2025–26 St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball team

2025–26 St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball
2025–26 St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	17–17 (4–14 A–10)
Head coach	Mark Schmidt (19th season);
Associate head coach	Sean Neal
Assistant coaches	Chris Lowe; Nick Schmidt;
Home arena	Reilly Center

2025–26 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Saint Louis	15	–	3	.833	29	–	5	.853
VCU †	15	–	3	.833	28	–	7	.800
Saint Joseph's	13	–	5	.722	23	–	11	.676
Dayton	12	–	6	.667	24	–	11	.686
George Mason	11	–	7	.611	23	–	10	.697
Davidson	10	–	8	.556	20	–	14	.588
Duquesne	9	–	9	.500	18	–	15	.545
Fordham	8	–	10	.444	17	–	15	.531
George Washington	8	–	10	.444	19	–	15	.559
Rhode Island	7	–	11	.389	16	–	16	.500
Richmond	5	–	13	.278	15	–	17	.469
La Salle	5	–	13	.278	9	–	23	.281
St. Bonaventure	4	–	14	.222	17	–	17	.500
Loyola Chicago	4	–	14	.222	9	–	24	.273

† 2026 A-10 tournament winner As of March 19, 2026 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2025–26 St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball team represented St. Bonaventure University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bonnies, led by 19th-year head coach Mark Schmidt, played their home games at the Reilly Center in St. Bonaventure, New York as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference.

Previous season

The Bonnies finished the 2024–25 season with a 22–12 record, going an even 9–9 in conference play.^[1] St. Bonaventure entered the A-10 tournament as an 8th seed, defeating Duquesne in the second round,^[2] before losing to VCU in the quarterfinals.^[3] The team was invited to the NIT as a 3 seed.^[4] The Bonnies lost their first-round game to Kent State to end their season.^[5]

Preseason

On September 30, 2025, the Atlantic 10 Conference released their preseason poll. St. Bonaventure was picked to finish eighth in the conference.^[6]

Preseason rankings

Atlantic 10 Preseason Poll
Place	Team	Votes
1	VCU	342 (11)
2	Saint Louis	341 (11)
3	Dayton	321 (3)
4	George Washington	296
5	Loyola Chicago	286 (2)
6	George Mason	254
7	Saint Joseph's	195
8	St. Bonaventure	185
9	Duquesne	155
10	Richmond	142
11	Davidson	107
12	Rhode Island	102
13	La Salle	56
14	Fordham	53
(#) first-place votes

Source:^[6]

Preseason All-Atlantic 10 Teams

Preseason All-Atlantic 10 Teams
Team	Player	Year	Position
Second	Dasonte Bowen	Senior	Guard

Source:^[6]

Roster

2025–26 St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	00	Frank Mitchell	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	270 lb (122 kg)	Sr	Minnesota	Toronto, Ontario
G	1	Ilia Ermakov	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Fr	CSKA Moscow II	Kursk, Russia
G	2	Amar'e Marshall	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	RS Sr	Albany	Montclair, New Jersey
F	3	Daniel Egbuniwe	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Tennessee Tech	Memphis, Tennessee
F	4	John Ikpotokin	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Fr	Rothesay Netherwood School	Dublin, Ireland
G	5	Dasonte Bowen	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	RS Jr	Iowa	Boston, Massachusetts
G	7	Brayden Jackson	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Buffalo	Milton, Ontario
G	8	Darryl Simmons II	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Gardner–Webb	Detroit, Michigan
G	15	Jack DeRose (W)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Olean High School	Olean, New York
G	20	Achille Lonati	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Fr	Olimpia Milano	Pavia, Italy
F/C	21	Xander Wedlow	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	So	University Preparatory Academy	Detroit, Michigan
G	24	Cayden Charles	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	North Georgia	Kennesaw, Georgia
G	30	Broek Ostrom (W)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sr	Holley High School	Holley, New York
F	32	Joe Grahovac	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	Fullerton College	Santa Ana, California
C	33	Andrew Osasuyi	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	Fr	College Basket Borgomanero	Magenta, Italy

Head coach

Mark Schmidt (Boston College)

Assistant coach(es)

Sean Neal (La Salle)
Chris Lowe (UMass)
Nick Schmidt (Alfred State)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 7, 2025

