LOS ANGELES >> History is not a mystery for Hawaii basketball coach Eran Ganot.

For Ganot, whose bachelor’s degree is partly in anthropology, the Rainbow Warriors’ nine-day road trip has been a chance to experience Hall of Fame coach John Wooden’s heritage.

The Warriors played in this past weekend’s Wooden Legacy, a tournament named after the late UCLA coach. On Wednesday, the Warriors play UCLA in Pauley Pavilion, whose court bears Wooden’s name.

“This is our craft,” said Ganot, who is in his 16th season as a college coach. “You have to take a lot of pride in your craft, not just the X’s and O’s, but the history of the game. Early on, I was an avid reader, studying all the great programs and great coaches. When you talk about what he’s done for the game, in terms of 10 national championships (in 12 years), including seven in a row. Think about how much of an impact he’s made outside of just that, outside in terms of the books and the words of wisdom and the quotes.”

Ganot owns the dozen books Wooden wrote, including the industry’s must-have “Coach Wooden’s Pyramid of Success.” Wooden’s seven-point creed has been the pledge of allegiance for college coaches.

“You see the influences he’s made on a lot of coaches in different sports,” Ganot said. “There is an argument he’s the greatest coach in any sport in the United States.”

In 2009, The Sporting News named Wooden the “greatest coach of all time.”

“We’re teachers first,” Ganot said. “Whenever you can provide perspective and educate your guys on anything, you want to make sure you do that. We talked about what John Wooden means and what UCLA means. A lot of guys know about it, but it’s always good to get refreshed about it. This is a big part of what makes our game special.”

Mate Colina, a 7-foot freshman from Australia, said UCLA’s name — and Wooden’s — reached Down Under. “Everybody sort of knows who they are in Australia,” Colina said.

UH assistant coach John Montgomery grew up in a household that admired Wooden. His father, Mike Montgomery, a 2016 College Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, received the John Wooden Legend of Coaching Award in 2004. John Montgomery said he attended the awards ceremony, where he met Wooden.

“It was a great experience for me,” Montgomery said. “Hearing him talk to me was a dream come true, and obviously the same for my dad. (Wooden) was my dad’s role model. I was raised that this is the guy I need to follow.”

Ganot said he adheres to Wooden’s approach to coaching.

“The teacher-first aspect,” Ganot said. “The ability to balance life. How he handled success. How he handled failure, criticism and pats on the back. … Sometimes in this deal we do, it’s always good to simplify the way we articulate things with people, your team, the younger guys. He was really good with that. In reading his books, his words were ‘Oh, that’s pretty good’ and ‘Oh, that’s pretty good.’ He has a lot of great excerpts and quotes that articulate best what we all try to say.”

Many of Wooden’s on-court tactics also remain. UCLA’s high-post offense was featured in former UH coach Riley Wallace’s G-game schemes. Elements of Wooden’s flex cuts can be found in many modern offenses, including parts of Ganot’s plays.

Ganot said Wooden would have succeeded in today’s game, which has evolved dramatically through rules changes. “I think he would have adapted,” Ganot said. “He would have been successful in any era. I think, ultimately, the great coaches do that.”