By Paul Casey Gotham Mark Schmidt remembers it well. He had just finished his first season as head coach with St. Bonaventure, and his Bonnies, who hadn't known a winning season in five years, limped to the finish line with just two victories in Atlantic 10 conference play and an overall record of 8-22. He introduced his recruiting class - the group to which he would stake … [Read more...] about Nicholson etching his name in SBU lore
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Bonnies add Youssou Ndoye to 2011 Class
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. – Youssou Ndoye (YOU-sue en-DOY-yay) has signed an athletics grant-in-aid to join the men's basketball program in the fall, head coach Mark Schmidt announced on Tuesday. Ndoye, a 6-foot-9 230-pound forward/center from Dakar, Senegal, played two seasons at Lee Academy in Maine. He averaged seven points, seven rebounds and two blocks per game this year in … [Read more...] about Bonnies add Youssou Ndoye to 2011 Class
CBB Splinters | 1/25/11
By Paul Casey Gotham Gone to the guards A quick look at some statistics reveals that a few teams are doing their scoring from the outside - in. The highest scoring big man in the country is Vlad Moldoveanu from American who is averaging 20.8 a game. That ranks 13th in the country. Gary Flowers (So. Miss.) is 13th with 20.6 and Purdue's JaJuan Johnson is 15th with … [Read more...] about CBB Splinters | 1/25/11
Xavier flexes muscles in victory over St. Bonaventure
By Paul Casey Gotham St. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. -- For twenty minutes, the St. Bonaventure faithful had reason to believe. But hope can prove itself to be a fleeting object. Tu Holloway tallied 22 second-half points as the Atlantic 10-leading Xavier Musketeers rallied for a convincing 79-65 victory over the St. Bonaventure Bonnies at the Reilly Center, Wednesday … [Read more...] about Xavier flexes muscles in victory over St. Bonaventure