Doug Gottlieb, Green Bay men's basketball head coach, walks off the court after the team's 72-70 loss to Michigan Tech on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024, at the Resch Center in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin. Sarah Kloepping/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Watch: Green Bay men end nation's longest losing streak

By Austen Bundy | Last updated Feb 16, 2025 7:14 PM ET

The nation's longest losing streak in college basketball is finally over.

On Sunday, the Green Bay men's basketball program defeated Wright State at home 79-68. It's the program's first win in its last 22 attempts dating back to Nov. 19.

First-year head coach Doug Gottlieb jokingly took burning sage around the court pre-game in an effort to ward off whatever higher power might have been holding his group back.

On Friday - Doug Gottlieb (@GottliebShow) went around saging the entire gym to get the negative energy out & try to snap the nations longest losing streak.

Two days later — Green Bay ends their 21 game losing skid.

Cool moment for Gottlieb, coaches, players, fans, & program. pic.twitter.com/glpAAPMQL8
— Kyle Malzhan (@KyleMalzhan) February 16, 2025

The Phoenix (3-24) earned their first Horizon League win since Gottlieb took the reins of the program.

Gottlieb, 49, is also the host of a national sports talk radio show "The Doug Gottlieb Show" on Fox Sports, creating an unusual dynamic in an already unusual era of college athletics.

"It's not earth-shattering to [say] there are points in which you question, 'should I have done this? Like what am I doing?'" Gottlieb told The Athletic of his unique employment situation.

Green Bay, tied with Bellarmine for the second-worst record in Division I this season, will look to win consecutive games for the first time since February when it faces Robert Morris on Friday.

Austen Bundy

Austen Bundy is a journalist and sports junkie from the Washington, D. C. area

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