MORAGA, Calif. – The San Francisco men's basketball team's losing streak at McKeon Pavilion stretches back even before their head coach, Todd Golden, first stepped on the Saint Mary's campus as a preferred walk-on.
It's endured through seven NCAA Tournament runs and three conference tournament titles under head coach Randy Bennett.
On Thursday, Golden — the Gaels' tenacious three-and-D point guard from 2004 to 2008 who captained two of those Tournament teams — returned to McKeon Pavilion as the Dons' first-year head coach, and nearly ended the streak at 16.
San Francisco held the West Coast Conference's leading scorer without a field goal, won the rebounding battle, held the Gaels under 43% shooting and built a 14-point first-half lead.