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End the streak.
For the past 15 years, Waves fans have said, tweeted and written a variation of those three words before every men’s basketball game against the Gonzaga Bulldogs. Over the span of 32 games, the Waves have lost to the Bulldogs in a myriad of ways, from missed tip-ins, to 40-point blowouts and to a controversial loss in the West Coast Conference Tournament.
Aside from an NCAA Tournament appearance or a former Wave hearing his name on NBA Draft night, the Waves’ 32-game drought against Gonzaga is one of the longest — and arguably, one of the most painful — streaks in Pepperdine basketball history.