 from the line, while garnering 39 boards, including 7 on the offensive glass, 17 fouls, 14 assists, 18 turnovers, 5 blocks and 6 steals, three by De Brosse. Jonathan Dresner led Concordia with 18 points on 5-15 from the floor, 1-7 from the arc, 7-9 from the line, 9 boards and 2 assists. Patrick Perrotte scored 17 on 7-14 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 3-7 from the line, 10 boards, and 3 assists. Philippe Langlois scored 10 on 4-14 from the floor, 2-7 from the arc, 5 boards, 5 assists and 2 steals. Chris Blackwood scored 7 on 2-11 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 4 boards, 2 assists and 3 steals. Daniel Lacasse scored 6 on 3-5 from the floor, 0-2 from the line, 3 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Donal Corkum added 6 on 3-6 from the floor and 3 boards. Rastko Popovic added 3 on 1-2 from the floor and 1-2 from the arc. Andrew Kanho added 2, while Shawn Collinson was scoreless. The Stingers shot 26-68 (.382) from the floor, 5-23 (.217) from the arc and 12-20 (.600) from the line, while garnering 35 boards, including 9 on the offensive glass, 20 fouls, 16 assists, 11 turnovers, 1 block and 8 steals.
In the other semi, Laval whips McGill 87-63. Laval led 43-32 at the half. McGill coach Nevio Marzinotto said “we did what we were supposed to by trying to get to the foul line but we just couldn’t shoot the ball.” Charles Fortier paced Laval with 27 points on 11-18 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 4-6 from the line, 8 boards and 2 assists. Samuel Audet-Sow added 26 on 10-15 from the floor, 3-5 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 7 boards and 4 steals. Marc-Antoine Horth scored 9 on 4-8 from the floor, 1-1 from the line, 7 boards and 2 steals. Dominique Soucy scored 7 on 3-8 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc, 6 boards and 2 assists. Philippe Cote-Jacques notched 5 on 2-5 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 4 assists. Jean-Philippe Morin added 5 on 2-2 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 0-1 from the line, 6 boards and 2 assists. Saliou Babou scored 4 on 1-3 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 4 boards. Remi Cambron added 2, along with 3 boards, and Dgibril Bah 2, along with 2 assists, while Simon Gauthier, Jean-Michel Leblanc and Mathieu Bilodeau were scoreless. The Rouge et Or shot 35-64 (.547) from the floor, 8-19 (.368) from the arc and 10-14 (.714) from the line, while garnering 42 boards, including 18 on the offensive glass, 21 fouls, 15 assists, 19 turnovers, 2 blocks and 8 steals. Derek Armstrong led McGill with 19 points on 7-13 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 5-16 from the line and 4 boards. Denburk Reid added 17 points on 6-15 from the floor, 3-6 from the arc, 2-4 from the line, 2 boards, 3 assists and 3 steals. Gregory Rembeyo scored 6 on 3-4 from the floor and 3 boards. Craig Clare added 6 on 2-2 from the floor, 2-3 from the line and 2 boards. Daniel Martin scored 5 on 2-6 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc and 5 boards. Gregory Kennedy added 5 on 1-4 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc and 2-2 from the line. Kevin Boyle scored 4 on 1-8 from the floor, 2-2 from the line, 2 boards and 2 steals. Elliot Siemiatycki added 1, while Paolo Accurso and Adam Thompson were scoreless. The Redmen shot 22-54 (.407) from the floor, 5-17 (.294) from the arc and 14-31 (.452) from the line, while garnering 19 boards, including 8 on the offensive glass, 18 fouls, 13 assists, 15 turnovers, 1 block and 7 steals.
