Quarterfinal 6@3 2/3 F18 UBC 77 Calgary 74 F19 Clagary 65 UBC 58 F20 UBC 64 Calgary 63 SEMIfinal 1 Lowest at #1 F25 Lethbridge 79 Victoria 72 F26 Lethbridge 95 Victoria 69 FINAL at Highest 2/3 M3 Lethbridge 85 Alberta 78 M4 Alberta 93 Lethbridge 84 M5 Alberta 82 Lethbridge 71 200 Champs: Alberta SEMIfinal 2 Highest at #2 F25 Alberta 75 UBC 48 F26 Alberta 75 UBC 48 Quarterfinal 5@4 2/3 F 18 Victoria 69 Saskatchewan 62 F 19 Victoria 85 Saskatchewan 68 |
Semifinal 3Wpg @ 2Man 2/3 M3 Manitoba 74 Winnipeg 68 M4 Winnipeg 72 Manitoba 61 M5 Manitoba 68 Winnipeg 65 FINAL at Higher 2/3 M10 Brandon 86 Manitoba 76 M11 Brandon 74 Manitoba 59 2000 Champs: Brandon Bobcats Semifinal 4Reg @ 1Bran 2/3 M3 Brandon 94 Regina 76 M4 Regina 86 Brandon 75 M5 Brandon 87 Regina 77 |
Wed February 23 Sat February 26 Sat March 4 #1 Western 79 #5 Lakehead 74 #4 Guelph 57 #5 Lakehead 70 #1 Western 69 McMaster Marauders #2 McMaster 74 2000 Champions #3 Brock 82 #6 Waterloo 67 #3 Brock 73 #2 McMaster 75 All games at home of higher seed... |
Wilson Cup March 11 at Ontario East Winner OUA West McMaster 67 Laurentian OUA East Laurentian 73 Ontario Champs |
Thu March 2 Sat March 4 #4 Queen's 73 1:00 #1 Ryerson 69 Queen's 58 2:00 Laurentian Voyageurs Laurentian 70 1999 Champs #2 Laurentian 70 8:00 #3 Carleton 45 (Semis and Final at Laurentian) |
Sudden-death Semi 3@2 Mar 2 McGill 70 Bishop's 68 Finals Winner at #1 Mar 5 Concordia 92 McGill 87 Mar 8 McGill 87 Concordia 74 Mar 11 Concordia 76 McGill 56 2000 Champs: Concordia Stingers |
March 10 March 11 March 12 #1 StFX 81 6:00 G3 Acadia 60 2nd E Saint Mary's 79 6:00 G1 3rd W UCCB 71 StFX 68 2:00 G5 StFX X-Men Saint Mary's 62 2000 Champions 2nd W Acadia 90 8:00 G2 3rd E Memorial 79 Saint Mary's 87 8:00 G4 #2 UNB 68 Attend: 4,500 Attend: 6,479 Attend: 5,309 Total: 16,788 |
Friday March 17 | Saturday March 18 | Sunday March 19 | ||||||||
1 | Alberta | 57 | ||||||||
1:00 | G1 | Brandon | 61 | |||||||
8 | Brandon | 73 | ||||||||
5:00 | G7 | Brandon | 60 | |||||||
4wc | Western | 90 | TSN Live! | |||||||
3:00 | G2 | Western | 58 | |||||||
5 | Laurentian | 78 | ||||||||
5:30 | G10 | StFX X-Men | ||||||||
3 | StFX | 82 | TSN Live! | 2000 CIAU | ||||||
7:00 | G3 | StFX | 80 | Champions | ||||||
6 | McMaster | 79 | ||||||||
8:00 | G8 | StFX | 61 | |||||||
2wc | Lethbridge | 90 | TSN Live! | |||||||
9:00 | G4 | Lethbridge | 75 | |||||||
7 | Concordia | 77 | ||||||||
Alberta | 78 | |||||||||
NOON | G5 | Alberta | 68 | |||||||
Laurentian | 65 | |||||||||
2:00 | G9 | Alberta | ||||||||
McMaster | 93 | Consolation | ||||||||
2:00 | G6 | McMaster | 57 | Champ | ||||||
Concordia | 77 | |||||||||
Friday March 17 | Saturday March 18 | Sunday March 19 | ||||||||
Attend: 12,591 | Attend: 11,955 | Attend: 8,391 | Total: 32,938 |
Final Eight TEAM SHOOTS at Metro Centre | |||
THURSDAY (I hour) |
FRIDAY (normal morning sched) | ||
9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00 |
Concordia Alberta Laurentian Lethbridge Western McMaster StFX Brandon |
8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 |
Brandon Alberta Laurentian Western McMaster StFX Concordia Lethbridge |
