As the game went on, you knew that was not going to happen., However, some solace was present in the opponent that cracked the streak. His 10 three-pointers in February 2018 vs. Saint Louis stands as the program's all-time single-game record while his 14 assists in a game - twice - are tied for the program record. Since you viewed this item previously you can read it again. They didn't get an opportunity to show their talent.". 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The final AP poll placed St. Bonaventure at #3 in the country, two spots behind the NCAA champion Ohio State team that featured Jerry Lucas, Larry Siegfried, Mel Nowell, John Havlicek, and Bobby Knight. The men's basketball team's 2019-20 season ended March 12, before it played its first game in the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament. It made me really focus on what I needed to do to get to where I wanted to go. In addition, he was the NBA Rookie of the Year with the Detroit Pistons and played professionally for the Bucks as well. He also was a longtime spokesperson and chairman of the NBA's "Stay in School" program, later renamed "Read to Achieve," a reading-engagement initiative supported by NBA and WNBA teams. His 22.5 points per game is still good for third all-time among Bona players. Although. Bob Lanier Edit Close The 1994-1995 team brought impressive victories to the Reilly Center that included wins over SEC foes Mississippi State and Mississippi as well as over Louisville, Virginia Tech, and VCU. He really had a terrific game, said Tommasino, and pulled the team through it., Looking back, Tommasino saw the season as a pivotal one, describing it as an uplifting year overall. After all, he noted, By those standards of the time, it [an 18-13 record] was a great turnaround for Bona basketball.. 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. He was 73. 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. He was inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006. In the closing minutes and the Bonnies down 87-86, Sanders made a 22-foot jumper from directly in front of the Bona bench. Thank you for reading! In 2015, Dan received the Bud Dwyer Jr. media award from the Southern California High School Football Coaches Association. It may not have been the best shot selection on the possession, and Sanders admitted as much after the game in saying, If I had missed, I wasnt going to look at Coach., Satalin admired his confidence in shooting. Andrew Nicholson 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 Today! Were moving it [the ball] around, the clock is ticking off, and [teammate] Larry Weise yelled at me when I got the ball to drive to the hoop. Ten first-half turnovers were a part of the five-point Bona deficit at halftime. All you have to do is activate your access. It took so much pressure off the other guys, he added. A Bonaventure athletic department spokesperson confirmed Thursday to The News that mens basketball players will return to campus July 18 and 19 for offseason workouts, and womens basketball players will return to campus July 25. Syracuse started the game in an uncharacteristic man-to-man defense instead of a 2-3 zone, something that surprised Satalin according to an Olean Times Herald post-game story. The point guard of the 1977 NIT Championship team, Hagan established the career assists record for the program with 486 (4.7 apg), a total that still ranks fourth today. The NBA statement said Lanier died following a brief illness. On March 16, 1995, the top pop song in the US was Madonnas Take a Bow. The lead story was about area flooding, though a top-page banner indicated that Niagara had used St. Bonaventure as a stepping stone to the NIT Tournament and pointed to more stories in the sports section. The 201415 St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball team represented St. Bonaventure University during the 201415 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. 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). Even Eddie Jordan, a guard for Rutgers at the time, acknowledged as much on another website, He (Baron) took two dribbles, then a whistle blew, he said. Siena visited the Armory on February 23. The team lost 6-7 forward/center Bob Rozyczko and his 17 points per game average to graduation, but the foursome of Hollis, Baron, Hagan, and Sanders brought a 55 points-per-game average into the 76-77 season. He finished his career third in rebounds and still stands there with 922, an average of 12.1 per game over 76 contests. The following season in the NCAA Tournament, he poured in 19 points vs. Penn. 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 National media, including Sports Illustrated, headed to the corner of Times Square and Barry Street for the February 25 spectacle. It hurt me to my heart that my guys were going (to the tourney) without me, Lanier said. The 1966 Bennett High School graduate was a three-time Converse college All-America selection who helped the Bonnies reach the 1970 Final Four, and he became a Hall of Famer. