St. Bonaventure Bonnies women's basketball

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St. Bonaventure Bonnies
Basketball current event.svg 2024–25 St. Bonaventure Bonnies women's basketball team
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University St. Bonaventure University
Head coach Jim Crowley (2nd season in 2nd stint, 18th overall season)
Conference Atlantic 10
Location St. Bonaventure, New York
Arena Reilly Center
(capacity: 5,480)
Nickname Bonnies
Student sectionBonnie Nation
ColorsBrown and white [1]
   
Uniforms
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NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen
2012
NCAA tournament second round
2012, 2016
NCAA tournament appearances
2012, 2016

The St. Bonaventure Bonnies women's basketball team (formerly the St. Bonaventure Brown Squaws) [2] is the women's basketball team that represents St. Bonaventure University in Allegany, New York. The team currently competes in the Atlantic 10 Conference. The Bonnies' head coach is Jim Crowley, who returned for a second stint with the team in March 2023. [3]

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Postseason

NCAA tournament results

The Bonnies have appeared in two NCAA Tournaments. Their combined record is 3–2.

YearSeedRoundOpponentResult
2012 #5First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
#12 Florida Gulf Coast
#13 Marist
#1 Notre Dame
W 72–65
W 66–63
L 35–79
2016 #10First Round
Second Round
#7 Oklahoma State
#2 Oregon State
W 65–54
 L 40–69

NCAA tournament seeding history

Year → '12 '16
Seed →510

NIT results

The Bonnies have appeared in four National Invitation Tournaments. Their combined record is 5–4.

YearRoundOpponentResult
2009 Second Round
Third Round
Quarterfinals
West Virginia
Wisconsin
South Florida
W 68–63
W 56–51
L 66–80
2010 First Round
Second Round
Robert Morris
Northwestern
W 76–50
L 62–66
2011 First Round
Second Round
Lehigh
Syracuse
W 77–43
L 63–50
2014 First Round
Second Round
Charlotte
Bowling Green
W 81–62
L 65–76

Season-by-season record

As of the 2016–17 season, the Bonnies have a 572–587 record, with a 183–306 Atlantic-10 Conference record. It was a club sport at St. Bonaventure from 1959–1971. They have made the WNIT in 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2014, going to the Quarterfinals in 2009. They made the NCAA Tournament in 2012 and 2016, going to the Sweet 16 in 2012 and the Round of 32 in 2016. [4]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
St. Bonaventure Bonnies (Atlantic 10 Conference)(2000–present)
2000–01St. Bonaventure 7–213–13
2001–02St. Bonaventure 13–157–99th
2002–03St. Bonaventure 6–223–1312th
2003–04St. Bonaventure 9–195–119th
2004–05St. Bonaventure 9–194–12T-11th
2005–06St. Bonaventure 8–193–1214th
2006–07St. Bonaventure 16–156–810th
2007–08St. Bonaventure 18–126–8T-7th
2008–09St. Bonaventure 23–1110–6T-4th WNIT Quarterfinals
2009–10 St. Bonaventure 23–109–5T-4th WNIT second round
2010–11St. Bonaventure 21–129–5T-3rd WNIT second round
2011–12St. Bonaventure 31–414–01st NCAA Division I Sweet Sixteen
2012–13 St. Bonaventure 10–193–1114th
2013–14 St. Bonaventure 24–1111–5T–2nd WNIT second round
2014–15 St. Bonaventure 15–155–11T–9th
2015–16 St. Bonaventure 24–812–44th NCAA Division I Round of 32
2016–17 St. Bonaventure 9–204–12T-11th
2017–18 St. Bonaventure 8–223–13T-12th
2018–19 St. Bonaventure 8–225–1112th
2019–20 St. Bonaventure 7–234–1212th
2020–21 St. Bonaventure 6–155–12T-10th
2021–22 St. Bonaventure 12–164–1213th
2022–23 St. Bonaventure 6–263–1314th
2023–24 St. Bonaventure 4–261–1715th
2024–25 St. Bonaventure 6–242–1615th
Total:-–- (–)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Broadcasting

WGWE/Little Valley, NY was the broadcast home of the team from 2014 until the station shut down in 2021. WGWE's morning host (Mike Smith from 2014 to 2016, and Chris Russell from 2016 to 2021) served as play-by-play voice throughout that time frame. In 2024, the team announced that WBRR/Bradford, Pennsylvania would serve as the team's flagship, with Russell returning; games not heard on WBRR would be carried on student radio station WSBU with student announcers. [5] The university also signed an agreement with YES Network to televise four games, with streaming rights to those games held by the "Gotham Sports App" joint venture between YES and MSG Networks.


References

  1. St. Bonaventure University Brand Style Guide (PDF). May 1, 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
  2. "Respect Native Women – Stop Using the S-Word – Indian Country Media Network". indiancountrymedianetwork.com. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  3. "Crowley returns for 2nd stint as Bonnies coach". ESPN.com. 2023-03-10. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  4. "St. Bonaventure" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  5. "SBU hoops games return to terrestrial radio". Olean Times Herald. 2024-10-08. Retrieved 2024-10-10.