At the end of a long, emotional week, USC ’s men’s basketball staff emerged one by one from the Galen Center tunnel just before tip-off Tuesday, relieved as ever to be back home. Days earlier, as wildfires ravaged their city,

Iowa men's basketball was set to face USC and UCLA this week. Here's what you need to know about the games with the California wildfires raging.

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

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.

As Iowa tries to rebound from a pair of losses, Minnesota hopes to build upon its best win of the year. The Golden Gophers knocked off then-No. 20 Michigan 84-81 in overtime last Thursday for their first conference win. Minnesota coach Ben Johnson said his team was coming together after early-season struggles.

Freeman 11-14 0-1 23, Pa.Sandfort 6-11 4-6 20, Dix 5-10 1-3 13, Harding 3-7 1-1 8, Thelwell 4-10 6-6 16, Pr.Sandfort 2-4 0-0 5, Dembele 0-2 0-0 0, Traore 1-2 2-2 4, Tadjo 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 32-60 14-19 89.

The Hawkeyes, who lost 99-89 at USC on Tuesday, have been in Los Angeles since Sunday. They have been staying at their downtown hotel, close to USC’s campus, and practiced at USC all week.

Caitlin Clark may no longer be in an Iowa uniform, but her impact on the program will be felt forever. In honor of Clark's historic career with the Hawkeyes, the team will retire her No. 22 jersey when they host No.

All three of Iowa’s public universities “have ceased participating” in a nationwide initiative to diversify corporate America by increasing the diversity of business school faculty after a Republican lawmaker and head of the House higher education committee brought the issue to the Board of Regents.

Owen Freeman, Brock Harding and Fran McCaffery pointed the finger at defensive failings after dropping back-to-back games against USC and UCLA last week. Iowa faces Minnesota's worst-in-the-conference offense next.

Crosstown Los Angeles rivals meet as Big Ten Conference foes for the first time on Monday when UCLA visits Southern California. Since pulling out of a four-game tailspin, UCLA (14-6,