North Dakota, down 11, tried to beat the buzzer.
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Fran McCaffery wasn't a fan, so he had Iowa walk off the court. https://t.co/PLkItzgxq0
— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) December 21, 2016
Up by 11-points on North Dakota with about two seconds left on the clock, Iowa forward Nicholas Baer held onto the ball, attempting to dribble out the clock as is customary in a basketball game that's already been decided.
Normally, you'd get no opposition in that scenario, but for whatever reason, Fighting Hawks guard Corey Baldwin chose to steal the ball and continue playing. Most would see this as harmless frustration, but Iowa head coach Fran McCaffrey took it as a slight and stormed off the court with is team in tow refusing to shake hands with North Dakota.
In his post-game press conference, McCaffrey still hadn't cooled off.
"I wasn't pleased with how the game ended," he told reporters. "I will say this: I have a lot of respect for Brian and certainly (North Dakota assistant coach) Jeff Horner. I don't think they teach that kind of stuff, but I was not having it. That's not the way to play. We don't need Pete getting knocked to the floor. We don't need guys getting up in Jordan's face. We don't need Nicholas Baer's head getting chopped off. We don't need it. The game's over. Move on.""
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In McCaffrey's defense, though, there was a little more behind his anger than the last few seconds of the game. Things were getting chippy a bit before that. With 37 seconds left in the game, the Hawkeyes' Jordan Bohannon was involved in a minor shoving match with a Fighting Hawks player that earned him a technical foul and Iowa's Peter Jok was on the receiving end of a hard foul on the ensuing possession.
These are the two plays that built up to Fran McCaffery's reaction on that final possession. What are you mad about? pic.twitter.com/1KetJK0LSa
— Rob Dauster (@RobDauster) December 21, 2016
