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Revision as of 14:48, 3 July 2011

Saint Bonaventure.png
Location: Allegany, New York
Division: NCAA Division I
Conference (basketball): Atlantic 10 Conference
Arena: Reilly Center

The Saint Bonaventure University Bonnies compete as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference in NCAA Division I basketball. The school has not sponsored football since 1952. Saint Bonaventure is a private Catholic (Franciscan) institution located in the town of Allegany, New York, on the outskirts of the city of Olean. The school has an undergraduate enrollment of around 2,000. The school's athletic teams were formerly knows as the Brown Indians, but this was changed long ago in response to sensitivity concerns -- in fact, well before such concerns became widespread throughout athletics.

The campus is located along NY 417 (Main Street), bounded to the south by the Allegheny River. Access from I-86 is available at exit 24 (NY 417) or exit 25 (Buffalo Street), both of which are a couple of miles from campus. Reilly Center (5,780) is located on the southern portion of College Street, a road which circles the center portion of campus.

Saint Bonaventure's chief rivals are Canisius and Niagara; those two teams consider one another their chief rivals with the Bonnies a step down, but that is primarily a result of them playing in the same conference while Saint Bonaventure does not.

Four-time Pro Bowl DB Jack Butler heads the list of twelve former Bonnies to play in the NFL. There have been fifteen Bonnies in the NBA/ABA ranks, including Hall-of-Famer Bob Lanier.

Conference Affiliations

Football

no team 1971-present
club team NCFA 1968-1970
no team 1952-1967
NCAA College Division Independents NCAA College 1951
Unaffiliated Independents Independent 1942-1950
Western New York Little Three Conference Independent 1932-1941
Unaffiliated Independents Independent 1915-1931

Basketball

Atlantic 10 Conference NCAA I 1982-present
Eastern 8 Conference NCAA I 1980-1982
NCAA Division I Independents NCAA I 1973-1980
NCAA University Division Independents NCAA University 1957-1973
NCAA Independents NCAA 1943-1957
Western New York Little Three Conference Independent 1933-1943
Unaffiliated Independents Independent 1919-1933

Post-Season Appearances

Football

Ambox.png Note: Years for bowl games indicate the fall season preceding the game itself. Further, unless impossible to avoid, corporate sponsorship is ignored. Please see Bowl Alert for details.
Tobacco Bowl 1946

Basketball

NCAA Division I Men's Tournament 1961, 1968, 1970, 1978, 2000
National Invitation Tournament 1951, 1952, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1971, 1977, 1979, 1983, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2002
College Basketball Invitational 2011
National Catholic Invitational Tournament 1949, 1963

Championships

Football

Western New York Little Three Conference Champions 1932, 1935, 1937, 1941

Basketball

National Invitation Tournament Champions 1977
NCAA University Division East Region Champions 1970
Atlantic 10 Conference Western Division Champions 1983
Western New York Little Three Conference Champions 1938, 1940

External Links

Saint Bonaventure University Athletics