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,

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Our expert college basketball predictions expect the Hawkeyes to play much better on the second-leg of its West Coast road swing.

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

Despite ongoing California wildfires, the Iowa men's basketball team remains scheduled to face USC and UCLA in Los Angeles. Head coach Fran McCaffery discussed the logistics of the trip on Monday.

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.

After breaking even in Big Ten contests this past week with a 50-49 loss to Oregon and an 85-61 blowout win against Washington, the Iowa women’s basketball team returns to Carver-Hawkeye Arena this week for games against Northwestern on Tuesday and No.

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.

Under the leadership of Dusty May, it looked like Michigan was poised to become the next juggernaut in the Big Ten, and while that still might be the case, the Wolverines definitely hit some stumbling blocks with recent road losses to Minnesota and Purdue.

Wisconsin held Nebraska to its lowest point total (55) since a Dec. 7 loss to Michigan State (52). That performance raised the Badgers’ KenPom defensive efficiency ranking to No. 50 nationally, the highest it’s been all season. That pushed the team’s overall ranking to No. 14.

The Denver Broncos have a pair of staff members working as coaches for the National Team at the Senior Bowl. Under head coach Sean Payton, the Broncos have looked hard at the Senior Bowl for their draft picks,