It's (Almost) Tip Time

The Guelph Gryphons men's basketball team opens the 2008-09 OUA basketball season Friday against the York Lions at 8 p.m. at the Mitchell Athletics Centre.

In anticipation of the season, the Guelph Mercury ran our now-annual one-page preview of the team.

Here it is in PDF format:

Download B05.PDF

If you're just looking to read the text, the team story can be found here.

And, if you just want the survey highlights, here they are:

Based on a survey of OUA head coaches here are their picks for OUA pre-season all-stars. Number of votes in brackets.

FIRST TEAM
G—Josh Gibson-Bascombe, Ottawa (10)
G—Nick Pankerichan, Guelph (5)
F—Aaron Doornekamp, Carleton (12)
F—Kiraan Posey, Lakehead (8)
C—Greg Surmacz, Windsor (13)

SECOND TEAM
G—Stuart Turnbull, Carleton (4)
G—Kael Harrison, Laurier (2)
F—Keenan Jeppesen, Western (7)
F—Mitch Leger, Queen's (3)
C—Boris Bakovic, Ryerson (3)

NOTE: Coaches could not vote for their own players.

Based on a survey of OUA head coaches here are their picks for OUA division winners and OUA champion. Number of votes in brackets.

WEST DIVISION
Western Mustangs (8)
Windsor Lancers (7)
Waterloo Warriors (1)

EAST DIVISION
Carleton Ravens (15)
Ottawa Gee-Gees (1)

OUA CHAMPION
Carleton Ravens (14)
Windsor Lancers (2)

Comments

[ML]

Strange that Dax Desserault does not even make the second team. He has become the best player on his team, eclipsing Gibson-Bascombe.

[BG11]

Waterloo? Which coach picked that....