St. Bonaventure

Official Name: 
St. Bonaventure University
Nickname: 
Bonnies
Mailing Address: 

Post Office Box G
Reilly Center
St. Bonaventure, NY 14778

Telephone: 
(716) 375-2319
Fax: 
(716) 375-2383
Enrollment: 
2,200
Arena: 

Reilly Center
Capacity: 6,000
Year Opened: 1966

School Colors: 
Brown and White
Conference: 

Atlantic 10 (since 1980)/East Division

Final AP Top 10 Rankings: 

(4) 1960, 1961, 1968, and 1970

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(5) 1961, 1968, 1970, 1978, and 2000
6-7 record (.462)
Reached Final Four in 1970 (4th)

NIT Appearances: 

(15) 1951, 1952, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1971, 1977, 1979, 1983, 1995, 1998, 2001, and 2002
17-16 record (.515)
Finished 3rd in 1952, 4th in 1957, 3rd in 1958, 4th in 1960, 3rd in 1971 and 1st in 1977

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Larry Weise (12 years from 1962-73, 202-90 record, .692)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Greg Sanders (2,238 points from 1975-78)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Bob Lanier (1,180 from 1968-70)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Bob Lanier (51 points as junior vs. Seton Hall on 2/24/69)

All-American Selections: 

(5) C Bob Lanier (1968, 1969 and 1970), F Tom Stith (1960 and 1961)

NCAA Consensus First-Team All-Americans: 
NCAA Consensus Second-Team All-Americans: 

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Bob Lanier (51 vs. Seton Hall)
February 24, 1969 (junior/27.3 ppg)

1

2

Total

St Bonaventure

41

56

97

Seton Hall

37

42

79

St Bonaventure

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Hayes

2-8

3-3

7

Martin

0-0

0-0

0

Lanier

20-29

11-13

51

Kalbaugh

5-13

0-0

10

Satalin

3-6

0-0

6

Klimkowski

0-0

1-2

1

Tepas

8-8

0-2

16

Kull

2-3

0-0

4

Grip

0-1

0-0

0

Fahey

1-3

0-0

2

Wisniowski

0-1

0-0

0

Totals

41-72

15-20

97

Percentages

.569

.750

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Cavallo

2-5

0-0

4

Roselestad

4-6

6-8

14

Zier

0-0

2-2

2

Foley

6-11

1-2

13

Knight

11-15

4-4

26

McCrae

0-2

0-0

0

Suminski

1-5

1-2

3

Moss

6-12

0-1

12

Wall

2-3

1-1

5

Thurston

0-0

0-0

0

Totals

32-59

15-20

79

Percentages

.542

.750

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

Richard Phelan

1

1920

6-10

.375

1920

6-10

Al Carmount

3

1921-23

27-33

.450

1923

13-10

Glenn Carberry

3

1924-26

35-21

.625

1926

15-6

Jack Flavin

1

1927

13-5

.722

1927

13-5

Fred Ostergren

1

1928

14-7

.667

1928

14-7

Mike Reilly

15

1929-43

133-75

.639

1938

9-0

Fr. Anselm Krieger

2

1945-46

15-10

.600

1946

12-3

Harry F. Singleton

1

1947

10-11

.476

1947

10-11

Eddie Melvin

6

1948-53

98-46

.680

1952

21-6

Eddie Donovan

8

1954-61

139-57

.709

1959

20-3

Larry Weise

12

1962-73

202-90

.692

1968

23-2

Jim Satalin

9

1974-82

156-93

.626

1977

23-7

Jim O'Brien

4

1983-86

67-51

.568

1983

20-10

Ron DeCarli

3

1987-89

31-53

.369

1988, 1989

13-15

Tom Chapman

3

1990-92

22-62

.262

1992

9-19

Jim Baron

9

1993-2001

132-131

.502

2000

21-10

Jan van Breda Kolff

2

2002-03

30-27

.526

2002

17-13

Anthony Solomon

4

2004-07

24-88

.214

2006

8-19

Mark Schmidt

4

2008-11

54-68

.443

2011

16-15

  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,194-938 (.560) from 1920 through 2011.
  • NOTES: St. Bonaventure (NY) did not field a formal team in 1944
  • The Bonnies forfeited 12 of their 13 victories in 2002-03 as part of a penalty for using an ineligible player. The forfeits are not reflected in van Breda Kolff's record.