Iowa Fined, Coach Suspended for Confrontation with Ref

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It's been a turbulent two weeks for the University of Iowa men's basketball program. Seven days after Hawkeyes broadcast partner Learfield suspended play-by-play announcer Gary Dolphin for the rest of the season, the school suspended head coach Fran McCaffery for two games after he called a game official a "cheating motherf*cker" and "a f*cking disgrace."

The outburst came in an arena corridor following No. 22 Iowa's 90-70 to Ohio State on Tuesday in which McCaffery was assessed two technical fouls within the game's final five minutes.

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