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 outmatched the Hawkeyes from the opening tip as UCLA shot a staggering 23-of-35 (65.7%) from the floor, 6-of-13 (46.2%) from deep, and 5-of-9 (55.6%) from the stripe in the first half en route to a 57-24 advantage.