Roc City Hoops Classic

Formerly known as the Lightower Conference Classic, the Roc City Hoops Classic is an annual collegiate men's basketball event. The event formerly featured a game played between two Atlantic 10 Conference NCAA Division-I member schools at Blue Cross Arena.^[1]

The event, started by St. Bonaventure University, brings NCAA Division-I basketball to Rochester, NY, the largest city in the University States without a full NCAA Division-I member school. While the early contests featured non-conference games, often with power conference teams, in 2014, with the rise of Atlantic 10 Conference's success in the NCAA National Tournament, the event moved to feature a conference matchup for the Bonnies men's basketball program.

Alesco Advisors is the presenting Sponsor for the event.^[2] Lightower Fiber Networks (formerly Fibertech), a Boxborough, MA based provider of fiber networks has held the title sponsorship from 2002-2016.

Classic History

Date	Score				Bonnies Record	Attendance	Notes
November 25, 2000	St. Bonaventure	79	78	Charlotte	1-0	6,678	Winning basket in final seconds
November 30, 2002	St. Bonaventure	56	54	Saint Louis	2-0	6,575
December 3, 2003	St. Bonaventure	78	87	#16 Syracuse	2-1	11,650	Blue Cross Attendance Record^[3]
November 30, 2005	St. Bonaventure	61	66	West Virginia	2-2	5,162
November 17, 2009	St. Bonaventure	68	69	St. John's	2-3	4,181	Winning basket in final seconds
December 23, 2010	St. Bonaventure	68	76	Virginia Tech	2-4	5,285	Overtime
December 20, 2011	St. Bonaventure	65	67	#16 North Carolina State	2-5	5,802
November 24, 2012	St. Bonaventure	80	75	Niagara	3-5	4,758
January 14, 2015	St. Bonaventure	75	55	George Mason	4-5	4,032	Start of A-10 series
March 2, 2016	St. Bonaventure	98	90	Saint Joseph's	5-5	6,734	Posley scores D1 High 47 points ^[4]
January 14, 2017	St. Bonaventure	73	53	Fordham	6-5	6,386	National Broadcast on NBCSN^[5]
December 16, 2017	St. Bonaventure	81	79	Vermont	7-5	5,828	Winning basket in final seconds^[6]

References

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[1] "Lightower Conference Classic To Feature St. Bonaventure vs. Saint Joseph's In Rochester March 2".

[2] ttp://gobonnies.sbu.edu/sports/m-baskbl/2016-17/releases/20170615jfobkd

[3] "Second Half Run Leads Orange Past Bonnies".

[4] ttp://gobonnies.sbu.edu/sports/m-baskbl/2015-16/boxscores/20160302_h51j.xml

[5] ttp://www.atlantic10.com/pdf9/4971921.pdf

[6] ttp://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/sports/college/2017/12/16/college-basketball-bonaventure-vermont-rochester/949876001/

St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball
Venues	Olean Armory (1916) Butler Gym (1919–1966) Reilly Center (1966–present) Blue Cross Arena (Roc City Hoops Classic)
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People	Head coaches
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NCAA Final Four appearances in italics