Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY WILL POLADIAN, MANAGING EDITOR Home. That’s the place the Bonnies return to Saturday after losing to Niagara University, 71-55, Wednesday night. That’s also the place head coach Jim Crowley began his coaching career at the Division I level 23 years ago. Now, after a seven-year hiatus at Providence College, Crowley…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY JONNY WALKER, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF On a night when St. Bonaventure’s two preseason all-conference selections combined for 12 points on 5-15 shooting, the Bonnies still managed to escape with a 73-69 victory over visiting Longwood in Monday’s season opener. Preseason first-team guard Daryl Banks III scored 4 points on 1-8 shooting, including…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY WILL POLADIAN, MANAGING EDITOR A bittersweet return is in store for St. Bonaventure women’s basketball head coach Jim Crowley as this season marks his 23rd as a coach at Bonaventure. But the winningest coach in Bonaventure’s history returns to the program after spending the last seven years at Providence College.…
Photo: @BonniesMBB/Twitter BY JONNY WALKER, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team debuted a retooled roster during its annual exhibition game with Division III Alfred University Wednesday night in the Reilly Center. Bona’s starting lineup featured three returners — Atlantic 10 Preseason All-Conference First Team guard Daryl Banks III, forward Assa Essamvous (formerly known as…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY JONNY WALKER, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Don’t crown this season’s St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team too soon. Last week, media and coaches picked the Bonnies third in the Atlantic 10 Conference’s annual Preseason Poll. Bonaventure was one of just four teams to earn a first-place vote. KenPom, a popular stat-based index that ranks…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY JONNY WALKER, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Ahead of last season, the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team lost most of its players to the transfer portal. In the process, the Bonnies lost all five of their starters, a group that had once played the most minutes of any lineup in the nation. “The only…
The NBA is soft, and terrible officiating has a lot to do with it. Players are fined and ejected for harmless acts. However, the players are to blame too. Nowadays, superstars miss games because they, well, feel like it. In the 1990s, basketball was a physical sport dominated by defense and elite athleticism. Now, every…
Jim Crowley poses with St. Bonaventure President Dr. Jeff Gingerich, his wife Monti, his daughter Jocelyn and Director of Athletics Joe Manhertz. Dylan Nuzzo/GoBonnies BY: JONNY WALKER, MANAGING EDITOR In January, Jim Crowley received a phone call from Steve Campbell, a senior administrator in St. Bonaventure University’s athletics department. Bonaventure had begun a national search…
Photo: GoBonnies BY NATHAN SOLOMON, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF In a game that St. Bonaventure needed for Atlantic 10 Tournament seeding, the Bonnies pulled through. Bonaventure jumped ahead 40 seconds in and never looked back, scoring a season-best 89 points to defeat Saint Joseph’s 89-76 and snap a five-game skid. “We didn’t play perfect by any stretch, but…
BY WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS EDITOR The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team snapped it’s three game winning streak to La Salle in the Reilly Center, 76-70, on Wednesday night, dropping to fifth in the Atlantic 10 standings. “We didn’t play our best tonight,” Bonaventure head coach Mark Schmidt said. “But give La Salle credit. I thought…
BY ANDREW HALE, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR After narrowly losing 49-45 to George Mason last month, the St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team looked to split the season series against the Patriots Wednesday night. The Brown and White couldn’t get the offense going as they fell to George Mason 65-51. Graduate senior Nikki Oppenheimer led the way…
Seniors Michael Seitz, Joseph Gombatto, Thomas Reilly, Eric Bernhardt, Jimmy McKeown, Jace Frazier and Jack Gombatto tour Times Square prior to the team’s NIT matchup at Madison Square Garden Tucker Reilly/ The Bona Venture BY: TUCKER REILLY, ADVISORY EDITOR St. Bonaventure University’s basketball program is no stranger to the national stage. In addition to games in the…
Photo: GoBonnies BY NATHAN SOLOMON, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF St. Bonaventure cruised into the halftime break with a 38-23 lead, firing all cylinders. It felt like one of the Bonnies best – and most complete – halves of the season. Think fast. The second half was a complete 180. Bonaventure went cold in the final 20 minutes, making…
Photo: Allen Hubbard (Courtesy of GoBonnies) BY NATHAN SOLOMON, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF St. Bonaventure trailed by 10 to Rhode Island with less than four minutes remaining but went on an 11-0 run to take the lead with 35 seconds remaining. However, Rhode Island’s Ishmael Leggett sunk two free throws and the Bonnies failed to score on their…
Photo: GoBonnies BY NATHAN SOLOMON, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF When St. Bonaventure landed Daryl Banks lll from the transfer portal, fans hoped he’d blossom into a star. That appears to have happened. After 31 points Saturday against Massachusetts, Banks poured in 27 more Wednesday as St. Bonaventure held off a late George Mason rally to win 73-69 and…
Photo: GoBonnies BY NATHAN SOLOMON, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF St. Bonaventure wanted to open its Atlantic 10 Conference slate with a bang. That’s exactly what it did. The Bonnies broke their four-game skid in front of 3,978 Saturday, winning 83-64 to ring in the new year. “I thought our guys stepped up and met the challenge,” coach Mark…
Photo: GoBonnies BY NATHAN SOLOMON, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ALBANY, N.Y. — After consecutive losses to Iona and Florida Gulf Coast, St. Bonaventure need a strong offensive performance to get back on the right track. Despite 52% shooting for the Bonnies, it wasn’t enough. Behind a near-flawless 23-for-26 night from the free-throw line, Siena outscored Bonaventure 11-4 in…
BY WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS EDITOR The Reilly Center dawned Christmas spirit as the Bonnies took down Cleveland State, 61-42, on Wednesday, snapping the Vikings six game winning streak. St. Bonaventure (6-3) grabbed control early, going on a 14-6 run. The Bonnies went cold from there going 1-for-11 as Cleveland State (6-4) kept things close. The…
BY WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS EDITOR The St. Bonaventure faithful came out in droves to the Koessler Athletic Center in Buffalo, New York as the Bonnies renewed its over century old rivalry with Canisius. St. Bonaventure dropped to 1-1 on the season, losing too Little Three rival Canisius, 84-80, in overtime on Saturday. “We scored 14…
BY WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS EDITOR After placing 14th in the Atlantic-10 with a 12-16 record last season, St. Bonaventure and head coach Jesse Fleming look to right the ship this season. Fleming is coming into his seventh season as the Bonnies head coach. In the A-10 preseason poll, the Bonnies are predicted to finish dead…