In what was a day of the unexpected, the OCAA Men’s Basketball championship has now taken on a completely new look as three of the top four seeds have been ousted from the tournament and only one team remains from the East Region, the defending silver medalists St. Lawrence Vikings.

The Sheridan Bruins were the only team to survive their quarter-final game, defeating the Algonquin Thunder 74-59. In the most shocking game of the opening round, the Algoma Thunderbirds handily defeated the powerful Centennial Colts 67-44. In the final games of the day, the Humber Hawks had their 17 year run of capturing a provincial medal snapped at the hands of the red hot St. Lawrence Kingston Vikings who upended the Etobicoke team 59-58, despite a thrilling half court buzzer beater by the Hawks. The final game of the night also went down to the wire with the defending Provincial Champions, Fanshawe Falcons squeaking out a 66-65 victory over the Fleming Knights.

Listed are the complete results for the day as well as the Day 2 schedule.

Algoma def. Centennial 67-44
Sheridan def. Algonquin 74-59
St. Lawrence-Kingston def. Humber 59-58
Fanshawe def. Fleming-P 66-65

Day 2 schedule

Semi-Final #1 6:00 pm
Algoma (W4) vs. St. Lawrence-Kingston (E3)

Semi-Final #2 8:00 pm
Fanshawe (W3) vs. Sheridan (W1)

Note: Winners of the semi-finals will advance to the Championship game on Saturday, March 1 at 6:00 pm. Losers of the semi-finals will play for the Bronze medal 4:00 pm.

(W) = West Region, (E) East Region