This post was updated Jan. 16 at 11:42 p.m. The Bruins could’ve been touted the best team in the country three weeks ago. With wins over then-No.

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.

Iowa men’s basketball player Payton Sandfort injured his left (non-shooting) shoulder during Friday’s game at UCLA and will miss the rest of the contest. Sandfort got tangled up with a UCLA player during the first half and went to the bench in pain.

Payton Sandfort and Eric Dailey Jr. have drawn interest with different play styles, but each could continue to climb draft boards by showing out in this head-to-head matchup.