Roc City Hoops Classic Explained

Formerly known as the Lightower Conference Classic, the Roc City Hoops Classic is an annual collegiate men's basketball event. The event formerly featured 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, New York, the largest city in the United States of America without a full NCAA Division-I member school (however the RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology) Tigers have a men's and women's ice hockey program in Division I (Atlantic Hockey) in Henrietta, New York, along with the SUNY Brockport Golden Eagles in women's gymnastics and the Hobart College Statesmen in men's lacrosse (Northeast Conference) in the Rochester area). 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.

Alesco Advisors is the presenting Sponsor for the event.[2] Lightower Fiber Networks (formerly Fibertech), a Boxborough, MA based provider of fiber networks has held the title sponsorship from 2002-2016.

Classic History

Date Score Bonnies Record Attendance Notes
align=center November 25, 2000 St. Bonaventure 7978Charlotte 1-0 6,678 Winning basket in final seconds
align=center November 30, 2002 St. Bonaventure 5456Saint Louis 1-1 6,575
align=center December 3, 2003 St. Bonaventure 7887
  1. 16 Syracuse
1-2 11,650 Blue Cross Attendance Record[3]
align=center November 30, 2005 St. Bonaventure 6166West Virginia 1-3 5,162
align=center November 17, 2009 St. Bonaventure 6869St. John's 1-4 4,181 Winning basket in final seconds
align=center December 23, 2010 St. Bonaventure 6876Virginia Tech 1-5 5,285 Overtime
align=center December 20, 2011 6567
  1. 16 NC State
1-6 5,802
align=center November 24, 2012 St. Bonaventure 80752-6 4,758
align=center January 14, 2015 St. Bonaventure 75553-6 4,032 Start of A-10 series
align=center March 2, 2016 St. Bonaventure 9890 4-6 6,734 Posley scores D1 High 47 points [4]
align=center January 14, 2017 St. Bonaventure 73535-6 6,386 National Broadcast on NBCSN[5]
align=center December 16, 2017 St. Bonaventure 81796-6 5,828 Winning basket in final seconds[6]
align=center January 12, 2019 St. Bonaventure 71 64 7-6 4,914
align=center January 15, 2020 St. Bonaventure 74 61 8-6 4,276

References

  1. Web site: Lightower Conference Classic To Feature St. Bonaventure vs. Saint Joseph's In Rochester March 2. 24 September 2015. 25 September 2015. 26 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150926024739/http://gobonnies.sbu.edu/sports/m-baskbl/2015-16/releases/20150924jc13ox. dead.
  2. Web site: Alesco Advisors Named Presenting Sponsor for Annual @BonniesMBB Game in Rochester. 15 June 2017. 30 September 2017. 30 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170930222615/http://gobonnies.sbu.edu/sports/m-baskbl/2016-17/releases/20170615jfobkd. dead.
  3. Web site: Second Half Run Leads Orange Past Bonnies .
  4. Web site: Saint Joseph's vs. St. Bonaventure - Box Score - 3/2/2016. 2016-03-03. 2016-03-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20160306181530/http://gobonnies.sbu.edu/sports/m-baskbl/2015-16/boxscores/20160302_h51j.xml. dead.
  5. http://www.atlantic10.com/pdf9/4971921.pdf
  6. Web site: It's Bonnies at the buzzer as Mobley makes only 3 points of game count against Vermont.

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