Losing Sandfort, who averages 16.2 points per game, isn’t what the Hawkeyes (12-6 overall, 3-4 Big Ten, 55 NET) need right now. They’re coming off back-to-back losses to USC and UCLA, and they can’t afford too many more defeats, especially as they head into a five-game stretch that includes four home games.

The senior forward suffered a shoulder injury in the first half of the Hawkeyes’ 94-70 loss at UCLA last Friday in Los Angeles and sat out the second half. Monday, Iowa Coach Fran McCaffery was noncommittal on Sandfort’s status for the game against the Gophers.

After a dominating 25-point victory against Indiana on Jan. 11, hope was in the air for the Iowa men’s basketball team. They owned a solid 12-4 overall, 3-2 conference mark, and had a ripe opportunity to steal at least one,

UCLA absolutely crushed Iowa 94-70 at Pauley Pavilion to get back on track and snap a four-game losing streak of its own while Iowa picked up its second consecutive loss. However, the blowout defeat may not be the worst news from the game if you're an Iowa fan.

While the trip to Los Angeles provided Brock Harding and Owen Freeman with the chance to go see their favorite basketball perform and knock that off the bucket list, it also included getting beat pretty soundly twice and giving up over 90 points in the process.

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.

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.

UCLA coach Mick Cronin made headlines this week talking about the Big Ten being overly physical for his team. Iowa made things easy for the Bruins.

The Iowa Hawkeyes (12-5, 3-3 Big Ten) travel to Los Angeles to tussle with the UCLA Bruins (11-6, 2-4) in Friday Big Ten action. Tip time at Pauley Pavilion will be 9 p.m. ET (FS1). Let's analyze

The Trojans (11-6, 3-3 Big Ten) never trailed, shot 37-of-57 (67%) from the field, 10-of-15 (60%) from 3-point range and outrebounded the Hawkeyes (12-5, 3-3 Big Ten) 37-20 in the win.

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