St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball
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| University | St. Bonaventure University | ||
| Conference | A-10 | ||
| Location | St. Bonaventure, NY | ||
| Head coach | Mark Schmidt (10th year) | ||
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Reilly Center (Capacity: 5,480) |
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| Nickname | Bonnies | ||
| Colors | Brown and White |
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| NCAA Tournament Final Four | |||
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| NCAA Tournament Elite Eight | |||
| 1970 | |||
| NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen | |||
| 1961, 1968, 1970 | |||
| NCAA Tournament appearances | |||
| 1961, 1968, 1970, 1978, 2000, 2012 | |||
| Conference tournament champions | |||
| A-10: 2012 | |||
| Conference regular season champions | |||
| WNY3: 1950, 1951, 1957 1958 A-10: 2016 |
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The St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball (formerly the St. Bonaventure Brown Indians) team is the college basketball team that represent St. Bonaventure University in St. Bonaventure, New York, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic 10 Conference and plays their home games at the Reilly Center. The "Bonnies" are currently coached by Mark Schmidt.
They last played in the 2016 National Invitation Tournament.
Of the major sports at St. Bonaventure, basketball was the final introduced. In 1902, the first team had been put together, mainly consisting of former football players. The coach of this team was university professor Patric Driscoll. Official records of these games were not kept. Proper facilities were not available until four years later when intramural games began to be played in a handball court on campus.
In 1916, Butler Gym was constructed, but wasn't finished by the time the intercollegiate team played its first game against University of Buffalo. This game was played in the Olean Armory. Games were cancelled until after World War I had ended. The first game played in Butler Gym was during the 1919-1920 season with Richard Phelan as the coach. Basketball prospered on campus in the decades between World War I and World War II. From 1942 to 1944, basketball was again put on hold for a world war. Following World War II, Anslem Kreiger, a former All-American Basketball player, took over the program, with a record of 15-10 over his two-year tenure.
Ed (Melvin) Milkovich took over the basketball team for a six-year period starting with the 1948–49 season. This was a period of great success for the program, with two appearances in the National Invitational Tournament (NIT), the first during the 1950–51 season when the team was eliminated in the second round. Further success came with the team's appearance in the 1952 NIT, where they made it to the semifinals. Over his tenure, Milkovich led the team to a record of 98–47.
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