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ST. BONAVENTURE — For St. Bonaventure men’s basketball fans hoping March would bear an at-large berth into the NCAA tournament, this week was crushing.
The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team hasn’t had to worry about bouncing back from adversity much this season.
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A 16-point deficit on the road was just a bit too much for the Bonnies’ eight-game winning streak to withstand.
ST. BONAVENTURE — The St. Bonaventure University women’s basketball team erased a 14-point second half deficit, defeating Saint Louis, 68-66, Wednesday evening at the Reilly Center.
Saint Louis has a big three.
FAIRFAX, Va. — Freshman Caitlin Frost registered a 17-point, 11-rebound double-double but it was not enough as the St. Bonaventure University women’s basketball team lost to George Mason, 83-63, Sunday afternoon at EagleBank Arena.
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The Melvin Council Jr. show continued Saturday afternoon, in a gym he has some familiarity with.
ST. BONAVENTURE — Noel Brown had seen this VCU team before, but the rest of his teammates had not.
Melvin Council Jr. chose the St. Bonaventure basketball team after one successful season at Wagner because he thought the Bonnies had the potential to play meaningful games in March.
ST. BONAVENTURE — For a coach rarely at a loss for words, the answer was tellingly short.
ST. BONAVENTURE — The St. Bonaventure University women’s basketball team could not overcome a cold-shooting afternoon, falling to Rhode Island, 82-48, Thursday at the Reilly Center.
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ST. BONAVENTURE — Melvin Council Jr. hit the biggest shot of this St. Bonaventure men’s basketball season so far.
The Bonnies’ non-conference record is great: 12-1. But now, the record that matters to Mark Schmidt’s men’s basketball team resets to 0-0.
Raise your hand if you had “Mark Schmidt gleefully presenting a personalized WWE championship belt to juco transfer Lajae Jones†on your 2024-25 St. Bonaventure men’s basketball Bingo card.
ST. BONAVENTURE — Locker room bragging rights are now on the line every time the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team wins a game.
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ST. BONAVENTURE — It was appropriate that St. Bonaventure was wearing throwback uniforms from the days of the 1969-70 Final Four team Saturday against Niagara.
The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team can match its best start since 1969-70 with a win in its non-conference finale.
ST. BONAVENTURE — Three players finished in double figures to lead the St. Bonaventure University women’s basketball team to a 76-68 victory over Little Three rival Niagara Tuesday night at the Reilly Center.
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With another dominant defensive start, the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team returned home with a second win on its road swing and the Franciscan Cup in hand.
St. Bonaventure’s 10-1 start, including an upset win over Providence on Saturday, has earned the Bonnies a vote in the AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll for the first time since November 2021.
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St. Bonaventure built a big lead and saw nearly all of it drift away at the Mohegan Sun Arena.
St. Bonaventure’s first and only “major conference†test of the regular season comes Saturday in a matchup that became considerably tougher in the last two weeks.
St. Bonaventure is in business with the WWE.
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ST. BONAVENTURE — St. Bonaventure University’s Department of Intercollegiate Athletics unveiled new plans for facility construction and renovations Thursday that will serve its growing population of nearly 400 student-athletes competing on the Bonnies’ 19 NCAA Division I teams.
ST. BONAVENTURE — Not many teams in college basketball have been better at defending than St. Bonaventure.
It’s been nearly two weeks since the Bonnies got to play in front of their home fans.
HOUGHTON — Freshmen twin sisters Julia Wyant and Jenna Wyant made memorable St. Bonaventure indoor track debuts on Friday at the Houghton December Classic, each setting new school records in the team’s season-opening meet.
ST. BONAVENTURE — Dani Haskell poured in a game-high 27 points to lead the St. Bonaventure University women’s basketball team to a 56-54 triumph over Cornell Thursday night at the Reilly Center.
Defense travels, as the old cliché goes.
ST. BONAVENTURE — Memories of sitting up in the Reilly Center’s “reds†are still fresh for Jack DeRose.
This team, Mark Schmidt acknowledged, probably wasn’t going to go undefeated.
BUFFALO — The St. Bonaventure University women’s basketball team fell to rival Buffalo, 74-46, Saturday afternoon at Alumni Arena.
His forever moment in this field might have happened nine years ago.
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Melvin Council Jr. can get by defenders in a flash.
St. Bonaventure men’s basketball coach Mark Schmidt has been adamant about his team excelling on defense when its offense sputters.
ST. BONAVENTURE — The St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team dropped a non-conference matchup with Loyola (MD), 60-42, Wednesday afternoon at the Reilly Center.
The Bonnies are headed to Disney World for Thanksgiving, but it’s no holiday vacation.
ST. BONAVENTURE — While the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team may be 6-0 for the first time in over five decades after its win over Bryant, coach Mark Schmidt is blocking out all the noise and is urging his players to do the same.
Though St. Bonaventure has never played Bryant in basketball, the Bonnies have a fair amount of familiarity with the Bulldogs.
ST. BONAVENTURE — A former staff sergeant in the U.S. Army, Rico Roman was on his third tour of duty in Iraq when one decision changed the rest of his life.
Among the many duties shared between the four assistant coaches for Bryant University’s men’s basketball team are the scouting reports.
At this point, the assumption for many is that this must be easy.
ST. BONAVENTURE — With its win over Div. II Mansfield on Wednesday night, the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team started a campaign 5-0 for the first time since the 2021-22 season, but coach Mark Schmidt is far from content with the product on the court.
ST. BONAVENTURE — St. Bonaventure will look to extend its perfect start to the men’s basketball season tonight as the Bonnies tip off against Division II Mansfield.
BUFFALO — Dani Haskell poured in a career-high 29 points, including 12 in the fourth quarter, to help the St. Bonaventure University women’s basketball team erase a 12-point first-half deficit for a 66-63 win over Canisius Tuesday night at the Koessler Athletic Center.
ST. BONAVENTURE — Another ESPN media celebrity is headed to St. Bonaventure — but just for one day.
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ST. BONAVENTURE — Mark Schmidt wants perfection.
ST. BONAVENTURE — The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team has gone without a loss through its first three games for the first time since the 2021-22 season.
(Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part column series previewing St. Bonaventure’s 2024-25 women’s basketball season.)
In their longest regular season road trip just three games into the 2024-25 season, the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team saw its leads challenged constantly Wednesday night.
