Here are your all-stars and MVP from the Wesmen Classic this weekend:

• Ross Bekkering – Calgary
• Erfan Nasajpour - Winnipeg
• Matt Witwer – Minot State
• Aaron Patterson – Minot State
• Brad Rootes – Brock
  Tournament MVP
• Scott Murray - Brock

Obviously all-stars are going to be the ones on teams on the a-side of the draw, so here’s a look at a few others who deserve a little love, the all-stars who weren’t all-stars, in no particular order:

Nicolas Cooke, RMC: The freshman, 6-foot-9 post played virtually every minute for the short-staffed Paladins and posted a nice 19-point, 16-rebound game in the opener against Winnipeg. Cooke was two rebounds off tying the tournament’s single game record for boards (more on this in a minute) and flashed a nice inside-outside game. A lanky big man who can step out and shoot the three, Cooke would be a good fit in any program in this country.

Henry Bekkering, Calgary: Yeah, yeah he gets enough pub. But the fact remains he put up a solid weekend and was a tough match-up for any opposition. He showed an array of shots, was a bull around the glass and getting to the hoop, yet still had a consistent soft touch on jumpers and pull-ups. Averaged 18.3 points per game to go along with eight rebounds per, including a 20-and-11 effort in the third-place final.

Jeff Price, Calgary — How deep are the Dinos? We’re not including Robbie Sihota, yet could easily include him in this group of ‘others.’ Price, however, was perhaps the second-best point guard in the tournament, behind Rootes, averaging 17.3 points and 5.7 assists per game against just two turnovers per.

Leonil Saintil, Acadia — This tournament was not a good memory for the No. 2-ranked Axemen who completely threw the fifth-place final away and lost in overtime to the Manitoba Bisons. Point guard Paulo Santana, last year’s AUS player of the year, returned from injury but looked far from 100 per cent and the Axemen looked off track for most of the tournament. The bright spot, however, was Saintil who posted a 21-point, 19-rebound effort against the Bisons (breaking the tournament record that had stood for 22 years) and two double-doubles in three games. He averaged a monsterous 20 points and 12.7 boards per game.

Darcy Coss, Manitoba — Had a quiet first couple of days before breaking out in the fifth-place final for 34 points (eroneously reported on-site as 36 at first) along with eight rebounds against Acadia. Averaged 23 points per game and hit 15 threes over the weekend and averaged 5.3 rebounds per.

Mike James, Winnipeg — The best player on the Wesmen not named Nasajpour this weekend. James, the second-year forward, was a bright spot on a Wesmen team that rarely had other players step up. He averaged 11.3 points and 6.7 rebounds in under 19 minutes per game.