Born on Sept. 10, 1948, Lanier is one of the greatest basketball players to come out of Buffalo. The MVP of the 1974 NBA All-Star game, Lanier had his No. Please help local businesses by taking an online survey to help us navigate through these unprecedented times. According to a Sports Illustrated account from February 1961, St. Bonaventure was the first independent team chosen for the 1961 NCAA tournament. 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 also writes about high school football recruiting, including The Register's annual FAB 15 teams that list the top high school football players in the Western U.S. before National Signing Day. 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. His roll that postseason continued with 19 points and 18 rebounds vs. Villanova and he also scored 16 points in the Final Four vs. Jacksonville. His No. 3. Sign Up Today! His 1,704 career points still rank 11th in Bona history while he is also seventh in assists (408) and fifth in steals (194). All you have to do is activate your access. Green ranks ninth all-time in school history scoring (1,734 points) and is first in 3-pointers made (281), assists (657) and steals (325). It was just so unbelievable that they lost that game. St Bonaventure Basketball Osun Osunniyi Jaren Holmes Jalen Adaway Mark Schmidt Saint Louis Basketball Atlantic 10 Basketball Be the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox!. 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. But when I ran back down the court and tried to pivot, my leg collapsed. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Though receiving one first-place vote, they placed behind the Buckeyes, Bradley, St. Johns, and Indiana. In the 1961 NCAA Tournament, he posted 34 points and 16 rebounds in a first round win over Rhode Island, then had 19 points and 10 boards in a second round setback vs. Wake Forest and scored in double figures in every postseason game he played. Coach Donovans team had cruised by DePaul, Providence, Boston College, and third-ranked Bradley earlier that month. During his three years of varsity competition, he totaled 1,738 points and ranks eighth in program history. The Bonnies are fifth in the Atlantic 10 standings, and have six games left in the regular season a stretch run that could help propel the Bonnies into the Atlantic 10 tournament, which begins March 9 in Washington, D.C. Were not trying to get comfortable, or satisfied where were at, said Bona center Osun Osunniyi, who led his team with 21 points and three blocks. 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 New York Times account described the Bona duo as the most dazzling practitioners among the six teams that day in playing with startling acrobatics.. We tried to create a lot. This victory is for those guys. You can find your account number on any recent subscription notice or bill. However, according to an Associated Press writer, many fans in the inevitable capacity crowds of 2000 would smoke in the outside foyer during halftime. After the ensuing buzzer, Crawford felt cheated.. The college transitioned to distance learning and online classes in March. His recognition included: Associated Press All-American (1959-60 and 1960-61); United Press International All-American (1959-60 and 1960-61); Look Magazine All-American (1960-61); Sporting News All-American (1959-60 and 1960-61); Catholic Digest All-American (1960-61) and ECAC All-East (1960-61) among others. He was named by Look Magazine to the All-District Team the same season. Ahead 37-36 at halftime, the Bonnies faced a persistent Wake Forest team that forced six lead changes in the second half. Thank goodness we had a strong first half.. 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. Even before the final buzzer, Donovan walked to the Niagara bench to congratulate Gallagher, who got the game ball with Donovans approval. A bronze pair of his sneakers remains in the Basketball Hall of Fame. The Bonnies last loss had come to Niagara on February 11, 1948. His success in the ensuing seasons propelled the program to new heights, which prompted kids like me to become ardent Bona fans and to keep special memories in all kinds of ways for decades to come. Glenn Price He was an intern at The Buffalo News in the summer of 2006, and served as an intern in the Sports Department of the Olean Times Herald his junior and senior years. As a reserve on the Bona team in 1947-48, Donovan knew the history all too well. 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 73. Vanterpool helped lead the Bonnies back to national respect, taking Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team honors in 1991-92. With so many greats to wear the Bonaventure colors through the years, coming up with an All-Time Team stands as a daunting task. Thosewho have donned the Brown and White over the past 100 years have created memories to last a lifetime with fans of the program. It was an obstacle that turned into an opportunity.. Orange Lutheran (17-7): Lancers play JSerra, Santa Margarita and Anaheim this week. 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. Looking back, Satalin expressed pride in the four-game streak culminating in the championship. 1 seed in 2021, when the . He also helped Bona to the 1971 NIT with a 21-6 record and 62-17 during his career. In 1960, Ohio State (OSU) enrolled about 18,000 undergraduate students. That would have really been disastrous. If you are experiencing difficulties logging in or are a subscriber getting a paywall, please try one or more of the following steps. He specializes in football and all the aquatics but covers many different sports. 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. Providence (#15) upended St. Bonaventure, 82-75, before a Dick Vitale-coached Detroit squad (#19) defeated the Bonnies, 78-62, in the Motor City. 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. 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. Though Stith scored 33 points in his home finale, Niagara had four starters in double figures, led by Al Butler with 24 points (11-19 from the floor). Timmy was a key factor on that team. He was also A-10 second team in 1983 and the captain of the 1983 NIT team before being selected to the SBU Hall of Fame in 1995. When I got the job here 11 years ago, we heard the stories about 1970 and how disappointing it was that Lanier got hurt and they didn't have a chance to have a full team going to play Jacksonville," Schmidt said. 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. 4. Coach Eddie Donovans squad handed DePaul their seventh straight loss, 78-69, on February 18 in the Buffalo Auditorium. In the end, Lucas collected 21 rebounds and missed only seven shots from the field in scoring 32 points. Bill Kalbaugh (Records through Sunday, Jan. 30) 1. Bill Butler Against Davidson in the first round, he finished with 17 points before adding 13 vs. N.C. State and 15 vs. Villanova. (renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). The OTH called it the upset of upsets in Little Three basketball history. And win #100 was never reached. They werent a great defensive team. Eastern 8 newspapers? 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 Reilly Center fans were energized for the post-season matchup with Southern Mississippi. An apparent late whistle against Baron on the steal affected the outcome. I found the Bob Lanier autograph taken to my first grade class in 1968. The Bonnies were badly outrebounded, 42-23, with Oregon star and second team USBWA All-American Greg Ballard nearly matching the Bona total with 15 rebounds. 2. Each team shot 34 free throws with Wake Forest sinking five more than Coach Eddie Donovans squad. J.R. Bremer He was, in those years, a box-score stuffer with per-game averages of 2, The question is a slam dunk for any St. Bonaventure alumnus or any Western New York basketball fan who can remember, We played here 50 years ago, but it feels like 10, Billy Kalbaugh told a standing and cheering crowd of, St. Bonaventure will honor the 50th anniversary of the Final Four team on Saturday at the Reilly Center on a busy. Tim Winn A consensus All-American twice (1969, '70), Lanier finished his career as the St. Bonaventure record holder in seven categories including points (2,067), rebounding (1,180), single-game scoring (51 points vs. Seton Hall), single-game rebounding (27 vs. Loyola MD), single-season rebounding (416), single-season shooting percentage (.586) and average rebounds in one season (16.0 rpg) in 1969-70. Ask Sam Stith, the legendary player who scored over 1100 points in his three varsity seasons at St. Bonaventure University (SBU) from 1957-60. From the days of Butler Gymnasium and the Olean Armory through to the past five decades in the Reilly Center, St. Bonaventure basketball has remained a constant in the University community for the last century. Three Bonnies averaged in double figures that same season: David Vanterpool, Nii Nelson-Richards, and Jeff Quackenbush. 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. ST. BONAVENTURE Eight of the top athletes in St. Bonaventure history have been tapped to join the school's Athletics Hall of Fame. He finished his four-year career at St. Bonaventure with 2,103 points, 887 rebounds and 244 blocks in 123 games (118 starts). The games were often the topic of wintertime conversations at school, the neighbors hoop, the dinner table, and really anywhere in the community. The following games against Oregon and Villanova featured three- and four-point wins, respectively. More importantly, he led the 1994-95 team to the NIT - the first for the program since 1983. What they got instead was the actual lights going out. Brea Olinda vs Canyon Game Highlights - Jan. 13, 2023. 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. 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. Bonaventure will require its athletes to be tested at testing centers in their hometowns, and it is asking athletes to self-quarantine for two weeks before returning to the Allegany campus. David Vanterpool Tom Stith Wake Forest lost its next game, the Eastern Regional finals, to a Jack Ramsay-coached St. Joes team. To Jalen (Adaway), make the free throws, Osunniyi said. (); : Tom Stith, the two-time All-American and runner-up national player of the year that season, scored 34 points, while Freddie Crawford added 29 points. Sparked by Francis Okoros inside play and Yuri Collins passing Collins had five of his 10 assists in the first five minutes of the second half the Billikens cut Bonas lead to 55-49. Along with an online fan vote and at games this season resulting in over 2,000 votes, a group of Olean Times Herald columnist and former sports editor Chuck Pollock and former beat writer Mike Vaccaro '89 along with current Olean Times Herald sports editor JP Butler '07 and longtime voice of the Bonnies Gary Nease selected from a group of 60 players for All-Time Team consideration. Sign Up Today! pic.twitter.com/a3ynIFGshp. Recruited out of Buffalos Bennett High School by Coach Larry Weise, Lanier grew as a freshman into his legendary size-22 sneakers, leading St. Bonaventure back into the national spotlight during his sophomore season in 1967-68. Cloudy. Last time I saw Pistons superstar BOB LANIER was several years ago when he spent the weekend at my house as he attended my Gala. The NCAA announced the cancellation of all winter and spring. Yet teams are planning for contingencies, and the Bills are no exception. In these cases, the average was taken. None of the responses will be shared or used for any other purpose except to better serve our community. Three other startersJohn Havlicek, Larry Siegfried, and Mel Nowellsubsequently played in the NBA. He scored 40 points in the NIT Championship Game in 1977 and had a career-high of 46 points against Detroit earlier that year, also pouring in 30 points in the second round of the NIT with a win over Oregon. While the Bonnies won the NIT in 1977, Southern Mississippi took that same crown in 1987 in defeating LaSalle in the championship game. Greg at that point just got ridiculous, Satalin said with a chuckle. 