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CONTENTS:
Conference Playoffs
Final Eight
Venue
Awards and All Stars
Canada West Playoffs
Semifinal 4@1  2/3
F 26 Victoria 78 British Columbia 68 
F 27 Victoria 72 British Columbia 65
                                   Finals at Highest  2/3
                                M5 Alberta 67 Victoria 66
                                M6 Victoria 69 Alberta 52 
                                M7 Alberta 56 Victoria 5 
                             1999 Champs: Alberta Golden Bears
Semifinal 3@2  2/3 
F 26 Alberta 80 Lethbridge 60  
F 27 Lethbridge 82 Alberta 77 
F 28 Alberta 73 Lethbridge 66

Great Plains Playoffs
Semifinal 3@2  2/3
M4 Manitoba 75 Regina 73
M5 Regina 86 Manitoba 80
M6 Manitoba 97 Regina 90
                           Final Winner at 1  2/3 
                           M12 Brandon 73 Manitoba 59
                           M13 Brandon 81 Manitoba 71
                           1999 Champs: Brandon Bobcats 

Ontario West Playoffs
 March 2         March 4          March 6
                 #1 Western   93
                 #5 Lakehead  75
#4 Guelph   76
#5 Lakehead 79
                                  Western  66  Western Mustangs
                                  Waterloo 61   1999 Champions 
#3 Waterloo 66
#6 Windsor  49
                 #3 Waterloo  80
                 #2 McMaster  51

Ontario Championship
                   Wilson Cup  March 13 at UWO
         OUA West  Western Ontario 87    Western Ontario 
         OUA East  Ryerson         70    Ontario Champs

Ontario East Playoffs
March 4                  March 5
2 Carleton   91
3 Ottawa     68  
                         Carleton 44  Ryerson Rams 
                         Ryerson  50  1999 Champs
4 Ryerson    74
1 Laurentian 66

Quebec Playoffs
      Sudden-death Semi 3@2
Mar 4 Concordia 74 McGill 65
                              Finals Winner at #1
                              Mar 7  Concordia 76 Bishop's 55 
                              Mar 9  Bishop's 78 Concordia 74 
                              Mar 12 Bishop's 76 Concordia 68
                              1999 Champs: Bishop's Gaiters  
 

Atlantic Playoffs at Metro Centre
 March 12          March 13           March 14 
                   #1 St F Xavier   68
                      Noon:    G3
                      Acadia        81
2nd E Dalhousie   69
6:00          G1
3rd W Cape Breton 66
                                      Acadia       62  
                                      2:00       G5    SMU Huskies
                                      Saint Mary's 81  1999 Champions   
2nd W UNB         78  
8:00         G2
3rd E Acadia      73
                      Dalhousie      66
                      2:00       G4
                   #2 Saint Mary's   83
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1999 CIAU Final8
at Metro Centre

 
  Friday March 19     Saturday March 20     Sunday March 21      
Alberta 100      
  1:00 G1 Alberta 79  
Ryerson 83    
        5:00 G7 Alberta 69  
Brandon 76   TSN Live!    
  3:00 G2 Brandon 74
Bishop's 60  
        5:00 G10 Saint Mary's Huskies
Western 62   TSN Live! OT 1999 CIAU
  7:00 G3 Saint Mary's 77     Champions
Saint Mary's 66      
        8:00 G8 Saint Mary's 73
w3  Victoria 58   TSN Live!    
  9:00 G4 McMaster 68
w6  McMaster 71      
 
  Ryerson 77  
NOON: G5 Bishop's 73  
Bishop's 81    
      1:00 G9 Western Mustangs
Western 79       Consolation
2:00 G6 Western 79 Champ
Victoria 54  
  Friday March 19     Saturday March 20     Sunday March 21  
  Att: 12,055     Att: 13,346     Att: 8,385     Total Att: 36000
      (all seats)

Halifax Herald stories of Saint Mary's in the AUAA and Final8

TEAM Shoots at Metro Centre
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY (normal sched)
9:00-10:30
10:30-Noon
Noon-1:30

1:30-6:00

6:00-7:30
7:30-9:00
9:00-10:30
Alberta
Victoria
Brandon

OPEN SHOOT

Saint Mary's
Bishop's
McMaster
9:00
10:00
11:00
12:00
1:00
2:00
3:00
4:00
Ryerson
Brandon
Bishop's
Alberta
Victoria
Western
McMaster
Saint Mary's
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
11:00
11:30
Ryerson
Alberta
Bishop's
Brandon
Saint Mary's
Western
McMaster
Victoria

Wild Cards
The six conference champions are automatically invited to the Final Eight. Each conference decides its winner in its own way, often based on tradition and the geography of the conference.

