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By Vinny Pezzimenti A brilliant Friday afternoon in the summer brings a quiet stillness to the Reilly Center. The calmness belies the booming ferocity that engulfs the building during basketball season. Except for a janitor or two and a few athletic department employees playing out the final hours until the weekend, the hub of St. Bonaventure’s campus is barren. For […]
By Vinny Pezzimenti As the handful of video clips concluded playing on the large projector screen, Billy Kalbaugh’s eyes became misty. His voice quivered. It hurts. Fourty-six years later, it still hurts. “Whenever I watch the end of the Final Four and ‘One Shining Moment, whenever I see that, I kind of break down, to be honest with you,” Kalbaugh […]
Earlier today GoBonnies and the Men’s Basketball Program announced that Tareq Coburn had officially signed the dotted line and is now a full-fledged Bonnie. To read the schools’ official release including some words on his game from coach Mark Schmidt click this link here. We had the chance to talk over the phone with the newest Bonnie a few weeks […]
By Vinny Pezzimenti Jaylen Adams is with his dogs … er, dawgs. Which is to say he’s coming back to finish his college playing career with his teammates at St. Bonaventure. Relaxxxxxxx lol… I’m with my dawgs 🐺 — Jaylen Adams (@10jadams) April 5, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js We think. I never got wrapped up into whether Adams was staying or going, […]
As we previously reported last week, St. Bonaventure red-shirt sophomore forward Jordan Tyson is transferring from the school, per multiple sources. Tyson played 364 minutes this season for the Bonnies after missing the first eight games of the year with a hand injury. He scored a career high eight points twice (Fordham, Duquesne) and posted a career high seven rebounds […]
By Vinny Pezzimenti Mark Schmidt is a very good basketball coach and St. Bonaventure is lucky to have him. He led the Bonnies from the depths of the post scandal years, guided them to an Atlantic 10 title, and had them on the doorstep of an NCAA tournament berth this season – all while working within the limitations of the […]
After chronicling every game, every high and low from the 2015-2016 season we are officially ready to move into “off-season” mode here at the Bona Blog. Like the team this season, we had a great year. We hit record numbers in terms of visitors, views and Twitter followers. We shattered our figures from a year ago and there’s no doubt […]
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