Iowa basketball coach Fran McCaffery was ejected in the second half of the Hawkeyes' game at the Big Ten tournament on Thursday vs. Illinois. Here's more:

Iowa men's basketball faced off against Illinois in the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday. Here's how it went down for the Hawkeyes and Fran McCaffery.

The 15th-seeded Iowa Hawkeyes saw their Big Ten Tournament run end Thursday night with a second-round loss vs. seventh-seeded and No. 25 Illinois (21-11, 12-8) in a 106-94 loss from Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

Was this the end for Payton Sandfort and Fran McCaffery? The biggest takeaways from Iowa's loss vs. No. 25 Illinois in the Big Ten Tournament.

Iowa head coach Fran McCaffery got the heave-ho during the Hawkeyes' battle vs. Illinois in the Big Ten Tournament.

Whomever Fran McCaffery’s replacement will be, he may be preparing his team for March Madness at the moment. Or his team may have been excluded from the Field of 68.

It's going to take a new approach for Iowa to bring men's basketball fans back after faltering under McCaffery, who was fired Friday.

One of the longest tenured active coaches in major men’s college basketball is now out of a job. Iowa has fired coach Fran McCaffery after 15 seasons at the school, the university announced Friday afternoon.