| McGill | 12-4 | 16-9 | David DeAveiro |
| Concordia | 10-6 | 15-15 | Rastko Popovic |
| Bishop’s | 8-8 | 15-16 | Rod Gilpin |
| UQAM | 8-8 | 14-16 | Mario Joseph |
| Laval | 2-14 | 3-18 | Nathan Grant |
Playoff non-qualifier:
Laval Rouge et Or: Alain Bernard, Sylvio Nzouengue, Vladimir Thomas, Ulric Kaimba, Sidney Tremblay-Lacombe, Tamsyr Dioumassi, Falain Doukaga, Steeve Joseph, Samuel Bouchard, Christophe Parent, Christian Redmond Kannon, Marc-Andre Fortin, Alton Neid, Nicolas Desjardins, coach Nathan Grant, assistant Philippe Gendron, assistant Benjamin Millaud, assistant Peter Weston, assistant Boris Hadzimuratovic, therapist Marc-Antoine Pepin, assistant therapist Charles Plourde
In the semis, the 4th-seeded UQAM Citadins stunned the top-seeded McGill (formerly the Redmen, but as yet unnamed) 70-61. Despite playing without leading scorer and first-team all-star Jamal Mayali (flu), McGill led 15-11 after one quarter, 28-25 at the half and 50-49 after three quarters. McGill led 60-59 when the Citadins exploded with an 11-1 run down the stretch. “I think everyone knows it’s pretty obvious if we had Jamal we might be a little better but let us not get into ‘what might have been the case’ — (We lost) to the better team,” said McGill coach David DeAveiro. “In the first half we took care of the ball, and in the second half, we didn’t. They turned their defence up and we didn’t know how to play. We didn’t (try going through the) back door and we didn’t keep them honest. They cranked it up to another level and we couldn’t respond. … We played our butts off today, we played really hard and left it on the floor. … Today we didn’t quite have it down the stretch but we played well for three quarters, we were right there but just couldn’t finish it.” Schneiders Suffrard paced the Citadins with 14 on 5-7 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 3-7 from the line, 5 boards, 2 assists and 3 steals. Alix Lochard added 13 on 6-6 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 7 boards and 2 assists. Frantson Demosthene notched 12 on 3-6 from the floor, 6-9 from the line, 11 boards and 2 assists. Christopher Adu scored 10 on 4-7 from the floor and 2-2 from the arc. Hugo Adin added 8 on 3-8 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 3 boards and 4 assists. Jerry Lapaix Joseph notched 4 on 2-6 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 0-2 from the line 6 boards and 2 assists. Karim Sabban added 4 on 1-9 from the floor, 0-5 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 3 boards. Misi Boye Jeanneau-Mubiala scored 3 on 1-3 from the floor and 1-2 from the arc. Jonathan Jeune added 2 on 1-3 from the floor and 0-1 from the arc, while Jean Cesar Jr, Aboubacar Toure and Stefan Mitrovic were scoreless. The Citadins hit 26-55 (.473) from the floor, 7-19 (.368) from the arc and 11-20 (.550) from the line, while garnering 37 boards, including 10 on the offensive glass, 18 fouls, 14 assists, 18 turnovers, 2 blocks and 7 steals. Levi Londole paced McGill with 16 on 4-8 from the floor, 8-12 from the line and 8 boards. Will Ramberg added 12 on 6-11 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 3 boards and 2 steals. Quarry Whyne notched 10 on 2-14 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc, 5-8 from the line, 8 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. J.J. Hamel-Carey scored 10 on 3-6 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 3-4 from the line and 2 steals. Sami Al Uariachi added 5 on 2-3 from the floor and 1-2 from the arc. Sam Jenkins scored 4 on 2-14 from the floor, 0-7 from the arc, 6 boards and 2 steals. Cameron Elliot added 4 on 1-4 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-3 from the line, 2 assists and 2 steals, while Charles Couture, Zachary Lavoie-Toure, Rele Orimalade, Joshua Djanogly and Nicholas Noble were scoreless. McGill shot 20-60 from the floor, 3-22 (.136) from the arc and 18-27 (.667) from the line, while garnering 28 boards, including 11 on the offensive glass, 16 fouls, 6 assists, 11 turnovers, 1 block and 12 steals.
