Iowa basketball coach Ben McCollum was furious at the end of the first half of Sunday’s NCAA Tournament game, and it appears he had good reason to be.
Florida’s Rueben Chinyelu ran down the court and forcefully shoved Iowa’s Trevin Jirak in the back as time expired.
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If the referees had seen the play, a flagrant foul could have been called against Chinyelu.
The Gators were certainly upset with the Hawkeyes after Iowa’s Alvaro Folgueiras and Florida’s Alex Condon were called for double technical fouls early in the game.This article originally appeared in the Des Moines Register: Iowa’s Ben McCollum after referees ruled on possible flagrant foul