LOS ANGELES >> For many University of Hawaii basketball players, this was their first Rodeo.

During this four-game, nine-day road trip, the Rainbow Warriors visited Disneyland, toured Anaheim and, on Tuesday, walked up and down Rodeo Drive. “No celebrities,” guard Brocke Stepteau mused. “They must be in hiding.”

The biggest attraction will be against basketball royalty — UCLA — one of the most celebrated programs in college sports.

“It’s a big deal,” guard Drew Buggs said of today’s game in Pauley Pavilion. “UCLA is one of the top programs. With the history (11 national titles) and the legendary coach (the late John Wooden) and the great facility, it’s definitely going to be a fun experience for us.”

The UCLA program — whose alumni include Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Walton, Russell Westbrook and Kevin Love — is rich in tradition and innovation. A family committed a donation of $6.5 million for the naming rights to the head coach’s position. At home, the coach is Steve Alford. At work, he is the “Michael Price Family UCLA Men’s Head Basketball Coach.”

The Bruins’ lineup is a parade of All-Americans. Kris Wilkes, a 6-foot-8 wing who averages a team-high 17.5 points, is projected as a top-10 selection in the 2019 NBA Draft. Draftniks predict 7-1 center Moses Brown will be picked in the first 20 selections, and point guard Jaylen Hands also will likely go in the first round. NBADraft.net has Chris Smith, a 6-9 reserve guard, being picked in the first round of the 2020 draft.

“They have a lot of size, probably the biggest team we’ve played since we’ve been here,” said Eran Ganot, who is in his fourth season as UH head coach. “Not just the center position, they’re big at every spot. You’re talking about 6-3, 6-5, 6-8, 6-10, 7-1. And then they bring size off the bench. It’s going to be a great challenge in different ways.”

During Tuesday’s practice in UCLA’s rustic Student Activities Center, the ’Bows went through the final stage of the game-plan installation. The coaches would demonstrate an offensive set, show how to counter it, then summon players to go through the play. Then the coaches would repeat the sequence with a new play. The visual lesson was the culmination of video reviews and meetings.

The ’Bows are hopeful that the lab results will transcend to the game. The Bruins are skilled one-on-one players who can score near (43.3 paint points per game), far (35.4 percent on 3s), and on the run (11.3 fast-break points per game). They average 15.3 second-chance points.

“The key for us is we have to keep them out of transition and give them no second shots,” assistant coach John Montgomery said. “They’re a really good offensive-rebounding team. We have to execute on offense. Sometimes your best transition defense is making shots and executing on offense.”

Zigmars Raimo, who has started all seven UH games in the post, said he is used to playing against taller players in practice. UH has three 7-foot freshmen. “It’s going to be a great battle in there,” Raimo said.

UH is expected to use all three 7-footers.

If the ’Bows go with a man-to-man defense, Sheriff Drammeh will likely have significant time going against Wilkes, a three-level shooter on drives, from mid-range, and behind the 3-point arc.

“Sheriff likes the challenge against guys who can really score,” Montgomery said. “Sheriff will bother him because he’s so quick. It reminds me a little bit of a matchup against Jaylen Brown for Cal.”

In the first round of the 2016 NCAA Tournament, Brown fouled out against UH after scoring four points in 17 minutes. Brown now plays for the Boston Celtics.

“He took charges against Jaylen Brown,” Montgomery said of Drammeh.

Stepteau said: “We’re going to come in confident and try to beat them. That’s the plan. We’re not coming in and just hanging around. We want to try to get the win, do everything we can.”