Can San Francisco Finally Take Down the Favored Gonzaga Bulldogs?
The Gonzaga vs San Francisco Preview Has the Visiting Bulldogs Favored Again
Gonzaga Eyes Its 29th Win In A Row Against The San Francisco Dons
There is a chance that Gonzaga’s streak of earning at least of a share of the West Coast Conference every season since the 2012-13 campaign could be out of contention for the WCC regular-season title even with a win over San Francisco. When looking at the Gonzaga vs San Francisco preview, the Bulldogs are favored against San Francisco for the 60th consecutive game.
Gonzaga has won 28 games in a row against the Dons. However, San Francisco has covered in four of the last five meetings after a 77-72 loss on Jan. 25 as a nine-point road underdog. Four of the previous five meetings between the teams finished under the total.
The college basketball odds have the host Bulldogs listed as the 4.5-point favorite. Gonzaga is priced at -165 to win the game outright, with the Moneyline at +145 for San Francisco.
Gonzaga re-entered the top 25 in the national polls as the Bulldogs are ranked 22nd in the USA Today coaches poll and 23rd in the Associated Press poll.
The odds to win March Madness for Gonzaga have moved from +2500 to +8000 since the start of the season.
When looking at the NCAA March Madness bracket, San Francisco has some work to do, as the Dons are 54th in the NCAA NET rankings.
Gonzaga is 21st in the college basketball net rankings despite a 1-5 record in Quad 1 games.
Keep on reading for more on the matchup between Gonzaga and San Francisco.
Gonzaga vs San Francisco 
Records: Gonzaga 22-6 (12-2 in the WCC) at San Francisco 22-7 (11-3 in the WCC)
Location: United Center, Chicago, Illinois
Day/Time: Streaming: ESPN2, ESPN+
Bulldogs Are Starting to Growl
Since a two-point loss at home to Saint Mary’s when the Bulldogs were held to a season-low 62 points, Gonzaga has averaged 93 points per game during a six-game winning streak.
Leading scorer Graham Ike has five straight 20-point games, Nolan Hickman and Anton Watson are averaging 17.7 and 15.5 points during the winning streak. Ryan Nembhard has 49 assists and 10 turnovers in those six games.
Since a four-point win over Kentucky, the Bulldogs have won games by 17, 26, 21, and 13 points heading into this matchup. Keep that in mind when it comes to the Gonzaga vs San Francisco preview.
The total went over in four of Gonzaga’s last five games.
Dons Look the Seal the Deal
San Francisco has been in more tight games than Gonzaga. However, San Francisco is just 5-5 in games, which was decided by single digits after its recent loss to Saint Mary’s.
One of those hard-luck defeats came to Gonzaga last month.
One issue for San Francisco at times is a lack of bench scoring.
Freshman guard Ryan Beasley has scored double in four of his last seven games, but getting points from other non-starters has sometimes been a challenge. Keep that in mind when it comes to the Gonzaga vs San Francisco preview.
The total has gone over in 13 of San Francisco’s last 17 games.
Last Meeting
San Francisco twice pulled within three points in the final 30 seconds before Graham Ike iced the game with a pair of free throws. Gonzaga won the game 77-72 after winning seven of the last eight games in the series by double digits.
It was the fourth time in the last five meetings to land under the total despite the NCAAB teams combining for 88 points in the second half.
Gonzaga vs San Francisco Betting Preview
Gonzaga goes after its 29th straight win over San Francisco, as the last win by the Dons in the series came in 2012. That was also the last time that San Francisco was listed as an underdog of five points or less.
San Francisco has won 16 of the last 17 of its home games.
Gonzaga is 5-2 as a road favorite this season, with the Bulldogs covering in just three of those games. This is the first time this season that San Francisco is the underdog at home.
Gonzaga is 20-4 as a favorite, while San Francisco has lost all six of its games as the underdog.
San Francisco has covered in eight of its 14 home games with 10 of those contests finishing over the total.
Just three of Gonzaga’s road games went over the total.
Forward Isaiah Hawthorne, one of eight NCAAB players for San Francisco to average more than 10 minutes per game, is questionable.
The Dons have covered five of their last nine home games against Gonzaga.
Ten of the Dons’ last 14 games against WCC teams have gone over the total. The total is set at 153.5 for this matchup.
With the way Gonzaga has been shooting the ball, go with this game to go over the total and for the Bulldogs to cover as the road underdog.
Gonzaga vs San Francisco Game Odds
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