The Loyola Marymount shocked No. 6 Gonzaga with a 68-67 victory in Spokane, Washington on January 19th. This five years of his life and he has accomplished in one day what no one else has. McCarthy Athletic he beat Zags at center.
Gonzaga has won 75 in a row at home and, counting against Kentucky at Spokane Arena on November 20, 2022, it’s 76 in a row in Spokane. With his 75-game winning streak, the Bulldogs held his eighth-longest home winning streak in DI men’s basketball history.
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The new longest winning streak in DI men’s basketball is far south of Spokane at the Cauldron of Neville Arena in Auburn, Alabama. At the time of writing, the Tigers are on a 28-game winning streak in friendly matches, which has continued since his February 23, 2021, when Florida became the last team to win at Neville Arena.
The second-longest home winning streak is UCLA’s 19-game winning streak at the Pauley Pavilion. Of course, that program knows something about streaks. Coincidentally, Gonzaga lost to his LMU on the day he marked his 49th anniversary in 1974, when the Bruins’ 88-game winning streak (the longest in DI men’s hoop history) was recorded.
Let’s take a quick look at the longest active home winning streak in men’s college basketball.
| team | win | arena |
|---|---|---|
| auburn | 28 | Neville Arena |
| UCLA | 19 | Polly Pavilion |
| Bradley | 17 | Carver Arena |
| Kansas | 16 | Allen Fieldhouse |
| Kent | 15 | Memorial Athletic and Convention Center |
| memphis | 15 | fedex forum |
| wake forest | 15 | Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum |
