By CHUCKIE MAGGIO CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The St. Bonaventure Bonnies have frequently battled poor first halves this season, so much so that a slow 20-minute opening period has verged on an expectation. But nothing like this. Bona hadn’t yet surrendered the first 10 points of a contest, hadn’t started a dismal 0-for-9 from the floor. Perhaps most consequentially, it hadn’t debuted … [Read more...] about St. Bonaventure “dominated” in Charlotte
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Bonnies to meet Hokies for first time in a decade on Friday
By CHUCKIE MAGGIO St. Bonaventure’s path to the NCAA Tournament often includes a maroon-and-orange obstacle along the way. Three of SBU’s last five March Madness squads have faced the Virginia Tech Hokies in the regular season, including 2011, when the programs last met. Seth Greenberg’s squad held Andrew Nicholson to 4-of-14 shooting that evening, taking a nine-point home … [Read more...] about Bonnies to meet Hokies for first time in a decade on Friday
Maggio: St. Bonaventure is “hungrier” for Friday’s marquee opportunity
By CHUCKIE MAGGIO St. Bonaventure’s loss to Connecticut in Newark last Saturday was not, by any definition, a “bad loss.” UConn ranked 15th in the NCAA’s NET ranking as of Monday evening, comfortably making the Huskies a “Quadrant 1” neutral site opponent on Bonaventure’s current postseason résumé. A Kyle Lofton-less Bona team lost by just 10 points, trailing by six with 1:14 … [Read more...] about Maggio: St. Bonaventure is “hungrier” for Friday’s marquee opportunity
St. Bonaventure to play Virginia Tech in Charlotte in prime non-conference opportunity
By CHUCKIE MAGGIO Eleven years after they last met, the St. Bonaventure Bonnies and Virginia Tech Hokies will headline a quadrupleheader on Dec. 17 at Charlotte's Spectrum Center, a source confirmed Sunday. Other matchups that day include Richmond v.s. NC State, Wake Forest playing Charlotte and East Carolina facing Liberty. The Bonnies and Hokies, who appeared in the 2021 … [Read more...] about St. Bonaventure to play Virginia Tech in Charlotte in prime non-conference opportunity
NCAA FB: Stunner of a Saturday
By Paul Gotham To be or not to be. Or something like that. A Saturday of college pigskin saw the unranked teams acting like they were at a five-year-old's birthday party treating the top 25 like the pinata. Oregon 42 #6 California 3 Scratch out October 3rd on the calendar of games to watch. Instead, insert October 31st. The Bears might have looked ahead to next … [Read more...] about NCAA FB: Stunner of a Saturday