In the other semi, 3rd-seeded Bishop’s stunned 2nd-seeded Concordia 78-71. The Stingers led 13-11 after one quarter. The Gaiters led 33-30 at the half. The Stingers led 52-51 after three quarters. Neither team led by more than nine and there were six lead changes. Abdul Kamane paced the Gaiters with 20 on 6-12 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 8-12 from the line, 9 boards and 2 steals. Nervens Demosthene added 16 on 5-10 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 6-12 from the line, 5 boards and 5 assists. Jordan Thornhill notched 12 on 6-8 from the floor and 2 boards. Yassin Naji scored 11 on 3-11 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 4-4 from the line and 9 boards. Ibrahim Ngom scored 8 on 3-8 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 6 boards. Joany Castor-Thadal added 7 on 2-8 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 2-3 from the line and 3 boards. Carl Jacob notched 2 on 1-5 form the floor, 0-3 from the arc and 8 boards. Connor Kelly scored 2 on 1-3 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 2 assists, while Liam Tissot, Texandre Theus Abela, James Murray and Javier Toro were scoreless. The Gaiters hit 27-67 (.403) from the floor, 3-18 (.167) from the arc and 21-33 (.636) from the line, while garnering 42 boards, including 8 on the offensive glass, 16 fouls, 11 assists, 9 turnovers, 1 block and 7 steals. Sami Jahan paced the Stingers with 23 on 9-13 from the floor, 3-4 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 4 boards and 2 assists. Olivier Simon added 19 on 6-17 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 6-6 from the line and 14 boards. Oge Nwoko notched 8 on 2-12 from the floor, 0-6 from the arc, 4-4 from the line, 6 boards, 2 assists and 3 steals. Sami Ghandour scored 7 on 3-12 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc and 8 boards. Adrian Armstrong added 5 on 2-10 from the floor, 0-6 from the arc, 1-1 from the line, 2 boards and 3 assists. Nathaniel Boisvert notched 5 on 2-7 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 2 boards. Aleks Simeunovic scored 4 on 2-5 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc and 5 boards, while Cedrick Bryan Coriolan, Ali White, Tariq Barki-Hamad, Louis-Vincent Gauvin and Samuel Lessard were scoreless. White nabbed 2 boards. The Stingers hit 26-78 (.333) from the floor, 6-31 (.194) from the arc and 13-13 from the line, while garnering 44 boards, including 15 on the offensive glass, 24 fouls, 10 assists, 10 turnovers, 1 block and 4 steals.
In the final, the 3rd-seeded Bishop’s Gaiters nipped the 4th-seeded U.Q.A.M. Citadins 73-72. Trailing by two with 15.5 seconds to play, Bishop’s inbounded the ball, after a timeout, to Jordan Thornhill, who flipped it to Ibrahim Ngom, who in turned passed to Nervens Demosthen, who flicked it to Castor Thadal in the corner, who promptly drained a trey. The score was knotted at 16 after one quarter. The Gaiters led 43-39 at the half and 60-53 after three quarters. Neither team led by more than 7, and the lead changed 6 times. Abdul Kamane paced the Gaiters with 15 on 5-10 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 4-8 from the line and 2 boards. Ibrahim Ngom added 13 on 6-13 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 0-2 from the line, 5 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Nervens Demosthene notched 11 on 5-17 from the floor, 0-5 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 5 boards, 9 assists and 3 steals. Jordan Thornhill scored 10 on 5-7 from the floor, 0-2 from the line, 9 boards, 2 assists and 3 blocks. Yassin Maji added 8 on 3-9 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 2-4 from the line, 8 boards and 3 assists. Joany Castor-Thadal scored 7 on 2-4 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 2 boards. Connor Kelly notched 7 on 2-3 from the floor, 2-2 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 2 assists. Carl Jacob scored 2 on 1-4 from the floor and 0-3 from the arc, while Texandre Theus Abela, James Murray and Javier Toro were scoreless. The Gaiters hit 29-68 (.426) from the floor, 6-22 (.273) from the arc and 9-22 (.409) from the line, while garnering 39 boards, including 17 on the offensive glass, 16 fouls, 20 assists, 13 turnovers, 4 blocks and 7 steals. Alix Lochard paced the Citadins with 20 on 8-15 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 8 boards, 3 assists and 3 blocks. Hugo Adin added 14 on 6-14 from the floor, 0-5 from the arc, 2-7 from the line, 6 boards and 3 assists. Franston Demosthene notched 10 on 3-8 from the floor, 4-5 from the line and 6 boards. Jerry Joseph Lapaix scored 9 on 4-12 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 11 boards, 5 assists and 3 steals. Schneiders Suffrard added 8 on 2-4 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 3 boards and 2 steals. Misi Boye Jeanneau-Mubiala notched 6 on 2-4 from the arc and 2 assists. Christopher Adu added 4 on 2-2 from the floor and 2 boards. Karim Sabban scored 1 on 1-2 from the line, while Jonathan Noel-Jeune was scoreless. The Citadins hit 27-62 (.443) from the floor, 5-20 from the arc and 13-22 (.591) from the line, while garnering 42 boards, including 15 on the offensive glass, 16 fouls, 16 assists, 21 turnovers, 5 blocks and 8 steals.
