St. Bonaventure Bonnies women's basketball

St. Bonaventure Bonnies
2024–25 St. Bonaventure Bonnies women's basketball team
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 section	Bonnie Nation
Colors	Brown and white[1]
Uniforms
Home Away
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]

Postseason

NCAA tournament results

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

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

NCAA tournament seeding history

Year →	'12	'16
Seed →	5	10

NIT results

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

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
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

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
St. Bonaventure Bonnies (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2000–present)
2000–01	St. Bonaventure	7–21	3–13
2001–02	St. Bonaventure	13–15	7–9	9th
2002–03	St. Bonaventure	6–22	3–13	12th
2003–04	St. Bonaventure	9–19	5–11	9th
2004–05	St. Bonaventure	9–19	4–12	T-11th
2005–06	St. Bonaventure	8–19	3–12	14th
2006–07	St. Bonaventure	16–15	6–8	10th
2007–08	St. Bonaventure	18–12	6–8	T-7th
2008–09	St. Bonaventure	23–11	10–6	T-4th	WNIT Quarterfinals
2009–10	St. Bonaventure	23–10	9–5	T-4th	WNIT second round
2010–11	St. Bonaventure	21–12	9–5	T-3rd	WNIT second round
2011–12	St. Bonaventure	31–4	14–0	1st	NCAA Division I Sweet Sixteen
2012–13	St. Bonaventure	10–19	3–11	14th
2013–14	St. Bonaventure	24–11	11–5	T–2nd	WNIT second round
2014–15	St. Bonaventure	15–15	5–11	T–9th
2015–16	St. Bonaventure	24–8	12–4	4th	NCAA Division I Round of 32
2016–17	St. Bonaventure	9–20	4–12	T-11th
2017–18	St. Bonaventure	8–22	3–13	T-12th
2018–19	St. Bonaventure	8–22	5–11	12th
2019–20	St. Bonaventure	7–23	4–12	12th
2020–21	St. Bonaventure	6–15	5–12	T-10th
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.

External links

• Official website