With Iowa down by nine in the second half against Illinois, Hawkeyes head coach Fran McCaffery was ejected from the game. What started as a relatively calm interaction quickly escalated into more. McCaffery stood near the Hawkeye bench with his hands in his pockets,

McCaffery earned two quick technicals and an ejection after disagreeing with a call midway through the second half

Iowa coach Fran McCaffery would have preferred bid farewell to his seniors in front of the crowd Thursday night. Instead, his second-half ejection forced that scene to play out in the privacy of the Hawkeyes' locker room.