The Bonnies had just come off consecutive road losses to two Top 20 teams. I think everybody thought they were going to win. He was 73. As a senior, he averaged 17.5 ppg and was named First Team All-A-10. MAAC athletes must also sign a "Social Responsibility Pledge for Covid-19" as a condition of participating in championship competition. 10. ST. BONAVENTURE Eight of the top athletes in St. Bonaventure history have been tapped to join the school's Athletics Hall of Fame. I'm a college/high school sports enterprise reporter at The Buffalo News. The NBA statement said Lanier died following a brief illness. Each player added eight rebounds apiece. Both teams were undefeated. Bob Lanier thanks the current players after the St. Bonaventure Bonnies basketball Final Four team was introduced at the end of the game at the Reilly Center at St. Bonaventure in Olean on Dec. 7, 2019. Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. 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In addition, he was the NBA Rookie of the Year with the Detroit Pistons and played professionally for the Bucks as well. Then there was 6-8 Tim Waterman, a true center that even Satalin acknowledged was missing from the previous year. 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I've worked in sports journalism since 1997 and I have covered everything from college football to the Stanley Cup playoffs, high school sports and the NCAA Tournament. Combing through them uncovered an array of Bona gems. St. Bonaventure men's basketball completes home-and-home sweep of Saint I didnt know at the time I had torn my MCL," Lanier in interview. This victory is for those guys. His 247 steals were at the time a school record and a total that still ranks fourth in program history. Sign Up Today! Three of the seven Bona players fouled out as the team committed a season-high 24 fouls. St. Bonaventure had won 99 straight games at home. It was a tough call to have at that particular time of the game, and that saved them their undefeated season, he said. 25 was retired in 2007. Thank you for reading! Even with the strong offense, Crawford pointed to a solid defense as pivotal to the Bonnie success in forcing opponents to make passes and plays they didnt want to make., Both Crawford, a 6-4 sophomore forward, and 6-5 senior forward Tom Stith were the leading scorers for the 6-0 Bonnies entering the OSU game, as they had defeated teams that included Utah (#18), St. Joes, and Xavier. ", NBA Commissioner Adam Silvers statement regarding the passing of Bob Lanier. The men's basketball team's 2019-20 season ended March 12, before it played its first game in the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament. Lanier told The News in 1990 that he was hurt and angry but determined to prove Mogavero wrong but also called Mogavero a very perceptive and compassionate coach, and a hell of a human being., It probably was one of the best things that could have happened to me, Lanier said at the time. He will be synonymous with St. Bonaventure eternally.. His 1,704 career points still rank 11th in Bona history while he is also seventh in assists (408) and fifth in steals (194). The losswhat became the last setback of the 76-77 season may have been historic for St. Bonaventure. ); single-season rebounding (416); and average rebounds in one season (16) in 1969-1970. Dan's passion for water sports has earned him the nickname, Aqua Dan, in the newsroom and taken him to multiple U.S. Olympic Swim Trials and many USA water polo events as a reporter. Thank you for signing in! On your next view you will be asked to log in or create an account to continue reading. Though receiving one first-place vote, they placed behind the Buckeyes, Bradley, St. Johns, and Indiana. I didnt even know at the time I tore my knee up. Coach Donovans team had cruised by DePaul, Providence, Boston College, and third-ranked Bradley earlier that month. Southern Mississippi took the lead in the second half, in part due to the Bonnies poor foul shooting (20-38), but the team prevailed behind Nelson-Richards. 5. Bob Lanier speaks at the dedication of the Reilly Center court to him in 2007. The No. My first time on a plane (age 20) was flying from Bradford (PA) to Washington, DC, to see an SBU-GW game (sadly a 78-64 loss). Hand sanitizer and disinfectants will also be available in all buildings and areas accessed by athletes. Matt Gantt His 281 three-pointers are the most in school history while he shot 38.5 percent from distance for his career, good for sixth in program history. He scored 2,067 points in three seasons at Bona, and was the No. I was in a hospital bed and I watched them bust their butts against Artis (Gilmore) and Pembrook (Burrows) and I know that I could have helped them overcome that. What they got instead was the actual lights going out. Donovan called a timeout, and Stith headed to the team huddle with his head down, thinking that he was being pulled from the game for committing the foul. None of the responses will be shared or used for any other purpose except to better serve our community. 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The games were often the topic of wintertime conversations at school, the neighbors hoop, the dinner table, and really anywhere in the community. He earned All-American honors in 1977 and was an eighth round draft choice of the New York Knicks in 1978. Winds light and variable.. Cloudy. Jan 30, 2023 @ 8:55pm. OC Varsity Scores and Schedules If you have any comments, questions, feedback or corrections for the information related to the scores or schedules, please contact our high school sports department They werent a great defensive team. It highlighted two players who went on to become the second picks in the first round of a professional draft. ALLEGANY The St. Bonaventure mens basketball team likely let out a collective sigh of relief as the buzzer sounded Monday night at the Reilly Center. The Bonnies finished the season with an overall record of 1815, with a record of 610 in the Atlantic 10 regular season for a ninth-place finish. Last time I saw Pistons superstar BOB LANIER was several years ago when he spent the weekend at my house as he attended my Gala. Hollis layup at the buzzer electrified the Bona crowd in capping off its first post-season tournament championship. We tried to create a lot. Having set an NCAA record for the highest freshman free throw percentage (88.4 percent) in 1979, Jones went on to become the seventh-leading scorer in program history at the time he finished his career. Game over. And 72-game home win streak over. Sign Up Today! We played the best teams, which proved to me that I was right in saying that we were good enough to win this thing, he said. It took so much pressure off the other guys, he added. The only thing is that I came close to charging the other player. The St. Bonaventure University women's basketball team is doing more than taking on the Richmond Spiders on Saturday in an Atlantic 10 matchup. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. In 1960, Ohio State (OSU) enrolled about 18,000 undergraduate students. Brea Olinda vs Canyon Game Highlights - Jan. 13, 2023. Keep reading with unlimited digital access. The St. Bonaventure Basketball Centennial Season All-Time Team: Jaylen Adams Just ask the guy in the co-pilot's seat in 'Airplane!'. Athletics | St. Bonaventure University Lanier finished his 75-game career as the St. Bonaventure record holder in seven categories: career scoring (2,067 points); career points per game (27.6); career rebounding (1,180); single-game scoring (51 points vs. Seton Hall); single-game rebounding (27 vs. Loyola, Md. He realized that the ending to the game nearly 55 years ago could have been different. The key to SBU's 1970 Final Four team, his No. In these cases, the average was taken. He also writes about high school football recruiting, including The Register's annual FAB 15 teams that list the top high school football players in the Western U.S. before National Signing Day. The Bonnies were 90th on Monday, and should move up with the win. He was that kind of guy, he remembered. Flynn, then nine years old, sat with his neighbor at midcourt in the Armory balcony. That was our feeling. In late December of that year, the two universities met for the championship of the highly regarded annual Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Holiday Festival in Madison Square Garden. It was a labor of love for Bob, who was one of the kindest and most genuine people I have ever been around. Ask Sam Stith, the legendary player who scored over 1100 points in his three varsity seasons at St. Bonaventure University (SBU) from 1957-60. He was also A-10 second team in 1983 and the captain of the 1983 NIT team before being selected to the SBU Hall of Fame in 1995. That whole dynamic was very interesting., The Bonnies entered the Holiday Festival with the third most potent offense in the country, averaging 92 points a game.