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.

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 22nd-ranked UCLA Bruins host the Iowa Hawkeyes with nothing to cheer about besides their national ranking. It hasn’t been an easy dive into the Big Ten for the Bruins, as they are 14th in the conference through the first six games with a 2-4 record.

In this episode of the UCLA Bruins Insider Podcast, UCLA Bruins On SI beat writer Tom Cavanaugh breaks down the Bruins' 94-70 win over the Iowa Hawkeyes (12-6,

Our expert college basketball predictions expect the Hawkeyes to play much better on the second-leg of its West Coast road swing.

For the second-straight game in L.A., Iowa’s opponent shot over 62 percent and had lots of easy baskets. The Bruins made their first nine shots and cruised to a 33-point halftime lead.

After perhaps their best showing of the season in a dominant home win against Indiana last weekend, Iowa hit the road for a two-game stint in southern California and promptly fell on its face, giving up 99 points to the USC Trojans.