McCaffery sounded upset that North Dakota was being overly aggressive when Iowa had the game well in hand. The final straw was a steal and a layup (that was waved off) at the buzzer.
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The anger hadn’t subsided by the time McCaffery held his postgame news conference.
Making the situation even more awkward: North Dakota is coached by former Iowa assistant Brian Jones, and one of Jones’ assistants, Jeff Horner, played for the Hawkeyes.
