Lightower Conference Classic
The Lightower Conference Classic is a semi-annual collegiate men's basketball event currently featuring 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.
Lightower Fiber Networks (formerly Fibertech), a Boxborough, MA based provider of fiber networks has held the title sponsorship since 2002.
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[2] |
| 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 [3] |
| January 14, 2017 | St. Bonaventure | | | Fordham | | | National Broadcast on NBCSN[4] |
References
- ↑ "Lightower Conference Classic To Feature St. Bonaventure vs. Saint Joseph's In Rochester March 2".
- ↑ "Second Half Run Leads Orange Past Bonnies".
- ↑ http://gobonnies.sbu.edu/sports/m-baskbl/2015-16/boxscores/20160302_h51j.xml
- ↑ http://www.atlantic10.com/pdf9/4971921.pdf
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