Iowa basketball coach suspended after cursing at official, calling him a cheater
According to ESPN’s projection, the Iowa men’s basketball team is in line to make its first NCAA Tournament appearance in three years.
However, Iowa’s chances to winning the Big Ten likely ended with a 90-70 loss at Ohio State on Tuesday night.
Worse than the loss was the behavior of Hawkeyes coach Fran McCaffery, who went after an official after the game, according to Kyle Rowland of the Toledo Blade. Rowland reported that McCaffery yelled at a referee: “You cheating (expletive)! You’re a (expletive) disgrace!”
Hawk Central, which is run by the Iowa Press-Citizen and Des Moines Register, reported that an Ohio State official and a Columbus Dispatch photographer confirmed there was yelling.
In a postgame news conference, McCaffery was asked about the exchange and told reporters: “I can’t talk about that.”
McCaffery was likely upset after being hit with a technical foul. Ditto for his son Connor, who is a guard on the Hawkeyes team.
On Wednesday, McCaffery was suspended two games by Iowa athletic director Gary Barta for “unsportsmanlike comments directed at an official.”
Twitter user Hawkeyesmic tweeted Iowa’s release:
This story was originally published February 27, 2019 at 8:31 AM.