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 29, 2025* 7:00 p.m.		Alfred	W 101–40	–	– – –	– – –	– – –	Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, NY
Non-conference regular season
November 3, 2025* 11:00 a.m., YouTube		vs. Bradley Field of 68 Opening Day Marathon	W 69–63	1–0	24 – Simmons II	9 – Mitchell	4 – Simmons II	Rock Hill Sports & Event Center (749) Rock Hill, SC
November 8, 2025* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		Canisius	W 89–70	2–0	20 – Mitchell	11 – Mitchell	4 – Bowen	Reilly Center (4,260) St. Bonaventure, NY
November 12, 2025* 7:00 p.m., YES/ESPN+		Siena Franciscan Cup	W 75–66	3–0	25 – Doty	10 – Mitchell	5 – Marshall	Reilly Center (3,451) St. Bonaventure, NY
November 15, 2025* 4:00 p.m., YES/ESPN+		Youngstown State	W 84–80	4–0	18 – Charles	7 – Mitchell	5 – Bowen	Reilly Center (4,081) St. Bonaventure, NY
November 20, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Robert Morris	W 75–61	5–0	19 – Mitchell	16 – Mitchell	5 – Tied	Reilly Center (3,353) St. Bonaventure, NY
November 25, 2025* 6:00 p.m., FS1		vs. No. 16 North Carolina Fort Myers Tip-Off Beach Division	L 70–85	5–1	22 – Simmons II	6 – Tied	3 – Tied	Suncoast Credit Union Arena (3,500) Ft. Myers, FL
November 27, 2025* 12:00 p.m., FS1		vs. East Carolina Fort Myers Tip-Off Beach Division	W 67–58	6–1	17 – Tied	12 – Mitchell	4 – Simmons II	Suncoast Credit Union Arena (1,342) Ft. Myers, FL
November 30, 2025* 3:30 p.m., ESPN2		at Florida Atlantic	W 70–65	7–1	16 – Charles	11 – Mitchell	4 – Bowen	Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena (3,161) Boca Raton, FL
December 3, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Bloomsburg	W 83–43	8–1	19 – Simmons II	11 – Mitchell	5 – Tied	Reilly Center (2,809) St. Bonaventure, NY
December 6, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Buffalo	W 77–69	9–1	15 – Egbuniwe	13 – Mitchell	5 – Simmons II	Alumni Arena (5,616) Amherst, NY
December 10, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Colgate	W 85–77	10–1	20 – Charles	18 – Mitchell	9 – Bowen	Reilly Center (3,049) St. Bonaventure, NY
December 13, 2025* 5:00 p.m., PTB Live		vs. Ohio Cleveland Hoops Showdown	L 83–88 ^OT	10–2	27 – Mitchell	14 – Mitchell	5 – Bowen	Rocket Arena (6,165) Cleveland, OH
December 20, 2025* 1:00 p.m., YES/ESPN+		Le Moyne	W 92–81	11–2	21 – Mitchell	10 – Charles	4 – Bowen	Reilly Center (3,638) St. Bonaventure, NY
A-10 regular season
December 31, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at VCU	L 82–89	11–3 (0–1)	24 – Mitchell	7 – Mitchell	7 – Simmons II	Siegel Center (7,637) Richmond, VA
January 7, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Richmond	L 80–89	11–4 (0–2)	18 – Simmons II	12 – Mitchell	5 – Mitchell	Reilly Center (3,008) St. Bonaventure, NY
January 10, 2026 12:00 p.m., USA		Fordham	L 77–81	11–5 (0–3)	24 – Simmons II	8 – Charles	4 – Mitchell	Reilly Center (3,854) St. Bonaventure, NY
January 14, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Saint Joseph's	L 64–68	11–6 (0–4)	22 – Mitchell	8 – Mitchell	8 – Bowen	Hagan Arena (2,247) Philadelphia, PA
January 17, 2026 2:30 p.m., USA		at La Salle	L 74–78	11–7 (0–5)	26 – Mitchell	7 – Mitchell	10 – Bowen	John Glaser Arena (1,430) Philadelphia, PA
January 20, 2026 7:00 p.m., YES/ESPN+		Loyola Chicago	W 84–70	12–7 (1–5)	26 – Simmons II	11 – Mitchell	8 – Bowen	Reilly Center (3,209) St. Bonaventure, NY
January 23, 2026 5:30 p.m., ESPN2		No. 24 Saint Louis	L 62–97	12–8 (1–6)	17 – Bowen	7 – Tied	2 – Tied	Reilly Center (4,023) St. Bonaventure, NY
January 28, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Duquesne	W 87–79	13–8 (2–6)	31 – Simmons II	9 – Charles	7 – Mitchell	UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse (2,341) Pittsburgh, PA
January 31, 2026 6:30 p.m., USA		George Mason	L 73–77	13–9 (2–7)	25 – Mitchell	6 – Mitchell	8 – Bowen	Reilly Center (4,338) St. Bonaventure, NY
February 3, 2026 7:00 p.m., CBSSN		at Dayton	L 70–72	13–10 (2–8)	17 – Simmons II	12 – Mitchell	4 – Bowen	UD Arena (13,407) Dayton, OH
February 7, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Fordham	W 70–67	14–10 (3–8)	23 – Simmons II	6 – Tied	6 – Mitchell	Rose Hill Gymnasium (2,175) The Bronx, NY
February 14, 2026 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		Duquesne	L 73–78	14–11 (3–9)	20 – Mitchell	13 – Mitchell	4 – Mitchell	Reilly Center (4,112) St. Bonaventure, NY
February 18, 2026 7:00 p.m., YES/ESPN+		Saint Joseph's	L 65–71	14–12 (3–10)	18 – Simmons II	12 – Mitchell	6 – Mitchell	Reilly Center (3,678) St. Bonaventure, NY
February 21, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Richmond	L 94–99	14–13 (3–11)	30 – Simmons II	10 – Mitchell	10 – Bowen	Robins Center (5,502) Richmond, VA
February 26, 2026 5:00 p.m., YES/ESPN+		Rhode Island	W 94–76	15–13 (4–11)	23 – Mitchell	10 – Tied	7 – Bowen	Reilly Center (2,708) St. Bonaventure, NY
February 28, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at George Mason	L 58–71	15–14 (4–12)	16 – Bowen	16 – Mitchell	5 – Simmons II	EagleBank Arena (4,770) Fairfax, VA
March 4, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at George Washington	L 82–91 ^OT	15–15 (4–13)	22 – Mitchell	18 – Mitchell	5 – Mitchell	Charles E. Smith Center (1,952) Washington, D.C.
March 7, 2026* 12:00 p.m., USA		Davidson	L 63–68	15–16 (4–14)	21 – Charles	13 – Mitchell	7 – Bowen	Reilly Center (3,785) St. Bonaventure, NY
A-10 tournament
March 11, 2026 11:30 a.m., USA	(13)	vs. (12) La Salle First round	W 99–80	16–16	21 – Simmons II	9 – Mitchell	9 – Bowen	PPG Paints Arena Pittsburgh, PA
March 12, 2026 2:00 p.m., USA	(13)	vs. (5) George Mason Second round	W 63–57	17–16	20 – Bowen	7 – Tied	3 – Bowen	PPG Paints Arena (5,983) Pittsburgh, PA
March 13, 2026 2:00 p.m., USA	(13)	vs. (4) Dayton Quarterfinals	L 63–68	17–17	20 – Simmons II	7 – Egbuniwe	2 – Tied	PPG Paints Arena (7,145) Pittsburgh, PA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source^[7]

