In discussions of Bay Area basketball, the University of San Francisco tends to fly under the radar.
The Golden State Warriors—NBA champions four times in the past decade—have a tendency to dwarf everything around them. Stanford boasts one of the best women’s programs in the country. California produced pro stars Jason Kidd and Jaylen Brown.
Before other teams in the area were winning, however, the Dons were winning—back-to-back NCAA titles in 1955 and ’56, led by legendary center Bill Russell.
