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Hawks and Badgers of course under normal cirâ€" cumstances wouldn‘t have been in the playoffs at all. but the Western Division switched to a tournamentâ€" style format this year to test fan response and also give the lower clubs a reason for Brock, who gained their only win of the regular seaâ€" son on the last night at the expense of Hawks. were never in the game against Waterloo as they were drubbed 83â€"38 in a game where Waterloo coach Don McCrae was able to substiâ€" tute freely as he indicated he would. And while Hawks gave early indication that they would do just that Friday against the 8â€"4 Guelph Gryâ€" phons, some faulty shooting cost them dearly in the moâ€" mentum department and they quickly fell by the wayâ€" side to Gryphons 89â€"65. Hawks were never in range after the opening 10 minutes when Guelph had built up a 22â€"9 lead. No one really expected the 2â€"10 Hawks or 1â€"11 Badgers to pose serious threats to the league‘s premier clubs, but before action began it was hoped that they would at least provide close, enterâ€" taining basketball. Both Wilfrid Laurier Golâ€" den Hawks, and Brock Uniâ€" versity Badgers were blown away in opening game acâ€" tion, just as form charts would dictate. dowe By Rick Campbell Chronicle Sports Editor It certainly wasn‘t from a lack of effort, but the two black sheep in last weeâ€" kend‘s OUAA Western Diviâ€" sion Basketball shootout did very little to enhance the tourney format.‘ ; No surprises as lowly Hawks, Badgers fall 401 WEBER NORTH AT LEXINGTON . OPEN DAILY TILL 6, THURS. & FRI. TILL 8, SAT. TILL 6 OVER 60,000 CARS SERVICED Not expected to upset 1 â€" JIM â€"â€"~GREG Smith, who originally proâ€" posed the format to the leaâ€" gue some time ago but didn‘t see it accepted until this year, would like to see it continue, and he has an ally in UW Athletic Director Carl Totzke. ‘‘It‘s a great format. keeps the lower teams enthâ€" ‘‘*As it turned out, we missed three layups in a row, but what killed us is that the turnovers allowed them to go down and score the easy layups themselves. And once we got behind, we were in trouble, you just can‘t fight all game from behind against a team like Guelph." thought we established the tempo and emotion exactly the way we wanted to. Guelph was a little skittish, and had we made some easy shots early, who knows what might have happened. Western;. which under the old playoff structure would not have even qualified for postâ€"season play, justified their presence all weekend long as the fifthâ€"place club extended Windsor to the limit Saturday before losing a 78â€"74 decision and then surprised Guelph Gryphons 74â€"69 in the consolation final Sunday. ‘*Of course I‘m‘ disapâ€" pointed that we couldn‘t proâ€" vide a better game,"* said WLU coach Don Smith:. ‘‘*The way we started. I continuing to devélop long after they would normally be eliminated. . Fortunately, the opening game of the tournament won by Western over Mcâ€" Master was an entertaining contest won by Western by one point when an alleyâ€"oop shot by McMaster fell off the rim at the buzzer. : . * * ate Guit 10â€"30, 10â€"40 O# *# O# Filtee a 16 B mapochen 293 HESPELER RD. s ~ HWY. 24 McCrae said that after the nationals next week in Calâ€" gary, the division coaches will get together and discuss the format, and then take their findings to the respecâ€" tive athletic directors beâ€" fore a league meeting takes place. **Just like® anything new. you shouldn‘t base everyâ€" thing on just one performanâ€" ce â€" if a few things had gone the other way and we had put the ball in the hole. it could have been a great game. You have to see soâ€" mething work two or three times before you can assess it fairly." Smith voiced his opinion that while things didn‘t turn out so well in the opening night action, that the format should be given a reasonable chance to work out the kinks. **We thought this format would be a real winner at the gate, but it didn‘t turn out that way. We covered expenses and nobody lost any money, but there is no doubt we‘ll be trying some new ideas in the future. You have to test these things out." used and maintains interest throughout the league,"" said Totzke. *‘*We sold $56 worth of tickets right down the street at Laurier. a club that beneâ€" fitted from the format â€" that‘s not even 20 tickets," he said., "And we only sold about 40 at Guelph and even less at other schools. But while Totzke indicatâ€" ed Tuesday his university would be willing to stage fuâ€" ture . tournaments *‘*with no hesitation,‘"* he also exâ€" pressed keen disappointâ€" ment at the response outside of the UW school. FILTER OIL Ron Hall of Gueiph Gryphons fights in between Larry Labaj (21) and Chris Heaver (12) of Laurier Golden Hawks for a rebound during Friday‘s opening round action in the OUAA West Division Basketball finals. Gryphons thumped Hawks 89â€"65. P Waterioo Chronicle, Wednesday , March 5, 1980 â€" Page 19