NCAA Basketball: St. Bonaventure, Dayton and Rice headline Sunday Mailbag
By Bryan Mauro
Who is the higher seed come March? St Bonaventure or Colorado State? – Kody Thomas (@Sportsfan102512)
These two teams were two of the best mid majors heading into the season and through three weeks that has not changed. The Rams and the Bonnies both won their tournaments during Feast Week and neither team faced much adversity doing it. They are both extremely well-coached and have a ton of experience on their roster. They both have stars surrounded by great players.
If I had to choose who gets the higher seed in March that would go to St. Bonaventure. The Bonnies are extremely fun to watch as they play really fast, take and make a ton of threes, protect the rim, rebound, and play elite defense. They do it all while playing five guys at about 33 minutes a night. They are a machine right now and their fan base is one of the most loyal fan bases in all of College Sports. Saint Bonaventure is able to turn any venue into Olean, NY with the way their fans travel.
Even though the Bonnies just took a loss at home to Northern Iowa, I do think that Saint Bonaventure has the ability to be as good as the 2019-2020 version of the Dayton Flyers, and be able to secure a 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. The Flyers had Atlantic 10 Player of the Year and first round NBA pick in Obi Toppin, the Bonnies have that in Kyle Lofton. The Flyers also had a great second option in Jalen Crutcher. The Bonnies have that in Jaren Holmes.
The Bonnies are really good and there is not a team that I have seen yet in the Atlantic 10 who is going to give them a game and they should have a great record heading into March. The Bonnies are very good and don’t be surprised if they are on one of the top seed lines in March.