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the A-10 Tournament where they lost to Dayton. "The spirit of St. Bonaventure is bigger than any one man, but no singular soul in 164 years has ever brought more honor, dignity, glory and love to bear at Bonas than Bob Lanier, said Mike Vaccaro, a New York Post columnist and historian on Bonnies basketball who graduated from St. Bonaventure in 1989. There was a problem saving your notification. Raised in the upper Manhattan neighborhood of Harlem, Crawford found the Holiday Festival experience to be a coming home of sorts, and playing at the Garden was a particularly special memory, especially in 1960. After all, this first visit to the NCAA tournament featured a Bona team ranked as high as second in the country that season. They made us pay for it. We had so much fun together over the years in Motown . On the day of the game, a writer for The Olean Times Herald predicted, It could be rough sledding before the century mark is recorded. Niagara entered as a 19.5-point underdog, but was hoping for a post-season NIT invitation. During football season, he partners with Steve Fryer and Jonathan Khamis on OCVarsity's Gridiron Show and hosts a weekly podcast on Trinity League football. It was a strong field, but we were really good that year, he said in looking back to that year. He also knew that the end of the Bona season would mark the end of the announcing role, as he would be moving to Virginia for family reasons. He. Error! The Hagan-Baron backcourt flourished against Villanova, which ultimately finished third in the tournament. The win against Bradley, played before 15,497 in Madison Square Garden, came after it ended the Bonnies season in the 1960 NIT. As a senior, he helped the Bonnies to the NCAA Tournament and First Four win over UCLA as well as a school-record 26 victories. Tournament Game. Bob transcended race, united a campus and, by the way, was one of the best basketball players who ever lived. CHUCK POLLOCK Olean Times Herald ST. BONAVENTURE St. Bonaventure's men's basketball team couldn't have picked a better time to put up its biggest point total of the season and its junior guard, Daryl Banks Players: Daryl Banks III I felt comfortable that we would be very competitive in this game for sure.. Entering the game, Birdsong and the size of Houstons roster were on Satalins mind, but there was a key factor that he liked. Neil J. O'Connell, OFM, 84, former president of St. Bonaventure University, died Thursday evening (March 24, 2022) at the nursing care unit of St. Elizabeth Motherhouse in Allegany . Posting up: Memories of St. Bonaventure basketball, December 1960: A chance to beat the #1 team in the country, Francis Tommasino: The NIT home win in 1995, The launching of Posting up: Memories of St. Bonaventure basketball. Satalin remembers the call 46 years later. 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St. Bonaventure had its own challenge in the first round. After he retired, Lanier served as the NBA Cares Global Ambassador, working with programs that supported education, family development, youth and health-related causes. The NCAA announced the cancellation of all winter and spring. Bob Lanier (right) hugs friend and roommate Bill Kalbaugh after the two seniors left the court for the final time in their last home game at St. Bonaventure in 1970. Lettuce, tomato, onionsa nd sour cream will be included. Thank you for signing in! So what does Sabres GM Kevyn Adams do this week? Despite an overall winning record that included an upset over top-ranked Saint Louis in the A-10 tournament quarterfinals, the Bonnies were not invited to a postseason bid due to an inability to come to an agreement with the College Basketball Invitational. With a Digital Only subscription, you'll receive unlimited access to our website and e-edition. Syracuse got the subsequent NCAA bid (32 teams at the time) and lost in the second round to Charlotte, 81-59. At one point during the run, the Billikens went without a successful shot from the floor for nearly six minutes. Crawford didnt remember a unique strategy designed to stop Lucas and the other Ohio State stars. for 1 day, Free As a current print subscriber, you receive 24/7 access to our website and online e-edition at no additional charge. Three other startersJohn Havlicek, Larry Siegfried, and Mel Nowellsubsequently played in the NBA. In what was St. Bonaventures tenth overall trip to the NIT, Coach Jim Satalin was a realistic optimist in his first look at the list of 16 teams in 1977, something he even remembers 45 years later. Of course not, Crawford replied without a second thought. OLEAN - Frank S. Jester, 76, passed away Sunday (Feb. 26, 2023) at home, surrounded by his family, following a courageous battle with cancer. The standing room only crowd was an estimated 2300. However, the Little Three matchup was not a game to be taken lightly. ST. BONAVENTURE Bob Lanier, the greatest basketball player in St. Bonaventure University history, died early today surrounded by family in Arizona. None of the responses will be shared or used for any other purpose except to better serve our community. They responded. Saint Louis began Monday at No. The campaign for A Bolder Bonaventure Tour Stop: San Clemente, CA 4 March, 2023, 4 30 PM-7 30 PM Join us as we celebrate the beginning of Dr. Gingerich's tenure as president and launch the Campaign for A Bolder Bonaventure, the largest fundraising campaign in the university's history. Lanier was awarded an honorary doctorate by his alma mater in 1985 and the Gaudete Medal, the universitys highest service award, in 2004. Each player added eight rebounds apiece. Bremer also had memorable postseason performances - in the 2000 NCAA Tournament, he posted 17 points vs. Kentucky, then had 26 points vs. Pitt in the 2001 NIT and 29 points vs. Syracuse in the 2002 NIT. By this point in the season, the Bonnies were 21-1, losing only to the top ranked team in the country, Ohio State, in late December. At Bennett High School, Lanier