SBU's Non-Conference Schedule Released

A season after claiming the program’s first postseason victory since 2002, the Bonnies have announced a challenging non-conference men’s basketball schedule for the 2010-11 campaign.

All but four of the 12 teams on the non-conference docket ended last season with winning records. In total, the Bonnies’ opponents racked up a 232-163 record in 2009-10 for a .587 win percentage. That number includes 20-game winners Cornell (29-5), Siena (27-7), Virginia Tech. (25-9), Marshall (24-10) and Ohio (22-15).

St. Bonaventure hosts NCAA Division II Mansfield in an exhibition Nov. 5 before opening its 90th men’s basketball season on the road at Canisius on Friday, Nov. 12. The Brown and White will play the first of their six non-conference home games against Arkansas-Little Rock on Nov. 14 in the front end of a same-season home-and-home paring with the Trojans. The Bonnies visit Little Rock, Ark., on Jan.5 to close out the pre-conference lineup.

After UALR, St. Bonaventure hits the road for its next three, beginning with a trip to Cornell (Nov. 19). Last season, the upstart Big Red, who were ranked No. 17 in the final ESPN/USA Today coaches’ poll, won the Ivy League and advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament.

The Bonnies continue the three-game road swing at Binghamton (Nov. 21) and at Cleveland State (Nov. 27), before returning to Bob Lanier Court to take on Buffalo (Dec. 4) for the first time since the 1998-99 season.

On Tuesday, Dec. 7, National Invitational Tournament qualifier St. John’s will host the Bonnies at Carneseca Arena. St. Bonaventure plays host to Niagara on Dec. 11 and then Ohio, who earned the No. 14 seed and knocked off No. 3 Georgetown in the first round of last season’s NCAA Championship, on Dec. 18.

For the second time in as many seasons, St. Bonaventure will host a neutral-site meeting at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, N.Y., this year on Dec. 23 opposite Virginia Tech. The Hokies advanced to the quarterfinals of the NIT last season and have not met the Bonnies on the hardwood since Jan. 16, 1999.

Following the game in Rochester, St. Bonaventure returns home for back-to-back contests in the Reilly Center after Christmas, as Siena (Dec. 28) and CollegeInsider.com Tournament quarterfinalist Marshall (Jan. 2) visit the Southern Tier. Arkansas-Little Rock hosts St. Bonaventure for the Bonnies’ final game prior to the Atlantic 10 Conference season.

The Bonnies, who posted 15 wins for the second straight year under Schmidt, return second team All-Atlantic 10 Conference forward Andrew Nicholson and three other players who started at least 12 games in 2009-10 – senior point guard Ogo Adegboye, junior guard Michael Davenport and junior forward Da’Quan Cook. St. Bonaventure also added freshman guards Sam de Haas and Matthew Wright.

All but four of the 12 teams ended last season with winning records. In total, the Bonnies’ opponents racked up a 232-163 record in 2009-10 for a .587 win percentage. That number includes 20-game winners Cornell (29-5), Siena (27-7), Virginia Tech. (25-9), Marshall (24-10) and Ohio (22-15).

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