The Atlantic conference has returned to a 6-team single knockout tournament at Halifax Metro Centre. It is not uncommon to see a #5 or #6 win the previous night then come out and flatten the #1 or #2 seed after sharpening their shooting eye in the Metro Center. GPAC has reverted back to its 3-team format from its 1998 experiment when all four teams made the playoff.

Wild cards came about because of a need to make the national championship a fairer tournament. Using only the six conference winners creates an imbalanced draw. One conference champ may have to play 3 games to win the event. Another may reach the final with only a single victory. Adding two more teams creates a balanced, fair draw.

The last two teams accepted into the Final Eight are Wild Cards selected from the best of the remaining teams. This is done by a special CIAU committee who hold their final discussions and announce a decision on the Sunday evening prior to the Final Eight. Some conferences are still playing that afternoon, deciding their representative. The selection committee also seeds the teams into the championship draw.

Teams must actually apply to be considered as wild cards. A top team that does not formally apply will not be considered. This dates from the old days when a team might not be able to afford to travel to the championship, or simply chose not to play. But, since the Final Eight found a permanent home in Halifax 15 years ago, the tournament has generated more than enough revenue to help deserving teams get there. This reminds us of the situation years ago when the NCAA actually had to force its top teams to play in its own championship. They did much better financially by going to the NIT in New York. It took legal action to make the top teams play in the NCAA Championship.

An obvious choice for a wildcard is a team that has been winning all season, has been high in the rankings, has led its league, but is unexpectedly upset in a sudden-death playoff game. But, if four such dominant teams are upset in conference playoffs, the committee has a bad problem.

Less common is for 6 season-long favorites to win their conference berths in the Final Eight. Then, the committee must decide between the next cluster of teams ranked 7, 8, 9, and 10.

Teams are chosen on merit. But where there is a toss-up the committee has the option to lean in the direction of selecting a wild card applicant from the home conference. It is felt this helps boost attendance and the revenue so necessary to maintaining the Final Eight as a prestige event.

Notes by Committee Member James Hillis:
Based on criteria laid out by the NABCC, teams that apply for a wild card berth are ranked 1 through 6 (or 1 through whatever) on each of the ten criteria below. Six points for 1st rank, 5 points for second etc. After all teams are ranked on all criteria, a tally is done. The low team on the list is dropped. The ranking occurs again. Low team is dropped again .....and so on until two remain. The process is purely objective, with no allowance for interpretation by the committee (one coaches' rep from each conference plus a chair). Thus, criticize the system if you will, but no basis for comments of politics etc. The process itself will be reviewed at the upcoming NABCC meetings.

The Voting Criteria
1. Final regular season conference record and standing
2. Playoff Performance
3. Games vs other conference champions (regular season)
4. Games vs other teams under wild card consideration.
5. Team results in the last 10 games of conference play.
6. Game results non-conference (vs CIAU opponents)
7. Game results non-conference (vs CIAU opponents outside of own conference)
8. Final CIAU top ten ranking
9. Total number of weeks as a top ten team.
10. Position in the top ten over last 5 weeks of the ranking

AWARDS and ALL CANADIANS

Canada West
    FIRST TEAM
Eric Hinrichsen, Victoria
Danny Balderson, Lethbridge
Nick Maglisceau, Alberta
Stanleigh Mitchell, UBC
Spencer Holt, Lethbridge
    SECOND TEAM
Raphael Chillious-Carter, Victoria
Ryan Dunkley, Alberta
Jared Heidinger,Lethbridge
Stephen Parker, Alberta
Brad Gallup, Calgary
Most Valuable Player: Eric Hinrichsen, Victoria
Rookie-of-the-Year: Robbie Green, Victoria
Coach-of-the-Year: Guy Vetrie, Victoria

Great Plains
    FIRST TEAM
Dale Holmes, Regina
Matej Maroti, Winnipeg
Mark Passley, Brandon
Richard Lovelace, Brandon
Paul Fust, Manitoba
    SECOND TEAM
Scott Goebel, Regina
Maurice Carter, Brandon
Trevor John, Brandon
Luc Butler, Winnipeg
Josh Payne, Manitoba
Most Valuable Player: Dale Holmes, Regina
Rookie-of-the-Year: Ashley Yeaman, Regina
Coach-of-the-Year: Jerry Hemmings, Brandon