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 in 1999 returned to a 6-team single knockout tournament, as usual held at Halifax Metro Centre. It was 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 in 1999 reverted back to its 3-team format from its 1998 experiment when all four teams made the playoff. Now they are back to four. WIth the addition of a 7th team, Canada West in 2000 began a new 6-team format with Quarterfinals. 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. Contrary to popular opinion, the selection committee is not the same committee that isssues weekly polls over the course of the season. It is a brand new committee. 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 or choose 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 Madison Square Gardens 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 lesser 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 1999 Committee Member James Hillis:
The Voting Criteria |
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FIRST TEAM: Danny Balderson - Lethbridge Fred Perry - StFX Micah Bourdeau - Western Ted Dongelmans - Laurentian Nick Maglisceau - Alberta |
SECOND TEAM: Steve Maga - McMaster Patrice Lemieux - Bishop's Earnest Bell - Brandon Jonah Taussig - Saint Mary's Spencer Holt - Lethbridge |
HONORABLE MENTION: Ramon McElmurray - Lakehead Eric Zulu - Concordia Bill Crowdis - Ryerson Jamie Duncan - Brock Dennie Oliver - StFX |
Mike Moser Award (POY) Danny Balderson - Lethbridge Saxon Rookie of the Year: James Kenyon - Saskatchewan Ken Shi4elds / TSN Award: Steve Maga - McMaster Stu Aberbeen Trophy as Coach-of-the-Year: Dave Crook - Lethbridge |
FIRST TEAM *Danny Balderson, Lethbridge *Nick Maglisceau, Alberta *Spencer Holt, Lethbridge Courtenay Kolla, UBC Allister Wilmott, Victoria |
SECOND TEAM Josh Hall, TWU Jody Glines, Saskatchewan James Kenyon, Saskatchewan Brad Gallup, Calgary Brad Berikoff, Alberta |
ALL-ROOKIE TEAM *James Kenyon, Saskatchewan *Zaheed Bakare, UBC *John Riad, Calgary Ryan Reed, Lethbridge Tyler Coston, TWU |
Most Valuable Player: Danny Balderson, Lethbridge Rookie-of-the-Year: James Kenyon, Saskatchewan Coach-of-the-Year: Dave Crook, Lethbridge *unanimous selection |
FIRST TEAM Ernest Bell, Brandon Ogo Okwumabua, Manitoba Matej Maroti, Winnipeg Greg Walker, Brandon Steve Podwin, Regina |
SECOND TEAM Chad Yarwood, Manitoba Ashley Yeaman, Regina Suk Singh, Winnipeg Scott Goebel, Regina Germaine Harden, Brandon Joey Dominguez, Winnipeg |
Most Valuable Player: Earnest Bell, Brandon Rookie-of-the-Year: Ryan Dulder, Manitoba Coach-of-the-Year: Jerry Hemmings, Brandon |
FIRST TEAM Micah Bourdeau - Western Steve Maga - McMaster Ramon McElmurry - Lakehead Jamie Duncan - Brock Doug Doyle - McMaster |
SECOND TEAM Geoff MacNeil - Guelph Geoff Stead - Windsor Jim Grozelle - Western Ryan Dudley - Brock Chris Brown - Western |
ROOKIE TEAM Radhi Knapp - Laurier Anthony Rizzeto - Windsor Conrad Kreek - Waterloo Aaron Giberson - Guelph Darren Veira - Laurier |
MVP: Micah Bordeau - Western Rookie-of-the-Year Radhi Knapp - Laurier Coach-of-the-Year Craig Boydell Western TSN Award: Steve Maga - McMaster |
FIRST TEAM Ted Dongelmans - Laurentian Bill Crowdis - Ryerson Jafeth Masuruka - Carleton Kevin Gordon - Laurentian Jon Reid - Toronto |
