USF - Bill Russell '56 Basketball Grey Sweatshirt

“Heart in champions has to do with the depth of our motivation and how well your mind and body react to pressure.”

The thing is, in 1956 the University of San Francisco Dons basketball team – after shocking the world by winning the national championship the previous season – weren’t fooling anybody. Not with 6-foot-10 Bill Russell patrolling the paint. Not with his shot-blocking ability, his dominance on the glass, his scoring prowess from inside and his command of the team. Russell was a man among boys that season, giving rise to legend in leading the Dons to a perfect 29-0 regular season while wearing the bullseye squarely on their backs.

Nobody was going to touch USF in Russell’s final season. The Dons cruised through the NCAA tournament and won a second title, while solidifying their places in the annals of college basketball’s greatest teams.

Russell? National Player of the Year. First-Team All-American. WCC Player of the Year. And incoming captain of the 1956 Olympic team.

Officially licensed by Bill Russell / University of San Francisco.

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