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St. Bonaventure coach Mark Schmidt walks the baseline during a non-conference game against Robert Morris on Nov. 20, 2025 at the Reilly Center. Schmidt is in his 19th year with the Bonnies.

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January 22, 2026

Point-shaving scandal highlights risks Schmidt sees for college hoops

By HENRY BUCHAN, Special to the Era

The words Mark Schmidt keeps coming back to are the same ones now hanging over college basketball as...

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