10. However, the Little Three matchup was not a game to be taken lightly. Over his Bonnies career, Adams was a three-time First Team All-Atlantic 10 selection. That was a major factor in the game. A four-year floor general, Winn was a program-changing recruit for Jim Baron. "It was a labor of love for Bob, who was one of the kindest and most genuine people I have ever been around. Bona also retired his uniform number, 31. Despite the vast difference in school sizes, the Bonnies were not intimidated by the likes of Ohio State. The men's basketball team's 2019-20 season ended March 12, before it played its first game in the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament. 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. 31 on their uniforms this season, the school's athletic department anno, Lanier made the NBA All-Star Game in seven of his first eight seasons. Lanier averaged 26.2 points and 15.6 rebounds per game. A prolific scorer, Crawford established the SBU men's basketball scoring record for sophomores with 614 points in 1960-61. I enjoyed the enthusiasm and the friendships that were formed. Lanier was also known for his legendary extra-large sneakers, size 22, one of which has been on display at the Buffalo History Museum. He helped Bona to three NIT berths and one NCAA Tournament and went on to play for the New York Knicks. Bremer ranks ninth on SBU's all-time scoring list with 1,732 points and led the Bonnies to three postseason appearances (NCAA Tournament in 2000 and NIT in 2001 and 2002). His 247 steals were at the time a school record and a total that still ranks fourth in program history. Lanier was a longtime spokesperson and chairman of the NBAs Stay in School program, later renamed Read to Achieve, a year-round initiative supported by all 30 NBA teams, 13 WNBA teams, and 6 NBDL teams that promotes the value of reading and online literacy and encourages families and adults to read regularly with young children. "I talked to the team about it, Schmidt said. $1,000 is being awarded. Dan Albano has been a high school sports writer at The Orange County Register since 1993. 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. Promotional Rates were found for your code. He took over mid-season for Don McLean, whose career covered 33 seasons, and found himself at Rutgers announcing his first game at the age of 24. He scored 19,248 points. Despite the success, the Bona Director of Public Relations, Jack Ritzenthaler (Athletics Hall of Fame inductee, 1977), remarked to reporters immediately before the Holiday Festival that the Bonnies had been playing over their heads.. The losswhat became the last setback of the 76-77 season may have been historic for St. Bonaventure. I felt comfortable that we would be very competitive in this game for sure.. He was a consensus All-American each season. This page was last edited on 12 October 2022, at 05:16. Mike Harrington: His team looks good, even without Alex Tuch. He blocked out. On 2/9, the Brea Olinda varsity basketball team lost their home playoff game against Orange Lutheran (Orange, CA) by a score of 49-40. The St. Bonaventure University women's basketball team is doing more than taking on the Richmond Spiders on Saturday in an Atlantic 10 matchup. Even with the strong offense, Crawford pointed to a solid defense as pivotal to the Bonnie success in forcing opponents to make passes and plays they didnt want to make., Both Crawford, a 6-4 sophomore forward, and 6-5 senior forward Tom Stith were the leading scorers for the 6-0 Bonnies entering the OSU game, as they had defeated teams that included Utah (#18), St. Joes, and Xavier. He played professionally for the New York Knicks, Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers, Buffalo Braves and Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA and his No. I didnt even know at the time I tore my knee up. He was named to the Athletics Hall of Fame in 1992. 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. So what does Sabres GM Kevyn Adams do this week? 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. 1. Winds light and variable. He is also first in career field goals made (944) and shot a .538 percentage, also grabbing over 600 rebounds. An Honorable Mention All-American selection by the Associated Press following his senior season, Adams' name is written throughout the Bonaventure record books. Ohio State entered the in-season tournament ranked #1 in the country, while the Bonnies were fifth in the UPI poll. The St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball (formerly the St. Bonaventure Brown Indians) team is the college basketball team that represents St. Bonaventure University, located near the city of Olean, New York.The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic 10 Conference and plays its home games at the Reilly Center.The Bonnies are currently coached by all-time coaching wins leader Mark . Saint Louis began Monday at No. Lanier told The News in 1990 that he was hurt and angry but determined to prove Mogavero wrong but also called Mogavero a very perceptive and compassionate coach, and a hell of a human being., It probably was one of the best things that could have happened to me, Lanier said at the time. Fast forward to February 12, 1977. Orange County girls basketball top 25, Jan. 31, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Saturdays OC schedule for the basketball, soccer CIF SoCal Regional playoffs, Marina girls basketball earns its revenge against Gahr, advances to regional semifinals, Boys and girls basketball: Thursdays scores, updated schedule for CIF SoCal Regional playoffs, Strong finish lifts Orange Lutheran past St. Pius X-St. Matthias in boys basketball regional playoffs, St. Bernard falls short against Mater Dei in boys basketball regional playoffs, Live high school updates: CIF Southern California Regional basketball, soccer playoffs, Orange County girls water polo Top 10: Orange Lutheran finishes No. "For more than 30 years, Bob served as our global ambassador and as a special assistant to David Stern and then me, traveling the world to teach the games values and make a positive impact on young people everywhere," Silver said in a statement this morning.
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