University of Waterloo Warriors 1974-75 Men’s Basketball Team
Inducted In
2011
The University of Waterloo Warriors 1974-75 Men’s Basketball Team provided the greatest of seasons and at the same time the saddest of seasons.
The team was unbeaten in the Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union that season, with a perfect 25-0 won-lost record including an 18-game winning streak.
The culmination of the on-the-court campaign came right in the university’s jam-packed Physical Activities Complex when the Warriors earned a dramatic 80-79 victory over the University of Manitoba Bisons in the playoff title game.
Although the roster that year featured five Ontario natives, including three graduates from Forest Heights Collegiate in Kitchener, the final game line-up was missing one of those three. Centre-forward Mike Moser, an all-Canadian all-star, died in his sleep during a Florida exhibition tour earlier that season. In a silent but profound tribute to Moser, only four Warriors were introduced as starters for each game after his death, including the title game.