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	Charlotte	78	1-0	6,678	Winning basket in final seconds
November 30, 2002	St. Bonaventure	56	Saint Louis	54	2-0	6,575
December 3, 2003	St. Bonaventure	78	#16 Syracuse	87	2-1	11,650	Blue Cross Attendance Record^[2]
November 30, 2005	St. Bonaventure	66	West Virginia	61	2-2	5,162
November 17, 2009	St. Bonaventure	68	St. John's	69	2-3	4,181	Winning basket in final seconds
December 23, 2010	St. Bonaventure	68	Virginia Tech	76	2-4	5,285	Overtime
December 20, 2011	St. Bonaventure	65	#16 North Carolina State	67	2-5	5,802
November 24, 2012	St. Bonaventure	80	Niagara	75	3-5	4,758
January 14, 2015	St. Bonaventure	75	George Mason	55	4-5	4,032	Start of A-10 series
March 2, 2016	St. Bonaventure	98	Saint Joseph's	90	5-5	6,734	Posley scores D1 High 47 points ^[3]

References

St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball

Venues	Olean Armory (1916) Butler Gym (1919–1966) Reilly Center (1966–present) Blue Cross Arena (Lightower Conference Classic)

Rivalries	Siena

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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