LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Sure, it's a bit dated maybe, but two of the biggest brands in college basketball get together when Indiana takes on UCLA in a Big Ten conference games that's huge for both of them.

UCLA has won 11 national championships, and Indiana five. There haven't been any since UCLA's win in 1995, but the blue blood still flows. This is their second matchup as members of the Big Ten, and the first in the iconic Pauley Pavilion.

Both teams have been playing well, with Indiana upsetting No 12. Purdue on Tuesday night and UCLA has won three straight of five of the past six. They are 7-3 in the league, tied for fifth with Wisconsin and Purdue. 

Here's how to watch Saturday's game, along with three newsy nuggets on Mick Cronin and UCLA.

Who: Indiana Hoosiers (14-7, 5-5 in Big Ten) at UCLA Bruins (15-6, 7-3 in Big Ten).
What: Big Ten conference regular season game, Indiana's first ever in California.
When: Saturday, Jan. 31, 5 p.m. ET.
Where: Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, Calif.
TV: Peacock — Guy Huberman (play-by-play), Matt Muehleback (analyst).
Radio: IU Radio Network — Don Fischer (play-by-play), Errek Suhr (analyst), John Herrick
Point spread: UCLA is a 3.5-point favorite over Indiana, and the over/under is 142.5 points, according to the Fanduel.com gambling website.
Series history: UCLA leads the series 7-6.  Lafayette, Ind. Indiana and UCLA have combined for 16 NCAA championships (UCLA 11, Indiana 5), 26 Final Four appearances (UCLA 18, Indiana 8), 181 NCAA Tournament wins and more than 4,000 overall wins. Indiana hasn't played UCLA in Los Angeles since Dec. 29, 1960, a span of 23,774 days.
Last meeting: UCLA beat Indiana 72-68 on Feb. 14, 2025 in Bloomington, Ind. in the first meeting between the two schools as Big Ten members. 

Indiana and UCLA have met 13 times in basketball, with xx of them coming in the postseason. Here is a list of all the games.

Dec. 28, 1937 — Indiana defeated UCLA 42-33 in Los Angeles. 
Dec. 28, 1940 — Indiana defeated UCLA 51-26 in Los Angeles. 
Dec. 18, 1941 — Indiana defeated UCLA 47-33 in Bloomington, Ind. 
Dec. 29, 1956 — UCLA defeated Indiana 52-48 in Bloomington, Ind. 
Dec. 29, 1960 — UCLA defeated Indiana 94-72 in Los Angeles. 
March 24, 1973 — UCLA defeated Indiana 70-59 in the NCAA Tournament national semifinals in St. Louis, Mo.  It was the only time John Wooden and Bob Knight competed against each other in the NCAA Tournament.
Nov. 29, 1975 — Indiana defeated UCLA 84-64 in St. Louis, Mo. It was the first of 32 consecutive wins for Indiana, who were the last unbeaten national champions 50 years ago this year.
March 27, 1976 — Indiana defeated UCLA 65-51 in the NCAA Tournament national semifinals in Philadelphia, Pa., as the Hoosiers raised their record to 31-0.  They would beat Michigan two nights later for Bob Knight's first of three national titles.
March 29, 1985 — UCLA defeated Indiana 65-62 in the championship game of the NIT Tournament in New York.
Nov. 15, 1991 — UCLA defeated Indiana 87-72 to open the season in the in Springfield, Mass. They would meet again four months later.
March 28, 1992 — Indiana defeated UCLA 106-79 in the NCAA Tournament regional finals in Albuquerque, N.M. It was Bob Knight's last regional finals victory as Indiana's coach.
March 17, 2007 — UCLA defeated Indiana 54-49 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in Sacramento, Calif.
Feb. 14, 2025 — UCLA defeated Indiana 72-68 in the first-ever Big Ten game between the two schools in Bloomington, Ind. Luke Goode led Indiana with 16 points.

1. MICK CRONIN GETTING IT DONE: UCLA is coached by Midwesterner Mick Cronin, a Cincinnati native who was an assistant at Louisville and Cincinnati before becoming the head coach at Murray State from 2003 to 2006. He was the head coach at Cincinnati from 2006 to 2019 before getting hired at UCLA. He's 514-240 all-time, a .682 winning percentage, and has taken 15 teams to the NCAA Tournament. He reached the Final Four with UCLA in 2021, making a dramatic run from the play-in game to the national semifinals, where they lost unbeaten Gonzaga 93-90 in overtime.

2. BALANCED ATTACK FOR BRUINS: UCLA has five different players who average in double-digits, and anyone can beat you on any given night. Tyler Bilodeau, a 6-foot-9 senior forward from Kennewick, Wash., leads the way with 18.2 points per game. He's led the Bruins in scoring seven times, including both games last week — wins over Northwestern and Oregon. Six different players have led UCLA in scoring in different games.

3. WEST COAST SWING ENDS TUESDAY: When the Big Ten expanded last year, the UCLA-USC road trip became a thing for teams to make traveling a little easier. Indiana got them both at home last season — IU did the Oregon-Washington road trip instead — and have the LA road trip this year. They will play USC on Tuesday night. It's not an easy trip. UCLA is 4-0 in Big Ten home games thus far.  USC, who has flirted with the top-25 too, is 15-6 and 4-6 in the Big Ten. They are, somewhat surprisingly, just 1-3 in Big Ten home games.