References

^ "2024-25 Men's Basketball Standings". Atlantic 10. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
^ "Bonnies overcome 13-point second half deficit to beat Duquesne 64-59". Olean Times Herald. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
^ "VCU kicks off Atlantic 10 Tournament with 76-59 win over St. Bonaventure". WTVR-TV. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
^ "What to know about the 2025 NIT: Bracket, schedule and how to watch the games". NBC Bay Area. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
^ "Davis' 14 points help Kent State defeat St. Bonaventure 75-56 in NIT". CBS Sports. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c "VCU Picked to Repeat as A-10 Men's Basketball Champions; 23 Earn Preseason Honors". Atlantic 10. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
^ "2025–26 Men's Basketball Schedule". St. Bonaventure Bonnies. Learfield. Retrieved November 20, 2025.

[1] "2024-25 Men's Basketball Standings". Atlantic 10. Retrieved December 7, 2025.

[2] "Bonnies overcome 13-point second half deficit to beat Duquesne 64-59". Olean Times Herald. Retrieved December 7, 2025.

[3] "VCU kicks off Atlantic 10 Tournament with 76-59 win over St. Bonaventure". WTVR-TV. Retrieved December 7, 2025.

[4] "What to know about the 2025 NIT: Bracket, schedule and how to watch the games". NBC Bay Area. Retrieved December 7, 2025.

[5] "Davis' 14 points help Kent State defeat St. Bonaventure 75-56 in NIT". CBS Sports. Retrieved December 7, 2025.

[poll-6] "VCU Picked to Repeat as A-10 Men's Basketball Champions; 23 Earn Preseason Honors". Atlantic 10. Retrieved December 7, 2025.

[7] "2025–26 Men's Basketball Schedule". St. Bonaventure Bonnies. Learfield. Retrieved November 20, 2025.

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