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For St. Bonaventure basketball fans, the goal was to emerge from the Atlantic 10 Men’s Tournament with an NCAA bid in hand. Oh, the Bonnies had alread...

The list of factors working against it was seemingly endless. The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team had played just two games – and been idle for ...

CLEVELAND — It was his No. 1 priority in the offseason. Osun Osunniyi, despite bumping his scoring average from eight to 11 points per game, knew that...

CLEVELAND — His career outing behind him, Osun Osunniyi had no problem acknowledging it. “Prior to the game, everybody was anxious,” the St. Bonaventu...

ST. BONAVENTURE — It was as well-rounded a team as we’ve seen in two decades. Earlier this month, in a two-part 20th anniversary story, I described th...

ST. BONAVENTURE — It’s the one thing he wants to improve upon most heading into next season. And, ironically, it’s the very aspect he’s been unable to...

ST. BONAVENTURE — It’s been a season of streaks for Mark Schmidt’s St. Bonaventure basketball team. There was that 1-4 start back in November when his...

It already had the makings of the toughest test of the season. With the added blow of star center Osun Osunniyi being sidelined with concussion-like s...

ROCHESTER — It was a rare bit of forewarning on Mark Schmidt’s part. “We’re 3-0 (in the Atlantic 10), but we’ve got to get better,” the 13th-year St. ...

The nickname was originally assigned to former Knicks prodigy Kristaps Porzingis by Kevin Durant in early 2016. In an interview, the then-Warriors sta...

FAIRFAX, Va. — The seeds for this kind of performance were sewn nearly 10 months earlier on a surprisingly mild March day in Brooklyn. That afternoon,...

An extension of his team’s struggles, Kyle Lofton had gotten off to a forgettable start from the field this year. Through the first seven games, he’d ...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Osun Osunniyi established this goal on the record at the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team’s media day in October. “This year, I...

ST. BONAVENTURE — From an intangibles standpoint, it was the clear missing ingredient in a 1-4 start: Toughness. From a production standpoint, it was ...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Mark Schmidt, as you might imagine, was in full fundamentals mode. The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball coach, now in his 13th year,...

His tip-off time came at approximately 10 p.m., after the last fan had departed and the locker room emptied from the actual game that had taken place ...

ST. BONAVENTURE -- He emerged from the midcourt entryway onto the Reilly Center floor promptly at 9:30 a.m., a smattering of sweat having already line...

ST. BONAVENTURE — After displaying individual signs of brilliance during the regular season, the group established itself fully on consecutive days in...