Gonzaga stakes unbeaten WCC run vs San Francisco
In the 51 seasons prior to the current season a team had gone undefeated in regular-season conference play nine times. Tomorrow Gonzaga has a chance to do it for the second time in three seasons. The Bulldogs enter the final regular-season weekend of WCC play at home with the 13-0 Bulldogs hosting San Francisco on Monday.
A crucial win will mean the 2006 Bulldogs become the 10th team to run the table in WCC play. Prior to the Bulldogs going undefeated in 2004, nobody had done it since 1992 when Pepperdine ran the table.
Gonzaga is assured the No. 1 seed into the West Coast 
Conference Tournament to be played on the Gonzaga campus for the first time in its current format. The tourney starts Thursday, March 2, wth four women’s games, while the men take to the court on Friday, March 3. The top two regular-season finishers for the men are seeded into Sunday’s semifinals. Gonzaga put the wraps on a sixth straight WCC regular-season title with Monday’s win at Pepperdine.
With its 24-3 record, Gonzaga has reached the 20-win plateau for the ninth straight season and for the 12th time in the last 13 seasons. The Bulldogs set a school record for wins with their 28-7 record in 1999 and tied it in 2004 with a 28-3 mark.
While Gonzaga’s Adam Morrison and Duke’s J.J. Redick have been running 1-2 in the scoring race most of the season, the Bulldogs are Blue Devils are now running 1-2 on the list for longest home court winning streak. Gonzaga continues to lead the NCAA Division I home court winning streak list with 36, and in the process extended its school-record with its last home victory over Stanford. The Bulldogs current streak began Feb. 22, 2003, with a 69-60 win over Tulsa in the inaugural Bracket Buster presented by ESPN.
San Francisco (11-15, 7-6) is tied with St. Mary’s for third place in the WCC. The Dons posted their third conference road win Saturday, 74-72 in overtime at Portland. Gonzaga has won 16 straight at home against San Francisco since a 67-64 loss Feb. 10, 1989. The Bulldogs have won the last two meetings and lead the series 32-20.
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PREDICTION: Bulldogs to whip the Dons by more than ten points
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