St. Bonaventure men's basketball completes home-and-home sweep of Saint Louis. The following season in the NCAA Tournament, he poured in 19 points vs. Penn. Rosary (13-7): Kaylee Byon had 30 points and seven assists in a 65-55 victory against Orange Lutheran last week. By the time he closed his Bona career, he had scored 1,657 points - a total that leaves him 12th all-time in the program record books. Tournament Game. "For more than 30 years, Bob served as our global ambassador and as a special assistant to David Stern and to me, traveling the world to teach the game's value and make a positive impact on young people everywhere," Silver said in the statement. Hollis was a second round pick of the New Orleans Jazz in 1977 and also played for the Detroit Pistons (1978-79). It highlighted two players who went on to become the second picks in the first round of a professional draft. Being called for a charge on that last shot, particularly after committing the foul to allow Niagara to take the lead, may have affected his subsequent time in a Bona uniform. The losswhat became the last setback of the 76-77 season may have been historic for St. Bonaventure. The good thing was that they played a style that was similar to ours in that they loved to get up and down [the court]. 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. Bob Lanier was a standout at Bennett High School, a superstar at St. Bonaventure, and an excellent pro in the NBA. There was an error processing your request. The game was also unique in a way likely unmatched in any NCAA game since 1961. He's pictured at the opening of the Bob Lanier Center at the site of Kensington High. The way that [St. Joes game] ended, I thought, Thats itwe wont even get to the NIT.. Sign Up Today! They made me so proud. No, we didnt think about that, Crawford said. access for current print subscribers. In only his fourth season as the Bonnies head coach, Jim Satalin found himself in the national spotlight against famed coached Guy Lewis. He carried a 26 points-per-game average during the tournament, yet prior to the Bona game, Lewis remarked, Hed be the first to tell you he hasnt had a good tournament. One high point of Birdsongs season was scoring 43 in a nationally televised loss to UCLA at Pauley Pavilion in January, proving that explosive games were possible. According to the Bennett Alumni Associations Sports Hall of Fame page, Lanier was an All-High selection as a junior and as a senior for the Tigers, averaging 25 points per game his senior year. This weeks Orange County high school girls basketball rankings. Another free throw by Bonnie guard Glenn Hagan extended the lead to 92-89 before Birdsong hit a baskethis last field goal in the final nine minutesto close it to a one-point Bona lead. Then there was 6-8 Tim Waterman, a true center that even Satalin acknowledged was missing from the previous year. Despite the vast difference in school sizes, the Bonnies were not intimidated by the likes of Ohio State. He rebounded.. Eastern 8 newspapers? As a senior in 201112, Nicholson earned Atlantic 10 Player of the Year honors in addition to All-American Honorable Mention, and First Team All-Atlantic 10 and All-Defensive team honors. ST. BONAVENTURE (14-17) You have permission to edit this article. Meanwhile, Ohio State featured a powerful squad, highlighted by All-American and US Olympic star center Jerry Lucas who averaged 25 points and 18 rebounds a game. 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.. I dont mean this to be trite: We honestly loved each other and would go through the wall for each other, Lanier said, recalling the preseason goal the team had set for itself over beers and burgers at The Burton. He earned All-American honors in 1977 and was an eighth round draft choice of the New York Knicks in 1978. On top of the streak, it was Tom Stiths final home game in a Bona uniform. JSerra (10-11): Lions finish the regular season against Orange Lutheran and Mater Dei, so reaching .500 will be a challenge. The pair of wins against the Billikens should pay dividends for the Bonnies (15-7, 7-4 Atlantic 10 Conference), who completed the season sweep in a rare back-to-back, home-and-home series that started Friday with Bonas 68-61 win at Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, Mo. In these cases, the average was taken. 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. Cloudy. Collins Sets Single Season Assists Record as Billikens Beat Dayton on Friday Night, Dayton Visits Billikens for Final A-10 ESPN Friday Night Showcase, Legendary Richmond Radio Broadcaster Bob Black to Receive Bob Vetrone Media Award, Hawks, Dukes, Colonials All WIn While Mason Takes Overtime Affair and Rhody Survive Rambler Rally. Nicholson was key to the program's turnaround under head coach Mark Schmidt as he led the Bonnies to the 2012 Atlantic 10 Championship before being selected in the first round of the NBA Draft by the Orlando Magic. 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. 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. "As an ambassador for both the Pistons organization and the NBA, he represented our league, our franchise and our fans with great passion and integrity.". The referees were no doubt busy in the 40 minutes of play, though the game must have been far longer. Otis Birdsong, the Houston star who was #4 in scoring in the nation and a UPI first team All-American, led the Cougars with 30 points. We were kind of warriors in this trench together, and we had one focus: to win an NCAA title. He also became the first player in the history of the league to earn four straight Player of the Week awards. In the 2014 Atlantic 10 tournament, the Bonnies were defeated by Saint Joseph's the semifinals. Instead the win over Niagara became a signature game for Stith en route to the Bona Athletics Hall of Fame honor. Yet, to the surprise of many, they did get an NIT invite. An apparent late whistle against Baron on the steal affected the outcome. He would play for his hometown New York Knicks and was a member of the inaugural Athletics Hall of Fame class. In 1982, he was the A-10's leading scorer at 18.0 ppg and was an all-conference first team selection. Low 29F. More than anything else, I was petrified that I wouldnt get on the air or something would go wrong. Lanier was also in the movie, The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh, about a losing basketball team that attempts to reverse its fortunes with the help of an astrologers advice. Game #179 would be fresh in his mind years later: Coach Jim Barons squad beat the University of Southern Mississippi for a first-round NIT victory, 75-70. A cause of death was not immediately given, but Lanier had been battling bladder cancer in the last few years, and had also undergone various surgeries on his neck and knees. 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. 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. The Latest St. Bonaventure Bonnies Basketball (Olean Times Herald) News | SportSpyder Sign in MLB NFL NBA NHL NCAAB NCAAF MLS Premier More Shop My Podcasts Follow Team News Tweets Players Widgets Loading. Three other startersJohn Havlicek, Larry Siegfried, and Mel Nowellsubsequently played in the NBA. Thank you for signing in! The Bonnies went 14-10 in their 1975-1976 season. "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. Instead a 16-team NIT opportunity awaited. My four years here were the best of my lifetime, Lanier told a capacity crowd at the Reilly Center. In the latter story, Coach Donovan conceded, We were called with an unusually large number of traveling violations, but I guess we were traveling., The Bona defeat was also mentioned in a 1968 Sports Illustrated story by Curry Kirkpatrick, who described it as a game still remembered for its odd officiating and for a Wake Forest fast break started by the coach from his bench. That specific second-half play, as related in an article years later in The Buffalo News, had the Wake Forest coach taking the ball from one of the Bona guards, who was about to offer an in-bounds pass, and throwing it to Packer for a basket. Bonnies coach Mark Schmidt made sure to honor Lanier during his postgame media session. Still the Purple Eagles of Niagara nearly sent SBU fans home from the Armory in shock. Since 2005, Lanier had been the NBA Cares Global Ambassador, routinely working with youth-serving programs that support education, youth, family development and health-related causes. Hagan helped clinch the 1977 NIT Championship with clutch efforts in the postseason: He knocked in the game-winning shot for a win over Rutgers, finishing with 26 points. "He was a close friend who I will miss dearly, as will so many of his colleagues across the NBA who were inspired by his generosity. They made me so proud.". . Sorry, no promotional deals were found matching that code. All of those guys were ready to take the next step, and that game showed them that they could do that.. 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. 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 even has a mention in pop culture, in the movie "Airplane!," when a young fan recognizes Kareem Abdul-Jabbar disguised as a co-pilot named Roger Murdock and insists the Los Angeles Lakers center doesnt give enough effort. 2023 CIF Southern Section Girls' Basketball Championships (California) Division 1. In March 2018, St. Bonaventure won its first NCAA Tournament game since the 1970 win against Villanova, a 65-58 victory against UCLA in a First Four game in Dayton, Ohio. We still have to handle business, do our jobs.. He became an eight-time NBA All-Star who averaged more than 20 points and 10.1 rebounds per game, and had his uniform number (16) retired by the Pistons and the Bucks. This victory is for those guys. The NCAA Division I council approved a plan last month that allows for required summer activities for up to eight hours a week in basketball to begin July 20, and to last up to eight weeks or until the schools first day of classes. On your next view you will be asked to log in to your subscriber account or create an account and subscribepurchase a subscription to continue reading. The 5-9 junior guard for the Demon Deacons averaged 17 points per game, but wasnt the scoring leader for the squad. The dream had been realized fairly early in life: Tommasino said that getting the radio job for St. Bonaventure was his dream since second grade. Of course I had kept the copy of The Olean Times Herald on the day after SBU beat Houston for the 1977 NIT championship. According to a Sports Illustrated account from February 1961, St. Bonaventure was the first independent team chosen for the 1961 NCAA tournament. It made me really focus on what I needed to do to get to where I wanted to go. 