Ontario West
FIRST TEAM
Steve Maga McMaster
Ramon McElmurry Lakehead
Nat Graham Western
Steve Anderson Windsor
Mano Watsa Waterloo
SECOND TEAM
Micah Bordeau Western
Malik Shebaz Guelph
Jamie Duncan Brock
Ken Hodgkins Laurier
Mike Ayambadejo Guelph
ROOKIE TEAM
Jim Grozelle Western
Brian Taylor McMaster
Ryan Dudley Brock
Dan Zapior Lakehead
Adam Rogers Laurier
Rookie-of-the-Year Jim Grozelle Western
Coach-of-the-Year Craig Boydell Western

Ontario East

Quebec
    FIRST TEAM
Jay Prosper, Concordia
Ryan Thorne, Bishop's
Rob Burns, Bishop's
Marc-Oliver Bessette, Laval
Patrice Lemieux, Bishop's
    FIRST TEAM
Joel Sherbino, Bishop's
Matt Watson, McGill
Ezra Franklyn, Concordia
Eric Zulu, Concordia
Kirk Reid, McGill
Player-of-the-Year: Jay Prosper, Concordia
Rookie-of-the-Year: Eric Zulu, Concordia
Coach-of-the-Year: John Dore, Concordia

Atlantic
FIRST TEAM
Jan Trojanowski, Acadia
Jonah Taussig, Saint Mary's
Fred Perry, St Francis Xavier
David Phillip, UCCB
Doug Newson, Dalhousie
SECOND TEAM
Jermaine Bruce, Memorial
Jason Dayman, St Francis Xavier
Mike Wall, Dalhousie
Dave Low, New Brunswick
Patrick Toulouse, Saint Mary's
Player-of-the-Year: Jan Trojanowski, Acadia
Rookie-of-the-Year: Mike Kierstad, New Brunswick
Coach-of-the-Year: Dave Nutbrown, Acadia

All Canadians
        1999 Saxon All-Canadians
    FIRST TEAM:
Eric Hinrichsen, Victoria
Jan Trojanowski, Acadia
Ted Dongelmans, Laurentian
Steve Maga, McMaster
Nat Graham, Western Ontario
    SECOND TEAM:
Dale Holmes, Regina
Jay Prosper, Concordia
Danny Balderson, Lethbridge
Brian Leonard, Carleton
Ramon McElmurray, Lakehead
    HONORABLE MENTION:
Nick Maglisceau, Alberta
Fred Perry, St. Francis Xavier
Rob Burns, Bishop's
Ryan Thorne, Bishops's
Mano Watsa, Waterloo
    Mike Moser Award (POY) Eric Hinrichsen, Victoria
    Saxon Rookie of the Year Robbie Green, Victoria
    Stu Aberbeen Trophy as Coach-of-the-Year Craig Boydell, Western Ontario



NABCC - Pre-season Coaches Poll Dec 18 98
League All Stars and **Potential All Canadians
AUAA
Fred Perry** - St FX
Jordan Croucher - St FX
Ashkan Rajaee - Dalhousie
Doug Newsom - Dalhousie
David Phillip - Cape Breton
Johah Taussig** - St Mary's
David Low - New Brunswick
Jermane Bruce - Memorial
Jimmy Morris - UPEI
Jan Trojanowski** - Acadia
QSSF
Jay Prosper** - Concordia
Ryan Thorne** - Bishop's
Rob Burns - Bishop's
Matt Watson - McGill
Marc Olivier Bessette - Laval
OUA East
Brian Smith - Ryerson
Vidak Curic - Toronto
Reid Beckett - Toronto
Brian Leonard** - Carleton
Jafeth Maseruka - Carleton
Derek Richardson - Queen's
Dean Labayen** - York
Marvin Johnson - Ottawa
Kevin Gordon - Laurentian
Ted Donglemans** - Laurentian
OUA West
Rodney Baptiste - McMaster
Steve Maga** - McMaster
Vince Policella - Brock
Jeff Zdrahal - Laurier
Mano Watsa** - Waterloo
Malik Shebazz - Guelph
Steve Anderson - Windsor
Micah Bourdeau**- Western
Nat Graham - Western
Ramon McElmurry - Lakehead
GPAC
Richard Lovelace** - Brandon
Matej Maroti - Winnipeg
Mark Passley** - Brandon
Dale Holmes - Regina
Ogo Okwumubua - Manitoba
CWUAA
Eric Hinrichsen** - Victoria
Collin Martin - Victoria
Jason Bristow - UBC
Stanleigh Mitchell - UBC
Spencer Holt - Lethbridge
Danny Balderson** - Lethbridge
Ryan Leier - Saskatchewan
Stephen Parker - Alberta
Nick Maglifceau** - Alberta
Brad Gallup - Calgary