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New-look Bonnies get next preseason test
Basketball, Sports, St. Bonaventure
J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Nov 02, 2022
ST. BONAVENTURE — In recent years, this game had largely been considered an afterthought. Sure, there are the general curiosities that come with a pre...
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Schmidt feels re- energized, wants to retire at SBU
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VINNY PEZZIMENTI Olean Times Herald 
Oct 24, 2022
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Following is the second in a six-part series centering on the coming St. Bonaventure men’s basketball season from the five writers fro...
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Schmidt’s Bonnies back to being the hunter
Basketball, Sports, St. Bonaventure
J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Oct 14, 2022
He wasn’t made to discuss sky-high expectations, being the unanimous preseason favorite or the massive target on his team’s back. No, on this day, in ...
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Bona lands Fairleigh Dickinson transfer Hill
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Jun 09, 2022
ST. BONAVENTURE — After losing 10 scholarship players and a staggering 99.5 percent of its scoring from last season — tied for most in the country — t...
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So what’s next for Bona come the new season?
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Mar 30, 2022
And that’s the way St. Bonaventure’s bizarre basketball season ended … with a severe case of “too little, too late.” This team that endured an undulat...
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Bonnies bow to big-shot Xavier
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Mar 30, 2022
NEW YORK — Its crowd was incredible, a sea of brown and white that was bridged in the end zone by nearly the entire student body. It had a world of mo...
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Bonnies’ NIT run conjuries many parallels to past
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Mar 28, 2022
NEW YORK – He first played here as a wide-eyed freshman on Feb. 20, 1982. Mark Schmidt was a first-year guard at Boston College, which happened to be ...
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Schmidt staying at Bona proves quite the story
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Mar 28, 2022
Shortly after the University of Massachusetts fired men’s basketball coach Matt McCall — though it let him finish out the season — a diehard St. Bonav...
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Bonnies, fans feeling shared love in NIT run
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Mar 26, 2022
I’d always known what it meant to be a St. Bonaventure basketball fan. I grew up in Olean and graduated from Bona. I’ve lived it. I’ve breathed it. Bu...
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Bona has given fans March week they wanted
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Mar 25, 2022
It’s a debate that’s … never actually been much of a debate. For years, especially those in which St. Bonaventure has been somewhere between the fring...
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Schmidt staying at Bona, not leaving for UMass
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Mar 23, 2022
ST. BONAVENTURE — It began as a day of celebration, a deluge of joy following the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team’s thrilling road win over Virg...
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Can Bona spoil the party for another Power 5 foe?
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Mar 22, 2022
Mark Schmidt stood upright in front of a choppy computer feed from a darkened back hallway inside John Paul Jones Arena. This is what it had come to f...
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Bona brings boom versus Sooners
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Mar 21, 2022
Jaren Holmes looked into ESPN’s cameras and let out what must have been a long-awaited primal scream. He hugged his teammates, high-fived his coaches....
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