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I think people realized, Well, hes not Don, but hes going to do all right.. He was that kind of guy, he remembered. Bob transcended race, united a campus and, by the way, was one of the best basketball players who ever lived. In an 83-79 win against Saint Louis, the Bonnies saw the Billikens outrebound them, outshoot them and outhustle them in the final seven minutes as Saint Louis cut a 15-point deficit to two with 30.6 seconds left. Saint Louis began Monday at No. Santa Margarita (13-6): Eagles can clinch third in the Trinity League by defeating host Orange Lutheran on Wednesday. "I talked to the team about it, Schmidt said. Andrew Nicholson A shower of rain or wet snow possible late. 31 jersey that brought the University national fame hangs in the Reilly Center rafters and he was inducted into SBU's Athletics Hall of Fame in 1975. Sage Hill (16-9): Lightning will say goodbye to the San Joaquin League after this weeks games against St. Margarets and Webb. Checking back? During his three years of varsity competition, he totaled 1,738 points and ranks eighth in program history. However, the idea of the Bonnies even being picked for the NIT that season was uncertain. Against Davidson in the first round, he finished with 17 points before adding 13 vs. N.C. State and 15 vs. Villanova. Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. St. Bonaventure forward Osun Osunniyi (21) attempts a shot over the outstretched arm of Saint Louis forward Francis Okoro (5). He is the top scoring guard in school history with 1,912 points (sixth overall among all SBU players) and also ranks second on the team's all-time list for three-pointers (270) and third in assists (590). Probably five or so at least.. If athletes are flagged from the screening, they will be evaluated by a physician. 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. He is tied for the SBU single game record for assists with 14, and second in steals for a game with seven. Greg Sanders An upset loss to Wake Forest in the 1961 NCAA tournament prevented any Bona hopes for a rematch with Ohio State. Hollis enjoyed a tremendously successful career, ranking seventh in program history with 1,798 points while he still stands second in rebounds with 939 - 9.2 per game over 109 contests. They werent built that way. One Bona fan, Pat (Tiger) Flynn, recalled going to Armory games from the age of six. 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. The basketball success in that era was known for something else during Stiths playing days: a prominent home-game win streak. It started under Coach Ed Melvin before Coach Eddie Donovan took over the Bona program in 1953. For more information on the Centennial Season celebration, visit GoBonnies.com/100. I feel that it was a turning point in my life. As part of the St. Bonaventure Basketball Centennial Season celebration, the Athletics Department gathered voting from fans and partnered with some of the most well-versed individuals on the history of the program to create an All-Time Team. His injury didnt scare the Pistons, who, according to an NBA.com story, signed Lanier as he was still in the hospital, recovering from knee surgery that spring. Timmy was our only size to speak of, Satalin said. But in the final five minutes, Saint Louis trailed 77-69 and attempted one more rally, despite Collins fouling out with 4:03 left. 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. His 40 points hid one other key statistic: He collected a game-high 12 rebounds, an area of the game that some saw tilting toward Houston and its leading rebounder Mike Schultz prior the game. Glenn Hagan 1 overall NBA Draft pick by the Detroit Pistons in 1970, Lanier led the Bonnies to an undefeated regular season in 1968 (23-0) and the NCAA Final Four in 1970. A post-game commentary in The Bona Venture concluded, When a coach is allowed to pass the ball into one of his players and this results in a score for his team, it is apparent that the officials either dont care or are blindor both., On top of this, a story in the Charlotte Observer referred to a clock malfunction in the scoreboard in the final minutes of regulation, leading to anxious inquiries about the time remaining.. 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. OLEAN - Frank S. Jester, 76, passed away Sunday (Feb. 26, 2023) at home, surrounded by his family, following a courageous battle with cancer. Smoking was prohibited in the Armory. No question, he said. Winn is also second all-time in steals with 319 and first in steals per game at 3.0 - he's also third all-time in Atlantic 10 career steals. The Bonnies reeled off another four straight victories to end the regular season at 20-5. Down 40-36 at halftime, the Bonnies faltered in the second half, facing an 11-point deficit with eight minutes remaining. Though growing up closer to Olean than to Winston-Salem, Chappell took his high school experience from a small town near Johnstown, PA, to become a two-time ACC Player of the Year. The 2014-15 St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball team represented St. Bonaventure University during the 2014-15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.The Bonnies, led by eighth year head coach Mark Schmidt, played their home games at the Reilly Center and were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference.They finished the season 18-13, 10-8 in A-10 play to finish in a three way tie for . His No. Then came February 25 with Niagaras visit to the Armory. I didnt even know at the time I tore my knee up. Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. 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. 25 was retired in 2007. I'm a college/high school sports enterprise reporter at The Buffalo News. College/high school sports enterprise reporter. 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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. $3.00 Others considered (listed alphabetically): Aliso Niguel, El Dorado, Kennedy, Santiago, Tustin, Valencia, Please send feedback on rankings to Dan Albano at dalbano@scng.com or @ocvarsityguy on Twitter and Instagram. He didnt need to take any shots. A win may have vaulted the team into the 32-team NCAA tournament. 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