March Madness: What you need to know about UCLA

The No. 11 seeded Gophers will face the No. 6 seeded UCLA Bruins Friday night at 9 p.m. CT on TruTV.

While the Gophers are dwarfed by UCLA’s success in the NCAA Tournament historically, Minnesota will be favorites heading into Friday.

The Bobby Jackson led Gophers beat UCLA en route to a Final Four appearance in 1997 but that season was vacated because of academic fraud.

Minneapolis/St. Paul	City	Los Angeles
51,853	Students	39,945
Big Ten	Conference	Pac-12
Kevin McHale, Kris Humphries	Alumni	Russell Westbrook, Kevin Love
68.4	Points Per Game	74.7
Andre Hollins, 13.9	Leading Scorer	Shabazz Muhammad, 17.8
38.8	Rebounds Per Game	36.3
Trevor Mbakwe, 8.7	Leading Rebounder	Kyle Anderson, 8.6
14.8	Assists Per Game	16.1
.442	Field Goal Pct	.455
20-12	Overall Record	25-9
8-10	Conference Record	13-5
3-7	Last 10	7-3
33 (.599)	RPI	27 (.604)
31 (90.4)	BPI	29 (78.6)
1	Final Fours	18
12-11	Tournament Record	99-37
0	Championships	11
11	Tounament Appearances	44