One of the best mid-major programs in college basketball this season has been the mighty Bonnies of St. Bonaventure. The team sits at 15-4 on the season and are No. 27 in KenPom, which bodes pretty well for them once Selection Sunday rolls around if they are not able to win the Atlantic 10 conference tournament.
The thing with this Bonnies program, though, is that they are really good, and should end up being the favorites in next Sunday’s conference title game. They punched their ticket to that on Saturday with a 71-53 thrashing of St. Louis, and in response, St. Bonaventure’s most famous alumnus had some fun on Twitter.
As anyone who has his push notifications on for tweets about trades and free agency, Adrian Wojnarowski loves his alma mater. Following their win over the Billikens, Woj was in a celebratory mood.
Mark Schmidt. MORE with LESS.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) March 7, 2021
!!!
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) March 7, 2021
— Bonnies Men’s Basketball (@BonniesMBB) March 7, 2021
Big time, guys!
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) March 7, 2021
And then, the following quote came out from St. Louis coach Travis Ford.
“I think it’s an advantage they played here last night, but it is what it is.” -Travis Ford
He’s now mentioned numerous times the fact that SLU played at the Robins Center yesterday while St. Bonaventure played here at the Siegel Center.
— A10 Talk (@A10Talk) March 7, 2021
Quick context: St. Bonaventure, as the conference’s 1-seed, played its quarterfinal game at the Siegel Center in Richmond, Va., while St. Louis played its quarterfinal tilt at the Robins Center in Dayton, Ohio. Immediately after that, the Billikens had to get to Virginia for a game the following day at the Siegel Center, and they did not have the horses to keep up with the Bonnies.
Woj, however, was not hearing this, and shot back at Ford, sarcastically raising a (correct!) point that St. Bonaventure isn’t exactly a hoops hotbed.
Right — and the Bonnies have always had a tremendous advantage in resources, budget, facilities and location over SLU. Now, we’re running it up w/ quarterfinal gym location in Richmond. I imagine it would’ve been worth plus-19 points in final spread. Do better, man.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) March 7, 2021
Or go get the No. 1 seed. Try that.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) March 7, 2021
A St. Louis fan named Justin then decided to talk junk after his team just got rinsed to the most famous NBA reporter in the world. He made an incredibly off-color remark about NBA players, so Woj went off.
You keep the real job — I’ll keep the real degree.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) March 7, 2021
After Justin decided to say he has “a job that actually matters” to a person that he follows on Twitter, Woj had some more fun.
So I guess they probably won’t let you take time off for the NIT trip to Texas.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) March 7, 2021
St. Bonaventure will either place VCU or Davidson in the A-10 finals, so if you’re an alum of either school, be warned that Woj does not play around.