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
East Regional Champions
NCAA Tournament, Final Four
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 3
1969–70 record25–3
Head coachLarry Weise (9th season)
Assistant coaches
Home arenaReilly Center

Roster
1969–70 St. Bonaventure Brown Indians men's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightWeightYearHometown
G 11 Bill Kalbaugh 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
—
 Sr
C 31 Bob Lanier 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)265 lb (120 kg) Sr Buffalo, New York
F 35 Matt Gantt 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
—
 So
F 30 Tom Baldwin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
—
 So
G 20 Paul Hoffman 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
—
 So
G 33 Vic Thomas 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
—
 So
G 15 Dale Tepas 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
—
 Jr
F 23 Greg "Bubba" Gary 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
—
 Jr
G 12 Gene Fahey 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
—
 Sr
G 10 Mike Kull 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
—
 Sr
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Schedule/results
Date
time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
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
Main article: 1969–70 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
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

Team players in the 1970 NBA Draft
RoundPickPlayerNBA Club
11Bob LanierDetroit Pistons

[9]

References
  1. "1969-70 St. Bonaventure Bonnies Roster and Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  2. "Bob Lanier College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  3. "What we said 50 years ago when St. Bonaventure made Final Four". The Buffalo News. December 7, 2019. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  4. "1970 Bonnies: Weise wonders what might have been". Democrat and Chronicle. March 12, 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  5. "Bonnies Crush Dukes, 77-58". The Pittsburgh Press via newspapers.com. December 21, 1969. p. 83. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  6. "Still in Holiday Mood! Bonnies Rumble, 96-63". New York Daily News. January 4, 1970. p. 56. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  7. "BONNY YEAR FOR BUFFALO BOB". Sports Illustrated. January 19, 1970. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  8. "ST. BONAVENTURE BEATEN BY 91‐83". New York Times. March 20, 1970. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  9. "1970 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
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