Legendary coach John Wooden roamed the sidelines and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was still known as Lew Alcindor the last time the Gophers men’s basketball team played UCLA in Los Angeles before this week. That was a different era of college basketball,

Minnesota has a history with UCLA in the NCAA Tournament, but Wednesday night was their first matchup at Pauley Pavilion since 1967. The red-hot Gophers staged a 17-point comeback to leave LA with an impressive 64-61 win over the Bruins.

The Gophers men’s basketball team had a bear of a time with UCLA’s defense in Tuesday’s first half. The Bruins hold opponents to 64.8 points per game, which is best in the Big Ten, and Minnesota