SECOND TEAM Jan Michael Nation - Ryerson Sam Gilbert - Ryerson Mike George - York Derek Richardson - Queen's Ben Gorham - Ryerson John Purdy - Queen's |
ROOKIE TEAM Ryan French - York Paul Larmand - Carleton James Jefferson - Laurentian David Tycynski - York Jermaine Pendley - Laurentian |
Player-of-the-Year: Ted Dongelmans - Laurentian Rookie-of-the-Year: Ryan French - York Coach-of-the-Year: Terry Haggerty - Ryerson |
FIRST TEAM Patrice Lemieux, Bishop's Eric Zulu - Concordia Samuel Audet-Sow - Laval Kirk Reid - McGill Real Kitieu - Concordia |
SECOND TEAM David Brownrigg - Laval Mark Spence - Concordia Domenico Marcario - McGill Paul Stephens - Bishop's Michael Kieran - Concordia |
Player-of-the-Year: Patrice Lemieux - Bishop's Rookie-of-the-Year: Samuel Audet-Sow - Laval Defensive P-O-Y: Wayne Alexander - Concordia Coach-of-the-Year: John Dore, Concordia |
FIRST TEAM Fred Perry - StFX Jonah Taussig - Saint Mary's Dennie Oliver - StFX Matthew Chapman - Memorial Cory Janes - Saint Mary's |
SECOND TEAM Mike Kierstead - UNB Jeff Cotter - UNB Mark Seaborn - Acadia Randy Nohr - StFX Jermaine Bruce, Memorial |
Player-of-the-Year: Fred Perry - StFX Rookie-of-the-Year: Jeff Saxby - Memorial Coach-of-the-Year: Steve Konchalski - St FX |
TICKETS ...2000 Prices Metro Centre TIcket Office (902) 451-1221 | |
.... Adult $36 .... Senior/Student $24 .... Youth (u-12) $12 Single Tickets .... Adult $14 .... Senior/Student $10 .... Youth (u-12) $5 |
.... Corporate $75 .... Adult $60 .... Senior/Student $45 .... Youth (u-12) $25 Admission for each Double Header .... Adult $16 .... Senior/Student $11 .... Youth (u-12) $5 |
Here is a simple seating plan of the Metro Centre. Use it to select your preferred locations before calling in to order tickets.
Some prefer watching basketball from the corners, like Sections 4 and 5.
Seating Rows:
Lower Bowl: A-S
Upper Bowl: A-V
Row V is quite high, yet still a good place to watch championship basketball in a full house.
(These maps are a couple of years old. Some names may have changed but the places are essentially the same. A pub or hoterl may have a new name, but odds are you'll find the same bartender there.)
A secret to picking a good location is to study the pedways and tunnels, the coloured lines on the map. If the weather is bad, (it seldom is in Halifax) you will be mostly indoors, under cover.
You can stay at the Prince George, and be totally indoors for the three days of the tournament, by taking the tunnel to the World Trade Centre, then escalators up to the Metro Centre.
From hotels connected through Scotia Square you can now walk directly in to the World Trade Center and Metro Centre through a new tunnel under Duke Street, opened in 1996.
The passage from WTC to the Metro Centre is through an office corridor that may be shut down after hours. If it is closed, you can easily step outside and re-enter through a nearby door to continue on your way.
Don't ask about amenities. The hotels all have their own, and the area is crammed with eating and drinking spots. Check out Argyle and Grafton Streets to begin.
A block left on Granville Street is NS Sport Heritage Museum. Worth a visit, if you want to get outside and get some fresh air. While there you can shoot some baskets, play a bit of one-on-one, or shoot some pucks at a Tony Esposito.