Post by fansince1960 on Mar 27, 2020 10:18:46 GMT -5
JP Butler had an article today with some Bonnie trivia. How many answers do you know?
www.oleantimesherald.com/olean/how-about-some-bona-trivia-to-help-pass-the-time/article_88bf4ca9-58bf-5318-8d3b-28f76f7ae586.html
Here are the questions from the article.
Think you’re on a Bob Lanier-level when it comes to Bona basketball history? Here’s your chance to prove it:
1. What team broke the Bonnies’ 99-game winning streak in 1961?
2. What was the Bonnies’ only other loss in the 1960-61 regular season?
3. Name three of the stars on the team Bona lost to in Question 2.
4. Which five players made up the celebrated “Iron Man 5” team of 1967-68?
5. Who did the “Iron Man 5” team lose to in the second round of the 1968 NCAA Tournament?
6. What big man was Bona recruiting when it had recruiting violations imposed for the 1968-69 season?
7. Who were the 6-foot-10 twins on the Duquesne team that Bona beat in 1969?
8. Who was the star guard on the Purdue team that Bona thrashed at the Holiday Festival in 1969?
9. Who was the 7-foot-2 Jacksonville center Bona faced in the Final Four of the 1970 NCAA Tournament?
10. Who holds the record for most points in a game inside the Reilly Center, and who did that performance come against?
11. Who missed the two free throws at the end of the game that cost Bona an NIT win over Georgia Tech in 1972?
12. Who did Bona beat for the NIT championship in 1977?
13. Who was the star guard on the team Bona beat in Question No. 12?
14. Who was named Most Valuable Player of the Bonnies’ NIT championship win in 1977?
15. Who did Bona lose to in the first round of the 1978 NCAA Tournament?
16. In the Bonnies’ 1994-95 NIT season, who did Bona beat in the first round of that tournament?
17. Who did Bona lose to in the second round of the 1995 NIT?
18. In the Bona-Kentucky NCAA Tournament game in 2000, who made three free throws in the waning seconds to send the game into a second overtime?
19. Who was the Bonnies’ leading scorer in that double overtime loss to Kentucky with 20 points?
20. Which player was at the center of the academic scandal of 2002-03?
21. Who did Bona lose to in the first round of the 2001 NIT?
22. Who did the Bonnies defeat in the first ESPN-televised game at the Reilly Center in 1982?
23. Which UMass player collapsed in the hallway leading to the locker room at the RC and needed to be taken to the hospital in 1996?
24. What caused a one-and-a-half hour delay at the Bona-Fordham game at Rose Hill Gym in 2012?
25. Who was the freshman point guard from New York City that started for the Bonnies in 1972?
26. Who holds the program record for career games played at 127?
27. Who holds the Bona mark for most points in an NCAA Tournament game?
28. Who are the only three players in program history to record at least 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 200 assists?
29. Before Marcus Posley broke it in 2016, who held the Bona record for most points in an Atlantic 10 game?
30. Which three teams did Bona beat to win the Atlantic 10 Tournament championship in 2012?
www.oleantimesherald.com/olean/how-about-some-bona-trivia-to-help-pass-the-time/article_88bf4ca9-58bf-5318-8d3b-28f76f7ae586.html
Here are the questions from the article.
Think you’re on a Bob Lanier-level when it comes to Bona basketball history? Here’s your chance to prove it:
1. What team broke the Bonnies’ 99-game winning streak in 1961?
2. What was the Bonnies’ only other loss in the 1960-61 regular season?
3. Name three of the stars on the team Bona lost to in Question 2.
4. Which five players made up the celebrated “Iron Man 5” team of 1967-68?
5. Who did the “Iron Man 5” team lose to in the second round of the 1968 NCAA Tournament?
6. What big man was Bona recruiting when it had recruiting violations imposed for the 1968-69 season?
7. Who were the 6-foot-10 twins on the Duquesne team that Bona beat in 1969?
8. Who was the star guard on the Purdue team that Bona thrashed at the Holiday Festival in 1969?
9. Who was the 7-foot-2 Jacksonville center Bona faced in the Final Four of the 1970 NCAA Tournament?
10. Who holds the record for most points in a game inside the Reilly Center, and who did that performance come against?
11. Who missed the two free throws at the end of the game that cost Bona an NIT win over Georgia Tech in 1972?
12. Who did Bona beat for the NIT championship in 1977?
13. Who was the star guard on the team Bona beat in Question No. 12?
14. Who was named Most Valuable Player of the Bonnies’ NIT championship win in 1977?
15. Who did Bona lose to in the first round of the 1978 NCAA Tournament?
16. In the Bonnies’ 1994-95 NIT season, who did Bona beat in the first round of that tournament?
17. Who did Bona lose to in the second round of the 1995 NIT?
18. In the Bona-Kentucky NCAA Tournament game in 2000, who made three free throws in the waning seconds to send the game into a second overtime?
19. Who was the Bonnies’ leading scorer in that double overtime loss to Kentucky with 20 points?
20. Which player was at the center of the academic scandal of 2002-03?
21. Who did Bona lose to in the first round of the 2001 NIT?
22. Who did the Bonnies defeat in the first ESPN-televised game at the Reilly Center in 1982?
23. Which UMass player collapsed in the hallway leading to the locker room at the RC and needed to be taken to the hospital in 1996?
24. What caused a one-and-a-half hour delay at the Bona-Fordham game at Rose Hill Gym in 2012?
25. Who was the freshman point guard from New York City that started for the Bonnies in 1972?
26. Who holds the program record for career games played at 127?
27. Who holds the Bona mark for most points in an NCAA Tournament game?
28. Who are the only three players in program history to record at least 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 200 assists?
29. Before Marcus Posley broke it in 2016, who held the Bona record for most points in an Atlantic 10 game?
30. Which three teams did Bona beat to win the Atlantic 10 Tournament championship in 2012?