After the season, coach David DeAveiro bailed from McGill for what he once called his “dream job.” DeAverio led McGill to five RSEQ titles in his 10 years with the Redmen, during which he had a 199-127 record. Prior to that, he posted a 210-127 record at uOttawa. DeAveiro was an assistant on the Canadian team that won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in 2018. He also spent six summers as head coach of the Canadian cadet program, which finished fifth at the 2016 FIBA U-17 world championship in Spain, second at the 2015 FIBA Americas U-16 championship in Argentina, sixth at the 2014 FIBA U-17 world championship in Dubai, third at the 2013 FIBA Americas U-16 tourney in Uruguay and fifth at the 2012 FIBA U-17 world championship in Lithuania. DeAveiro was replaced by Ryan Thorne, coach of the women’s program for the previous 17 years, in which he led them to 7 league titles and their first national championship in 2017. He was named U SPORTS women’s basketball coach of the year in 2016 and is a six-time recipient of the Quebec university coach-of-the-year award. The Barbados-born Thorne said “I’m very excited about this new challenge as a coach. It has taken me considerable time to think about this change. It was actually a very tough decision for me, because I love the women’s program and the staff that I worked with, but I believe this is the right move.” Thorne, who served as president of the Canadian University Women’s Basketball Association, has been part of the Canada Basketball Women’s High Performance program for the past five years, serving as an assistant with the 2015 senior development team which won silver in South Korea and the junior program — from 2016 to 2019 – which won silver in Chile (2016), bronze in Italy (2017) and silver in Mexico (2018). Thorne holds his Level III certification and earned his coaching stripes as an assistant for two years under bench boss Lisen Moore with the Martlets before being elevated to head coach in September, 2003. He was appointed full-time at McGill in 2006 and also served as a basketball instructor in the McGill department of kinesiology and physical education.
Following the season, McGill announced that hereafter, its team nickname would be the Redbirds. The school said it settled on the new moniker because the old Redmen name caused pain and alienation for Indigenous students.
The co-bronze medalist Concordia Stingers: Ali White; Tariq Bakri-Hamad; Akim Olak; Nathaniel Boisvert; Sam Ayomide Durowaiye; Cedrick Coriolan; Sami Jahan; Louis-Vincent Gauvin; Owen Cutler; Adrian Armstrong; Samuel Lessard; Oge Nwoko; Olivier Simon; Ulrich Djossou; Charles William-Jayckel; Aleksa Popadic; Aleks Simeunovic; Sami Ghandour; redshirt Yamin Mireault-Dibanda; redshirt Salim Ouedraogo; coach Rastko Popovic; assistant Damian Buckley; assistant Dwight Walton; assistant Jay Prosper; therapist Sean Christensen; analytics Tad Norkis-Kostka; manager Casey Perin; student therapist Amir Ashadi; student therapist Christopher Drainville-Spillane
The co-bronze medalist McGill Redmen: Adam Afifi; J.J. Hamel-Carey; Nicholas Noble; Sami Al Uariachi; Cameron Elliot; Will Ramberg; Quarry Whyne; Charles Couture; Zachary Lavoie-Toure; Jamal Mayali; Antoney Bell; Andrew Vanderhooft; Levi Londole; Joshua Djanogly; Arnaud Boyer-Cillis; Sam Jenkins; redshirt Jonathan Akhras; redshirt Kevin Li; redshirt Rele Orimalade; redshirt Gregoire Trahan; coach David DeAveiro; assistant Pascal Jobin; assistant Loic Rwigema; assistant Juan Mendez; skills development John Dangelas; strength & conditioning Larry Hunter; manager Ben Zwolak; therapist Eve Poisson; physician Penny Baylis
The silver medalist Universite du Quebec @ Montreal Citadins: Jean Clairemond Cesar Jr; Christopher Adu; Alix Lochard; Misi Boye Jeanneau-Mubiala; Jonathan Noel-Jeune; Aboubacar Lassidy Toure; Frantson Demosthene; Jerry Lapaix Joseph; Karim Sabban; Christopher Pierre; Ahmed Salia Toure; Stefan Mitrovic; coach Mario Joseph; assistant Dakarai Jarvis; assistant Richard Addai; assistant Genevieve Lessard; assistant Dakari Jarvis; assistant David Yul Michel; assistant Richard Addair; trainer Genevieve Lessard
The gold medalist Bishop’s Gaiters: David Bohoussou; Zion Verbroegen-Thomas; Connor Kelly; Liam Tissot; Texandre Theus Abelard; Ibrahim Ngom; Yassin Naji; Abdul Kamane; Trey Holness; Zak Bowles; Nervens Demosthene; James Murray; Emile Babin; Javier Toro Mena; Joany Castor-Thadal; Jordan Thornhill; Hishem Saleh; Carl Jacob; redshirt Matthis Guerut; coach Rod Gilpin; assistant Steve Dunn; assistant Matt McLean; assistant Kevin Davis; assistant Berkay Ozkumova; strength & conditioning Michael Fullum; therapist Katrina Lambert; therapist Andy Grant; therapist Francois Martel; student therapist Natalie Rosero Velilla; SID Marty Rourke