1969–70 St. Bonaventure Brown Indians men's basketball team
The 1969–70 St. Bonaventure Brown Indians men's basketball team represented St. Bonaventure University during the 1969–70 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Brown Indians were independent and not a member of a conference. They were led by ninth year head coach Larry Weise as well as 6′ 11″ center Bob Lanier, named a consensus first-team All-American for the second consecutive season. He finished his career with averages of 27.6 points and 15.7 rebounds in 75 career games.[1][2] St. Bonaventure advanced to the only Final Four in program history.[3] Lanier suffered a knee injury in the Regional final against Villanova and did not play in the Final Four,[4] but would be the top pick in the 1970 NBA Draft and go on to a Hall of Fame career.
1969–70 St. Bonaventure Brown Indians men's basketball | |
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East Regional Champions | |
NCAA Tournament, Final Four | |
Conference | Independent |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 3 |
AP | No. 3 |
1969–70 record | 25–3 |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Reilly Center |
Roster
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Schedule/results
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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Dec 5, 1969* |
No. 17 | Detroit College | W 106–54 | 1–0 |
36 – Lanier | – | – | Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, NY | |||
Dec 8, 1969* |
No. 20 | Xavier | W 82–69 | 2–0 |
– | – | – | Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, NY | |||
Dec 15, 1969* |
No. 20 | Detroit | W 97–68 | 3–0 |
– | – | – | Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, NY | |||
Dec 20, 1969* |
Duquesne | W 77–58[5] | 4–0 |
21 – Lanier | 21 – Lanier | – | Reilly Center (6,291) St. Bonaventure, NY | ||||
Dec 27, 1969* |
No. 19 | at New York University Holiday Festival |
W 107–60 | 5–0 |
33 – Lanier | – | – | Alumni Gymnasium New York, NY | |||
Dec 29, 1969* |
No. 19 | vs. Saint Joseph's Holiday Festival |
W 96–61 | 6–0 |
25 – Lanier | – | – | Madison Square Garden New York, NY | |||
Dec 30, 1969* |
No. 12 | vs. No. 17 Purdue Holiday Festival Championship |
W 91–75 | 7–0 |
50 – Lanier | 15 – Lanier | – | Madison Square Garden New York, NY | |||
Jan 3, 1970* |
No. 12 | Baldwin-Wallace | W 96–63[6] | 8–0 |
25 – Lanier | 16 – Lanier | – | Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, NY | |||
Jan 7, 1970* |
No. 5 | Loyola (MD) | W 96–52 | 9–0 |
– | 24 – Lanier | – | Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, NY | |||
Jan 10, 1970* |
No. 5 | at Kent State | W 94–65 | 10–0 |
42 – Lanier | 13 – Lanier | – | Memorial Gym Kent, OH | |||
Jan 21, 1970* |
No. 4 | DePaul | W 83–59[7] | 11–0 |
– | 22 – Lanier | – | Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, NY | |||
Jan 24, 1970* |
No. 4 | at Canisius | W 62–49 | 12–0 |
– | – | – | Koessler Center Buffalo, NY | |||
Jan 28, 1970* |
No. 3 | at Villanova | L 62–64 | 12–1 |
21 – Lanier | – | – | Villanova Field House Philadelphia, PA | |||
Jan 31, 1970* |
No. 3 | Niagara | W 89–81 | 13–1 |
– | 23 – Lanier | – | Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, NY | |||
Feb 3, 1970* |
No. 3 | Belmont Abbey | W 131–64 | 14–1 |
– | – | – | Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, NY | |||
Feb 7, 1970* |
No. 4 | at Toledo | W 77–71 | 15–1 |
– | – | – | The Field House Toledo, OH | |||
Feb 11, 1970* |
No. 4 | at Seton Hall | W 103–83 | 16–1 |
– | – | – | Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, NJ | |||
Feb 14, 1970* |
No. 4 | Providence | W 68–52 | 17–1 |
– | – | – | Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, NY | |||
Feb 18, 1970* |
No. 3 | at St. Francis (NY) | W 87–57 | 18–1 |
– | – | – | Pope Physical Education Center Brooklyn, NY | |||
Feb 21, 1970* |
No. 3 | Long Island | W 71–61 | 19–1 |
– | – | – | Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, NY | |||
Feb 25, 1970* |
No. 3 | Canisius | W 91–68 | 20–1 |
– | – | – | Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, NY | |||
Mar 1, 1970* |
No. 3 | vs. Niagara | W 104–68 | 21–1 |
– | – | – | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Buffalo, NY | |||
Mar 5, 1970* |
No. 4 | at Fairfield | W 86–59 | 22–1 |
– | 20 – Lanier | – | Alumni Hall Fairfield, CT | |||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 7, 1970* |
No. 4 | vs. No. 10 Davidson | W 85–72 | 23–1 |
28 – Lanier | 16 – Gantt | – | Carnesecca Arena (5,320) New York, NY | |||
Mar 12, 1970* |
No. 3 | vs. No. 10 NC State Regional Semifinal |
W 80–68 | 24–1 |
24 – Lanier | 19 – Lanier | – | Carolina Coliseum (12,316) Columbia, SC | |||
Mar 14, 1970* |
No. 3 | vs. Villanova Regional Final |
W 97–74 | 25–1 |
26 – Lanier | 18 – Gantt | – | Carolina Coliseum (10,981) Columbia, SC | |||
Mar 19, 1970* |
No. 3 | vs. No. 4 Jacksonville National Semifinal |
L 83–91[8] | 25–2 |
16 – Gantt | 13 – Gary | – | Cole Fieldhouse College Park, MD | |||
Mar 21, 1970* |
No. 3 | vs. No. 5 New Mexico State Consolation |
L 73–79 | 25–3 |
22 – Gary | 11 – Gary | – | Cole Fieldhouse College Park, MD | |||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Rankings
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Final | ||||||
AP | 17 | 20 | NR | 19 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||||||
Coaches | 16 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Awards and honors
References
- "1969-70 St. Bonaventure Bonnies Roster and Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
- "Bob Lanier College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
- "What we said 50 years ago when St. Bonaventure made Final Four". The Buffalo News. December 7, 2019. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
- "1970 Bonnies: Weise wonders what might have been". Democrat and Chronicle. March 12, 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
- "Bonnies Crush Dukes, 77-58". The Pittsburgh Press via newspapers.com. December 21, 1969. p. 83. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
- "Still in Holiday Mood! Bonnies Rumble, 96-63". New York Daily News. January 4, 1970. p. 56. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
- "BONNY YEAR FOR BUFFALO BOB". Sports Illustrated. January 19, 1970. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
- "ST. BONAVENTURE BEATEN BY 91‐83". New York Times. March 20, 1970. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
- "1970 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved December 8, 2019.