It was an emotional night in Indianapolis for the Hawkeyes inside Gainbridge Fieldhouse. In its second-round game of the 2025 TIAA Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament, Iowa head basketball coach Fran McCaffery received double technicals and was ejected with 13:33 remaining in the second half and the 15th-seeded Hawkeyes trailing No.

Iowa had their season end in a 106-94 loss to Illinois in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday. That also, based on expectations, will mean the end of the tenure for Fran McCaffery.

McCaffery was ejected in the second half of Iowa's 106-94 loss to Illinois in the Big Ten Tournament. The ejection and subsequent defeat came amid widespread speculation that the 2024-25 season may be the Hawkeyes' last with McCaffrey at the helm.