"I'm happy to have veteran guys that have been here." - Saint Bonaventure Head Coach Mark Schmidt

"It's a little bit concerning when the first game you play, counts." - Saint Bonaventure Head Coach Mark Schmidt

"We knew we didn't have a lot of time to waste." - Osun Osunniyi

"You have to sacrifice your social life to play basketball. We understand how important this sport is to us." - Osun Osunnyi on COVID

"We came here to play basketball. We want to make a living off this. To shut down, it would be just like the summer." - Kyle Lofton

"We made it here, let's just keep on social distancing." - Kyle Lofton

"If we have to get shutdown it's not just the 14 days, but four days to get back." - Osun Osunniyi

"It's gonna suck not having fans, because the Reilly Center is one of the toughest places to play for an away team. We've got to build our own energy." - Osun Osunniyi

"I think this pandemic helped me. I'm focused on what's in front of me." - Kyle Lofton

"It makes you appreciate the game more." - Osun Osunniyi on COVID

@mid_madness

"Those awards, I don't think much of them. My whole life I've been overlooked. It just makes me go harder." - Kyle Lofton on Preseason awards

"I definitely feel like we're way much deeper, guard wise. Guys are going at it, competing for spots and minutes in practice." - Kyle Lofton on the deepness of the team

"Physically I feel good. Mentally, I'm ready to help my team out and win games." - Osun Osunniyi

"My hope is that we have a full season, for the sake of our players." - Saint Bonaventure Head Coach Mark Schmidt

"We have juniors, but in essence, they're like fifth-year seniors." - Mark Schmidt

"The more guys you can play, the better off you can be with this pandemic." - Saint Bonaventure Head Coach Mark Schmidt

@SBUnfurled @mid_madness

Coach Schmidt just listed that the Bonnies will host teams like Army and Hofstra.

Going to Akron.

@TheD1Docket @roccomiller8 @SBUnfurled @LilBonaX

"They come to Bonaventure to get a good education, but they also come to play basketball. There's no motivation for these kids to just stay inside. We have players that respect each other. They don't want to be the one to screw it up for everyone else." - Mark Schmidt

"It's almost like it becomes the "Bonaventure Bubble". We have two months in the bubble when it's just men's and women's basketball." - Coach Mark Schmidt on having no students on campus the chunk of OOC

"If anyone wants to move to Olean, come on up. There's no better place rn."

"I don't take much stock in preseason polls or preseason awards. Dayton was picked third last year... They're for alumni, A10 publicity." - Bonaventure Coach Mark Schmidt on Preseason Polls

"Every game is going to be difficult." - Saint Bonaventure Head Coach Mark Schmidt

"I think every team in this league has a chip on their shoulder, other than Richmond." - Saint Bonaventure Head Coach Mark Schmidt

@mid_madness

"We can compete with any league in this country." - Saint Bonaventure Head Coach Mark Schmidt

"There's no easy games."

"Getting better in the weight room. His commitment. The way he acted on the bench. He took advantage of it (his redshirt year). He's the last one to leave. I don't pick those captains, the players named him captain. Without playing a game yet, that means alot." -Schmidt on Adaway

"You can't go 4-0 until you go 1-0." - Saint Bonaventure Head Coach Mark Schmidt

"Thats one of the great things about Bonaventure." - Coach Mark Schmidt talking about the teams fanbase and Saturday nights at Reilly