dominated even after he was cut from Bennetts basketball team as a sophomore, but honed his basketball skills with Lorrie Alexander, the athletic director at the Masten Avenue Boys Club. You have permission to edit this article. The Bonnies were 90th on Monday, and should move up with the win. So what does Sabres GM Kevyn Adams do this week? I knew the Bonnies had some good teams in the pre-Lanier era, but knew nothing about the 1960-1961 squad and wondered about this particular loss. If it was a different team that might have been able to milk the clock more or wanted to do that, that might have been [different]. Dont foul. Then, they saw it Monday against the Billikens (17-8, 8-4). The OTH story summarized the sentiment: It was as final as death. The following morning was a somber one for Bona fans. They lost their last regular season game at third-ranked Rutgers, 85-80, in a heartbreaking defeat. Thats exactly what the Bonnies did that evening in the Reilly Center, and it was Francis Tommasinos most memorable Bona game behind the microphone in his Bona tenure. 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The University at Buffalo began allowing football players who are from Western New York and who remained on campus during the spring semester to return to campus for voluntary workouts June 15, followed by players who live out of town. He was inducted into the Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006. A crowd of 12,451 packed Madison Square Garden for the 1pm tip on March 20, and Houston star Otis Birdsong was ready. A game that St. Bonaventure should have won, remarked Tommasino. In 52 years, only his career points record has been surpassed by three men who played 29, 37 and 48 more games than Lanier did, when freshmen were allowed to play varsity (after 1972) and schedules grew larger. (); : For more information on the Centennial Season celebration, visit GoBonnies.com/100. They saw it Feb. 1 against Davidson, when the Bonnies nearly wiped out a 16-point deficit and made it a one-possession game with less than 11 seconds left in an 81-76 loss to the Wildcats. The captain of the 1959-60 team when he averaged 20.5 ppg, his No. For St. Bonaventure, there would be no rematch against Ohio State, which eventually suffered an overtime loss to Cincinnati in the NCAA championship game. In the first round of the NCAA Tournament in 1970, he had a stat line of 19 points and 16 rebounds in a first round win over Davidson, then had 15 and 11 in a second round triumph over N.C. State. Vanterpool stands 14th all-time in career scoring with 1,474 points and is also among the program's leaders in assists (401, eighth), rebounding (630, 22nd) and three-pointers (106, 19th). Stith had an almost unstoppable hook shot and won more national attention for the program than any other player up to that time. He's played as a pro overseas for 15 years. RIP BOB! A UB athletic spokesperson confirmed Tuesday to The News that the mens basketball program has not determined a report date for its players, m. He was a 1961 graduate of Olean High School and a member of the U.S. National Guard. (This brief stretch may be the only consecutive three-game run of facing top 20 teams in Bona history.). I lived and died with Bonas, he added. Recruiting buzz is already building just days after the St. Bonaventure men's basketball team's season ended at the hands of the LSU Tigers in the NCAA Tournament. Combing through them uncovered an array of Bona gems. Lanier returned to campus less than two years later, in December 2019, when Bona honored the 50th anniversary of the 1970 Final Four team. Timmy was a key factor on that team. There was a problem saving your notification. No question, he said. His No. He earned Atlantic 10 Player of the Year twice (1980, '81) and helped the Bonnies to a 70-41 record during his career before earning selection to the Athletics Hall of Fame in 1991. But when I ran back down the court and tried to pivot, my leg collapsed. Smoking was prohibited in the Armory. The following games against Oregon and Villanova featured three- and four-point wins, respectively. Nope, nope, he said without a second thought. This weeks Orange County high school girls basketball rankings. 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. Bob Lanier was a standout at Bennett High School, a superstar at St. Bonaventure, and an excellent pro in the NBA. Those players will remain on campus for the rest of the summer, and the remainder of Bonas athletes are scheduled to return to campus in August. With so many greats to wear the Bonaventure colors through the years, coming up with an All-Time Team stands as a daunting task. St. Bonaventure men's basketball completes home-and-home sweep of Saint Louis. After a long career in the NBA, he was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame. Adaway (17 points, six rebounds) missed a dunk attempt with less than four minutes left, and Gibson Jimersons free throws cut the lead to six with 3:26 left. