Jan van Breda Kolff was hired to continue the rebuilding Baron had achieved . However , he , instead , did the opposite . The 2002 – 03 men 's basketball season was marred by a scandal after a transfer student from a junior college , Jamil Terrell , was permitted to play even though he had not completed his Associate Degree and was therefore ineligible for one year . The team was forced to forfeit every game in which he played and was barred from the A-10 Tournament . In protest , players voted to sit out the last two games of the regular season . Head coach Jan van Breda Kolff , athletic director Gothard Lane , and school president Dr. Robert Wickenheiser were all ousted . St. Bonaventure 's chairman of the board of trustees , William Swan , took his own life in August 2003 , feeling that he had let down his alma mater by failing to prevent the scandal
A-10 Tournament .
2003 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament
St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball