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Peak Web March 18, 2024By: Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor Men’s basketball SFU took on UBC for the first time in any sport at West Gym on November 26, 1965, winning 61–51 in front of 2,200 fans. Coach John Kootnekoff made the inaugural 1965 team give each other piggy-backs up Burnaby Moutain during preseason training. During SFU’s 32-year tenure in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), the team recorded their best season by win percentage in 1972–73 (21–8). SFU’s best NAIA-era playoff finish was a conference final loss in 1996–97. In their final year in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS), which they operated in…
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SFU Football Alumni Spotlight: Mark Bailey
Peak Web November 21, 2022By: Hannah Kazemi, Staff Writer We often hear about SFU athletes who have stepped up or had a particularly impressive season, but what happens to those athletes when they graduate and leave SFU? For the final piece in this series,…
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