Who are the Bonnies Rivals?

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Since 2014, we—the students and professors of the Know Rivalry Project—have been studying sports rivalries in North America. Now we are expanding our research to College Hoops and could use your help. Please help us ensure that the St. Bonaventure Bonnies are included by taking 10 minutes to complete our updated survey:



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Jonah, Student Researcher, Northern Kentucky University

Dr. Joe Cobbs, Northern Kentucky University

Dr. David Tyler, University of Massachusetts—Amherst

[geneseo]

Covid

[towniegrad]

Could be our biggest rival is theNCAA which works to marginalize all but the biggest and richest schools and conferences.

[fansince1960]

I say it is Alfred.

[jjjacks17]

Gannon

[bigcat]

N.Iowa

[maplehurst]

Duquesne, Duquesne, and Duquesne. And Pittsburgh refs.

[skeller6]

Niagara Purple Eagles and Canisius Golden Griffins......so says the Brown Indian........

[ohs73]

Jan 10, 2022 17:45:41 GMT -5 maplehurst said:

Duquesne, Duquesne, and Duquesne. And Pittsburgh refs.

Amen x 3!

[ohs73]

The Little Three rivals from Buffalo and The Falls. Imho the original Big 4 included Duquesne. Remember, Bona used to play these foes twice every year 50s and 60s.

Niagara -- Armory/University (Reilly) Center, Student (Gallagher) Center
Canisius -- The Aud (home/away)
Duquesne -- The Aud, Civic Arena (aka "Homer Hall")

Ah, the good ol' days. Those were intense battles every season. High entertainment value.

[ThomasMerton]

Canisius, Niagara and Duquesne; I took the survey; everyone should spent a fews minutes to help out

[chrismoses]

Things change over time. I think most younger fans would consider the rival OOC to be Buffalo. Canisius and Niagara just aren't engaged enough any more to make this bigger than SUNY-Amherst at the moment.

When we play @ CC or NU, they struggle to sell out their 2,000 seat gym. Last time we played at Buffalo, they had over 6,200 people on a work night. Their fans don't like ours, nor do we like theirs. Granted, a lot of those fans were ours, but still. 

In conference I feel the same about Duquesne. Not going to the tournament for the past 40 years has eroded their fan base. It's hard to call them a rival when all the effort is on our side.

I'm tempted to say VCU is our biggest conference rival, but will opt for Joes. Nonetheless, we don't have any hardcore A10 rivals. Can't be Dayton because we never beat them. Can't be SLU because we never see or interact with their fans.

[towniegrad]

It’s an appropriate question. I am guessing virginia commonwealth is in the dc area, but not really sure..How can a school be a rival if you don’t know where it is. It is a big state schoo a couple of states. Away.
Ub does have competitiveness,regionality and draw potential, but it also us a big state school
Niagara, Canisius,Duquesne and st.Joe’s are all in a competitive slump right now.
Most of the schools in the A 10 right now are relationships of convenience more than natural rivals.
Playing northern Iowa seems like playing South Korea to me.

[res]

Yes, VCU is in the DC area just as Cayuga Community College in Auburn is in the Buffalo area. I shudder to contemplate where you consider Davidson to be.

[Sipowicz]

I would pick VCU as BONA's biggest conference rival, but here it is Wednesday afternoon, and no one has started a VCU Game Thread yet!