Eric Dailey Jr. scores a career-high 23 points as UCLA builds up a massive lead in the first half to defeat Iowa 94-70 and end a four-game losing streak.

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.

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

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Iowa basketball finished up its road trip with a loss to UCLA on Friday. Check out the recap of the Hawkeyes' loss here.

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Desmond Claude scores 25, Saint Thomas has 24, Wesley Yates III adds 21, and the Trojans shoot 64.9% from the field in a 99-89 victory at the Galen Center.

There is plenty of time for Iowa to get its season back on track. There is also plenty of time for it to get much worse.

John Blackwell finished with 28 points and Max Klesmit added 18 for the Badgers, who defeated the Trojans, 86-69, Saturday at Galen Center.

MVC schedule includes Saturday’s matchup with the Northern Iowa Panthers (11-7, 5-2 MVC) at Banterra Center. It starts at 7:00 PM ET on

College basketball moved to a formula-based ranking system, called the NET rankings, in 2018 to eliminate as much bias as possible. Of course, the teams that make the NCAA Tournament are ultimately determined by a committee who look at their overall resume.

The Badgers face USC on Saturday afternoon before staying in Los Angeles, California for Tuesday’s matchup against the Bruins. Wisconsin enters the West Coast road trip on a six-game winning streak, one which has elevated the team near the Big Ten’s top tier.