Ray Floriani – A10 Talk

New York City– It all started innocently enough. Dominic Grecco saw a beer hat available at a Halloween store and thought it might be a nice novelty for the season. The Halloween season. A schoolmate at St. Bonaventure ,” dared me to wear it at a game ,” in Grecco’s words. Challenge accepted, a legend …

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New York City – The first semifinal in the NIT saw St. Bonaventure face Xavier. Madison Square Garden was truly transformed into Reilly Center Garden with Bona faithful out in full force.  First half: The first five possessions of the game saw Xavier with a 7-5 lead. Jack Nunge, Xavier’s seven-foot center, hit two early …

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Kyle Lofton and Mark Schmidt have both called it a ‘cult’. The St.Bonaventure lead guard and coach are making reference to the word cult in a positive way. The ‘cult’ is the Bonaventure faithful. Alumni and students packing Reilly Center and taking to the road to follow their beloved Bonnies. They will be out in …

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St. Bonaventure punched their ticket to New York with a thrilling 52-51 victory over Virginia on Tuesday. The NIT quarterfinal game at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville saw the Bonnies stage a dramatic comeback in the last two minutes. Bona improved to 23-9 and will face Xavier in the NIT semis next Tuesday at …

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Once again they were road warriors. St. Bonaventure edged Oklahoma in the second round of the NIT, an 70-68  heart stopping contest at Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Oklahoma.  Sunday evening’s victory improved the Bonnies to 22-9 while Oklahoma finished its season at 19-16. Bona will now face Virginia, a 71-69 overtime winner at North …

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When the NIT pairings were released Sunday evening, one could understand St. Bonaventure faithful thinking about the Seventies John Denver song ‘Rocky Mountain High’. Following the Bonnies’ first round victory at Colorado you couldn’t blame a few of those Bona followers if they belted out part of that tune. Even with the game ending past …

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Entering the A10 Tournament there was a lot of talk over which of the top four seeds would emerge to claim the championship. In the end it was sixth seed, Richmond, cutting down the nets at Capital Bank Arena on Sunday.    Richmond 64 Davidson 62   Possessions: 65 Offensive efficiency: Richmond 98, Davidson 95 …

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  The term ‘survive and advance’ is often used, especially this time of the year. On Friday, Saint Louis epitomized that mantra, edging St. Bonaventure 57-56 in the A10 quarterfinals at Capital One Arena in Washington. Saint Louis improved to 23-10 while the Bonnies fell to 20-9. Numbers and notes…    Possessions: 63 – A …

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Saturday’s A10 semifinals at Capital One Arena saw Davidson continue their offensively efficient winning ways. It also saw Richmond get a trip to the championship game by snapping a nine game losing streak to Dayton .   Davidson 84 Saint Louis 69   Possessions: 69 Offensive efficiency: Davidson 122, Saint Louis 100   Davidson never …

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With the afternoon session of the Quarterfinals just completed it was official- there would be a new A10 Tournament champion. Defending champion St. Bonaventure suffered a heart breaker and was eliminated. In the evening Richmond took down their city rival and earned a trip to the semis in the process.    Davidson 74 Fordham 56 …

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