Photo: Andrew Hale / The Bona Venture BY: WILL NUNN; CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, SPORTS EDITOR In today’s age of college basketball, the once-sparse transfer from Division II to Division I is becoming increasingly popular. Even still, many of those who decide to make the jump up to the highest level of collegiate basketball struggle to make an…
Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com BY: WILL NUNN; CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, SPORTS EDITOR The St. Bonaventure University men’s basketball team utilized its defensive prowess and timely shot making to defeat Bradley University 69-63 in its season opening game Monday at the Field of 68 Opening Day Marathon in Rock Hill, S.C. Junior guard Darryl Simmons II led the…
St. Bonaventure has a new Captain Beer. After four years in the student section of basketball games, Dominic Grecco will be passing on the mantle to junior finance major Jace Frazier. Grecco, a senior management major, began wearing a beer mug hat to Bonaventure basketball games in the fall of 2018, during his freshman year…
Max McAuliff, staff writer The 2021 men and women’s NCAA tournaments kicked off last week and have been well worth the two-year wait. The men’s tournament has seen a plethora of upsets, with four double-digit seeds in the Sweet 16. The women’s tournament has been just as exciting with all four number one seeds dominating…
The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball came one corner-three short of an Atlantic 10 championship in 2019, and despite nearly climbing to the mountain top last season, the team’s expectations are larger than Osun Osunniyi’s 7’8” wingspan. For coach Mark Schmidt’s five returners, the image of graduate Nelson Kaputo’s shot hitting off of the front of…
By Jonathan Sawyer Sports Editor As October dwindles down, the hype and rave of college basketball starts to fill the air. After watching such an exciting end to the season, where the Villanova Wildcats ended the season in historic fashion, senior forward Kris Jenkins had the shot that everyone always dreams of shooting at the…
By Lian Bunny News Assignment Editor Joseph Pinter, St. Bonaventure University senior, has been named the school’s 11th Jim Murray Memorial Scholar. The history and journalism mass communication double major is one of five winners of the foundation’s annual nationwide essay contest. Twenty-eight other universities with renowned journalism programs were invited to participate as well.…
