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.

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:

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.

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

Just hours following the end of a 17-16 season for Iowa, the program now has a vacant head coaching position. The Hawkeyes parted ways with longtime coach Fran McCaffery on Friday, per CBS Insider Jon Rothstein.

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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.