Former UCLA coach Steve Lavin is bringing his new team, St. John's, to Los Angeles.
The Bruins fired Lavin after the 2003 season. He will return to the school for the first time as a visiting coach on Saturday in a nationally television game between the Bruins and Red Storm.
"As we get closer to taking that bus ride from our hotel, the surreal aspect will hit me," Lavin said upon arriving in L.A.
Lavin went 145-78 during seven years in Westwood and took the Bruins to the final 16 of the NCAA tournament five times in six years.