Men's Basketball News
Where There's a Willms There's a Way
The CMU Men's Basketball program is very pleased to announce the commitment of Micah Willms for the 2024-25 MCAC and NIAC seasons. The Miles Mac and Atlas Club Basketball product will look to bring his blue-collar work ethic inside the paint to the Blazers this coming year.
Willms' basketball journey is not a typical one, as a late start in the sport had him walk on to his high school team for his grade eleven season. His Miles Mac coach Jonathan Janzen gave him a chance to prove himself, and that he did, rising from the last rostered player to earning himself an MHSAA "AAAA" Graduating All-Star selection this past spring. His Buckeyes were a top team in the KPAC Tier 1 zone both years of his high school play, reaching the provincial championships both seasons. This past season the team collected hardware in three tournaments, including bronze at the Vincent Massey Trojans Classic, a finals appearance at their home tournament the Buckeyes Classic, and a first-place finish at the Sturgeon Heights Tournament. His work on the boards had him lead the team in rebounding, and the team overall as one of the squad's captains.
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Blazers MBB Hoping Vancouver Product Osmack will Make it Rain in the 'Peg
The CMU Men's Basketball program is very pleased to announce the commitment of Caden Osmack for the 2024-25 MCAC and NIAC seasons. The King George Secondary product from Vancouver, BC will bring his West Coast game to the Prairies this year.
The second signing of the offseason for Blazers Men's Basketball, Caden Osmack is in fact the second Caden to join the team this summer after coach Scott Martin recruited point guard Caden Tugade earlier in the break. Osmack will bring some height to the guard position, who at 6'2" is comfortable both at the point and as a shooting guard. The King George Secondary graduate comes out of a powerhouse Vancouver school, claiming the Vancouver City Championship, as well as the lower mainland zone title before falling just short in the British Columbia Provincial high school championships finals during his time as a Dragon. A Vancouver City All-Star in his junior year, Osmack also brought home hardware from numerous tournaments throughout his high school career.
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Blazers MBB Make their First Offseason Move Signing Point Guard Tugade
The CMU Men's Basketball program is very pleased to announce the commitment of Caden Tugade for the 2024-25 MCAC and NIAC seasons. The Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute and Crossover Basketball product will look to be an impact playmaker on the point for the Blazers this upcoming year.
Following in the footsteps of recently graduated shooting guard Binh Nguyen, as well as standout rookie from last season Lance Catipon, Tugade is making the jump from Daniel McIntyre to the Blazers for his first year of college eligibility. Playing in the Winnipeg Tier 1 zone of the MHSAA "AAAA" division, Tugade's Maroons had a number of tournament finals appearances en route to a Provincial Championships berth. A finals appearance in their first tournament of the year in Brandon was followed by another second-place finish in their own DMCI tournament, and then the team brought it all together to win the Centurion Shootout at Fort Richmond Collegiate in late January. The Maroons also medalled at St Paul's High School at the Nick Laping Memorial, where Tugade was recognized as a player of the game and defensive player of the game in the same tournament. A captain on the squad since his grade ten season, Tugade helped DMCI past the Miles Mac Buckeyes in this year's high school provincial championships, but saw their run end in the elite eight stage. He was named a zone All-Star for Winnipeg Tier 1, as well as a "AAAA" Graduating All-Star following the team's championship run in March. A multi-sport athlete, Tugade also competes for his high school in Badminton, ultimate, and volleyball, as well as in Football Manitoba's flag football league.
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Blazers Men's Basketball Claim First Title Since 2017
Your Blazers Men's Basketball Team are the 2023-24 MCAC Champions after a dominant performance over the Providence Pilots on Saturday night in St. Boniface. The Championship title is the first for the team since the 2016-17 season, and first under head coach Scott Martin who was voted the 2023-24 MCAC and NIAC Coach of the Year.
It was a familiar matchup in the final, as the past three MCAC championship games since the pandemic-cancelled season have featured the Blazers and the Pilots; however, the result was very different. The 2021-22 final featured the top-ranked Blazers upset by the Pilots on their home court in Niverville, while last year's championships saw a second half Blazers lead slip away in the dying minutes to the top-seeded Pilots, stunning the CMU home crowd. This year's edition was on neutral turf, and with both teams having nearly equal records it was anyone's guess who might come out on top.
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Daniel Cameron: January's Zueike Male Athlete of the Month
Congratulations to Daniel Cameron of Blazers Men's Basketball on being selected the CMU Zueike Male Athlete of the Month for January. The sophomore forward has been the most consistent performer on a team looking for both MCAC and NIAC success this season.
With the final standings in MCAC to be determined after this weekend's games, and NIAC standings next weekend when the Blazers finish their conference schedule in Bemidji, Minnesota, head coach Scott Martin is hoping for more dominance from his second-year forward. "Daniel is relentless and plays at a high level every game," notes the head coach, who is in his fifth year leading the program. His teams have shown flashes of brilliance before, but this year the squad looks poised for a deep playoff run, thanks in part to the passion and persistence Cameron brings to the floor.
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