# 1967–68 St. Bonaventure Brown Indians men's basketball team

The 1967–68 St. Bonaventure Brown Indians men's basketball team represented St. Bonaventure University during the 1967–68 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The Brown Indians were independent and not a member of a conference. They were led by seventh year head coach Larry Weise as well as 6′ 11″ center Bob Lanier, named a consensus second-team All-American as a sophomore. St. Bonaventure advanced to the NCAA tournament, and finished with a 23–2 record and No. 3 in the final rankings of both major polls.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| * | | Quincy | W 103–55 | 1–0 | Reilly Center Buffalo, New York |
| * | | Gannon | W 105–85 | 2–0 | Reilly Center Buffalo, New York |
| Dec 9, 1967* | | at Toledo | W 94–93 $^{OT}$ | 3–0 | The Field House Toledo, Ohio |
| Dec 11, 1967* | | Xavier | W 93–69 | 4–0 | Reilly Center Buffalo, New York |
| Dec 16, 1967* | | Duquesne | W 96–74 | 5–0 | Reilly Center Buffalo, New York |
| Dec 18, 1967* | | vs. Auburn Tampa Invitational | W 77–73 | 6–0 | Hixon Hall Tampa, Florida |
| Dec 19, 1967* | | vs. Seattle Tampa Invitational | W 83–77 | 7–0 | Hixon Hall Tampa, Florida |
| Dec ?, 1967* | | Loyola (MD) | W 94–78 | 8–0 | Reilly Center Buffalo, New York |
| Dec ?, 1967* | | Baldwin Wallace | W 81–69 | 9–0 | Reilly Center Buffalo, New York |
| Jan 3, 1968* | No. 9 | at Kent State | W 80–63 | 10–0 | Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio |
| Jan 6, 1968* | No. 9 | Niagara | W 101–72 | 11–0 | Reilly Center Buffalo, New York |
| Jan 10, 1968* | No. 7 | DePaul | W 77–67 | 12–0 | Reilly Center Buffalo, New York |
| Jan 20, 1968* | No. 7 | at Canisius | W 71–65 | 13–0 | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Buffalo, New York |
| Jan 23, 1968* | No. 5 | Detroit | W 103–74 | 14–0 | Reilly Center Buffalo, New York |
| Jan 25, 1968* | No. 5 | Saint Francis (PA) | W 74–58 | 15–0 | Reilly Center Buffalo, New York |
| Jan 31, 1968* | No. 5 | at Villanova | W 66–62 | 16–0 | Villanova Field House Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Feb 10, 1968* | No. 4 | Providence | W 70–56 | 17–0 | Reilly Center Buffalo, New York |
| Feb 14, 1968* | No. 4 | at Seton Hall | W 81–71 | 18–0 | Walsh Gymnasium East Rutherford, New Jersey |
| Feb 19, 1968* | No. 4 | Creighton | W 97–84 | 19–0 | Reilly Center Buffalo, New York |
| Feb 25, 1968* | No. 4 | at Niagara | W 97–84 | 20–0 | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Buffalo, New York |
| Feb 28, 1968* | No. 4 | Canisius | W 79–62 | 21–0 | Reilly Center Buffalo, New York |
| Mar 5, 1968* | No. 3 | at Fairfield | W 70–69 | 22–0 | Alumni Hall Fairfield, Connecticut |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| Mar 9, 1968* | No. 3 | vs. Boston College First round | W 102–93 | 23–0 | Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, Rhode Island |
| Mar 15, 1968* | No. 3 | vs. No. 4 North Carolina East Regional Semifinal – Sweet Sixteen | L 72–91 | 23–1 | Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Mar 17, 1968* | No. 3 | vs. No. 7 Columbia East Regional Consolation Game | L 75–95 | 23–2 | Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, North Carolina |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## Awards and honors

* Bob Lanier – Consensus Second-Team All-American