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. Not only because it was a return to the tournament, but it was also a win, and it was a game that the Reilly Center hadnt seen in a long timegetting to play a post-season game and come away with a win, he said. On top of that, he hadnt made a basket the entire game. Stith and Crawford led the Bonnies with 35 and 24 points, respectively. Then came February 25 with Niagaras visit to the Armory. Lanier averaged 26.2 points and 15.6 rebounds per game. There was a problem saving your notification. Tommasino, the voice of the Bonnies from 1988-1995, called 180 games over that span. Flynn said that he cried like a baby after the Niagara loss. Belcher averaged 19.9 points per game and was a member of the NCAA Tournament team in 1978, and also played on the 1979 NIT team. The third all-time leading scorer in program history with 2,077 points from 1977-81, he finished his career 15th in rebounds (650) as well as third in free throw percentage (.831). I didnt even know at the time I tore my knee up. I think people realized, Well, hes not Don, but hes going to do all right.. The Bonnies reeled off another four straight victories to end the regular season at 20-5. Keep reading with unlimited digital access. Bonnies coach Mark Schmidt made sure to honor Lanier during his postgame media session. As a kid growing up in Olean (NY), I recall the excitement of getting the cardboard schedule of the upcoming season and filling in the results as the year progressed. Promotional Rates were found for your code. In his three seasons, the Bona teams coached by Eddie Donovan amassed a record of 62-13, good for a .827 winning percentage. He was 73. We hope that you enjoy our free content. We still have to handle business, do our jobs.. While Birdsong went quiet offensively, Sanders was just starting his barrage. I didnt know at the time I had torn my MCL. Olean, NY REBECCA FIELD OBITUARY Rebecca A. Millis Field OLEAN - Rebecca A. That was a major factor in the game. AJ Bramah, a Robert Morris transfer and the first Bona target to announce a decision date, plans to verbally commit on Friday. The front page had no story of the consecutive home wins. Bob Lanier speaks at the dedication of the Reilly Center court to him in 2007. The. Sign Up Today! The Olean Times Herald storyheadlined Pipe-Dreamer Couldnt Have Improved on Bonas Victorycredited that basket with 15 seconds left as deciding the game and keeping the streak alive. The University's first consensus All-American, he ranks fifth in program history with 2,052 points including the '59-60 season when he averaged 31.5 ppg, the all-time program record. In the 2014 Atlantic 10 tournament, the Bonnies were defeated by Saint Joseph's the semifinals. He just looked at it and thought, Im making this thingits my time and Im making this and thats it. And he didhe had the game of his life.. He helped Bona to three NIT berths and one NCAA Tournament and went on to play for the New York Knicks. Our digital products are available 24/7 and are accessible anywhere, anytime. Niagara and Duquesne upended St. Bonaventure toward the end of the regular season with the consecutive setbacks occurring within five days of each other. They finished the season 1813, 108 in A-10 play to finish in a three way tie for sixth place. He had scholarship offers to more than 80 colleges to play basketball, but stayed close to home at Bona. He's also seventh in career field goal percentage (.528) and fifth in scoring average at 20.8 points per game. Butler finished his career with 1,462 points during his career and grabbed 650 rebounds, also delivering 34 points in an NCAA Tournament win over Boston College in 1968. Ahead 37-36 at halftime, the Bonnies faced a persistent Wake Forest team that forced six lead changes in the second half. As a student at St. Bonaventure (SBU), I had the joy of interning in the Sports Information office and experiencing the excitement of Reilly Center games from a pressbox perspective. 22 is retired and he was a member of the inaugural Athletics Hall of Fame class. Niagara just had control of the game., Final score: Niagara 87, St. Bonaventure 77. Sanders basket, likely the most critical basket in the 2238 points of his Bona career, was crushing for Houston. We hope that you continue to enjoy our free content. Both teams were similar in one way. 8. Hollis scored 27 of Bonnies first 50 points as they headed into halftime with a comfortable 52-33 lead. Winds light and variable.. Cloudy. You have permission to edit this article. I found the Bob Lanier autograph taken to my first grade class in 1968. His 1,704 career points still rank 11th in Bona history while he is also seventh in assists (408) and fifth in steals (194). You can find your account number on any recent subscription notice or bill. Tim Winn 5. The way that [St. Joes game] ended, I thought, Thats itwe wont even get to the NIT.. Please help local businesses by taking an online survey to help us navigate through these unprecedented times. Three of the seven Bona players fouled out as the team committed a season-high 24 fouls. I cant sleep thinking about those memories . More than anything else, I was petrified that I wouldnt get on the air or something would go wrong. Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. It hurt me to my heart that my guys were going (to the tourney) without me, Lanier said, wiping tears from his cheek. Watch this highlight video of the Brea Olinda (Brea, CA) basketball team in its game Brea Olinda vs Canyon Game Highlights - Jan. 13, 2023 on Jan 13, 2023. It was just so unbelievable that they lost that game. Over his Bonnies career, Adams was a three-time First Team All-Atlantic 10 selection. How it found its way into my assortment of memorabilia was a mystery. 4. Sonora (17-6): Raiders return to the top 10 after beating Troy to seize control of the Freeway League. In the 1960-61 season, he scored 37 points against St. John's. Want to receive notice about our circulation promotions and contests?

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