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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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 basketball can still salvage its West Coast trip with a win over UCLA on Friday, but the Hawkeyes will need to fix their road struggles to do it.

Southern California shot a torrid 64.9 percent from the floor and four Trojans scored at least 18 points in a wire-to-wire, 99-89 win over Iowa on Tuesday in Los Angeles.

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.

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.

The Iowa Hawkeyes travel across the country to Southern California to meet a Trojan squad off one of the more surprising results of the season. Let's dig into one of the Big 10 conference's newest matchups. Location/Tipoff: The Galen Center, 10:30 p.m. EST ...