It was time for Iowa head coach Fran McCaffery to go. After 15 seasons in Iowa City, it simply seemed that McCaffery's message had finally grown stale. It happens to the best of coaches, too. Time is undefeated in many aspects.

After 15 seasons, the Fran McCaffery era has come to an end for the Iowa Hawkeyes. The 65-year-old coach was fired Friday by athletic director Beth Goetz, sources told CBS Sports, one day removed from the Hawkeyes' 106-94 second-round loss in the Big Ten Tournament to Illinois.

Iowa fired coach Fran McCaffery on Friday after the Hawkeyes won their fewest games and had their lowest Big Ten regular-season finish in seven years.

Firing a head coach frequently comes with repercussions on the NCAA level, and the Iowa Hawkeyes are now finding that out the hard way. Just days after Iowa dis

Iowa sophomore forward Pryce Sandfort became the third Iowa player to put his name into the transfer portal following the firing of head coach Fran McCaffery on Friday.

Another Iowa Hawkeye is hitting the NCAA transfer portal. Iowa sophomore forward Pryce Sandfort announced his intentions to enter the transfer portal on Monday, joining sophomore forward Owen Freeman and sophomore guard Brock Harding as Hawkeyes that have entered their names into the portal.