After a solid offensive performance in a loss to USC on Tuesday, Iowa basketball (12-6, 3-4 Big Ten) leaves the city of Los Angeles with a whimper following a blowout 94-70 defeat vs. UCLA (12-6, 3-4 Big Ten) from Pauley Pavillion on Friday night.

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In an intriguing Big Ten matchup between Iowa and UCLA, a head-to-head showdown between promising wing prospects is worth monitoring. Iowa’s Payton Sandfort and

Our latest episode of the UCLA Bruins Insider Podcast recaps UCLA's dominant win over the Iowa Hawkeyes at home on Friday night. After losing their last four games, the Bruins have regained their stride with a major Big Ten win.

Lew Alcindor, Bill Walton, and John Wooden haven’t played or coached for UCLA inside Pauley Pavilion since the late 1960s and early 1970s, but the Iowa men’s basketball team allowed the 2024-25 rendition of the Bruins to look just like those famous squads on Friday evening in Los Angeles.

The Bruins started the game making nine consecutive field goals and built an early 21-9 lead. The Hawkeyes were unable to slow down the UCLA offensive attack in the first half, as the Bruins expanded on their lead. At the half, Iowa trailed, 57-24.

Iowa men’s basketball player Payton Sandfort injured his left (non-shooting) shoulder during Friday’s game at UCLA and will miss the rest of the contest. Sandfort got tangled up with a UCLA player during the first half and went to the bench in pain.

UCLA basketball coach Mick Cronin has been on one lately. First, he ripped his own players in a postgame rant after a loss to Michigan on Jan. 8. Just a few days later, he got ejected on purpose late in the game during an eventual loss to Maryland.

Iowa basketball can still salvage its West Coast trip with a win over UCLA on Friday, but the Hawkeyes will need to fix their road struggles to do it.

Iowa’s Friday night date at UCLA ended before it started. The Bruins routed Iowa inside Pauley Pavilion, 94-70. In the win, UCLA used a first-half eruption to bury the Hawkeyes. UCLA shot 65.7%, knocked down six 3-pointers and used 12 Iowa turnovers in the first half to quickly turn Friday night into a laugher.

UCLA men's basketball coach Mick Cronin went on a rant about his team's Big Ten travel schedule after being asked about teams making the trip west