In the final, Laval dumps Bishop’s 75-62. Laval led 32-31 at the half. Marc-Antoine Horth paced Laval with 29 points on 12-18 from the floor, 5-6 from the line, 18 rebounds, 5 assists and two blocks. Samuel Audet-Sow added 17 points on 6-12 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 4-6 from the line, 9 boards, 3 blocks and 2 steals. Charles Fortier scored 14 on 4-15 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 5-6 from the line, 5 boards and 4 steals. Jean-Philippe Morin added 12 on 4-10 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 3-4 from the line and 7 boards. Dominique Soucy scored 3 on 1-7 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 6 boards and 5 assists. Philippe Cote-Jacques was scoreless on 0-4 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 2 boards and 6 assists. Saliou Babou, Jean-Michel Leblanc, Remi Cambron, Dgibril Bah and Mathieu Bilodeau were scoreless. Bah nabbed 3 boards. The Rouge et Or shot 27-71 (.380) from the floor, 4-19 (.211) from the arc and 17-22 (.773) from the line, while garnering 50 boards, including 23 on the offensive glass, 19 fouls, 19 assists, 18 turnovers, 7 blocks and 7 steals. Jeff Szita led Bishop’s with 20 points on 6-10 from the floor, 8-8 from the line, 10 boards and 5 blocks. Ricardo Telamon scored 11 on 4-13 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 5 boards. Cameron McDonald scored 10 on 4-10 from the floor, 2-4 from the floor, 2 boards and 4 assists. Jason Thorne scored 8 on 4-10 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 0-1 from the line, 2 boards and 2 assists. Maxwell Jones added 8 on 3-8 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc, 3 boards and 2 assists. Mackenzie De Brosse added 2 on 1-7 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-4 from the line, 5 boards, 2 assists and 3 steals. Shaun Brade added 1 on 0-5 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 4 boards and 2 assists, while Pierre-A. St-Laurent and Craig Smendziuk were scoreless. The Gaiters shot 22-63 (.349) from the floor, 6-19 (.316) from the arc and 12-17 (.706) from the line, while garnering 33 boards, including 14 on the offensive glass, 21 fouls, 13 assists, 15 turnovers, 6 blocks and 7 steals.
After the season, Rookie of year Donal Corkum of Concordia tests positive for traces of cocaine and cannibas. Under existing regulations of the Canadian Centre for ethics in Sport and the CIS guidelines, he is suspended for four years because of the cocaine violation. But the CCES chief executive officer Paul Melia says that could be reduced to two years as the schedule of penalties is about to be replaced with ones consistent with those of the World Anti-Doping Agency. The rule change is scheduled to take effect June 1.
McGill appoints Craig Norman, the CIS coach of the year at RMC, as their new head coach. The 42-year-old native of Greenfield Park, Que., was head coach at Royal Military College in Kingston, for six seasons, dating back to 1998. He previously had other head coaching stints at Dawson College (1990-92) in Montreal and Champlain Regional College (1995-98) in St. Lambert, Que. He replaces Nevio Marzinotto, who served with the Redmen as a part-time head coach for five seasons and as an assistant coach for nine years. “I am very excited about going back home to Montreal,” said Norman who played five seasons at Concordia, earning all-Canadian honours in 1986-87. He was also a member of the Quebec provincial team and spent three years at Dawson College, where he was a CCAA all-Canadian in 1982. ”I understand that we have some good incoming recruits and I am confident that we¹re going to build a winning tradition at McGill.” Director of athletics Robert Dubeau said “we are delighted to welcome Craig Norman to the McGill staff. Hiring a full-time coach of his caliber illustrates the University¹s commitment to improve our men¹s basketball program. His leadership and excellent knowledge of the game, as both a player and coach, will pave the way towards a more exciting and competitive basketball team at McGill.”
The co-bronze medalist Concordia Stingers: Johnathan Dresner; Patrick Perrotte; Philippe Langlois; Chris Blackwood; Daniel Lacasse; Donal Corkum; Rastko Popovic; Andrew Kanho; Shawn Collinson; David Carter; Ben Sormonte; Russell Makofsky; coach John Dore; assistant Ernie Rosa; assistant Harvey Liverman
The co-bronze medalist McGill Redmen: Derek Armstrong; Denburk Reid; Gregory Rembeyo; Craig Clare; Daniel Martin; Gregory Kennedy; Kevin Boyle; Elliott Siemiatycki; Paolo Accurso; Adam Thompson; Chris Horwood; Sean Adelsohn; Nick Landry; Pawan Sidhu; Victor Feret; coach Nevio Marzinotto; assistant Bernie Rosanelli; assistant Matthew Davies; assistant David King
The runner-up Bishop’s Gaiters: Jeff Szita; Ricardo Telamon; Cameron McDonald; Jason Thorne; Shaun Brade; Maxwell Jones; Mackenzie De Brosse; Pierre-Alain St-Laurent; Craig Smendziuk; James Bazuik; Scott MacDonald; Eric Donohue; Samuel Vancol; Jean-Daniel Robitaille; Matt Angell; Simon Salois; coach Eddie Pomykala; assistant Mike Hickey; assistant Michel Fontaine; therapist Stephen King
The champion Laval Rouge et Or: Charles Fortier; Samuel Audet-Sow; Dominique Soucy; Remi Cambron; Philippe Cote-Jacques; Marc-Antoine Horth; Saliou Babou; Dgibril Bah; Mathieu Bilodeau; Simon Gauthier; Mirza Hodzic; Philippe Lapointe; Jean-Michel Leblanc; Jean-Philippe Morin; Ady Ngom; coach Jacques Paiement; assistant David Levasseur; assistant Jacques Paiement Jr.; manager Maxime Gauthier; medical coordinator Gilles Courschesne; SID Paul Langlois