Moments after No. 12 Richmond defeated No. 5 Iowa 67–63 in the first round of the NCAA tournament, Hawkeyes coach Fran McCaffery began trending on Twitter and it was not in a good way.
McCaffrey has coached Iowa to 11 appearances in the Big Dance. But each Hawkeyes appearance ended in a first weekend elimination.
Iowa has not earned a berth to the Sweet 16 during McCaffrey’s tenure. The Hawkeyes were held to 63 points in losing to Richmond, their lowest output since Jan. 19 against Rutgers.
The Hawkeyes entered this year’s tournament having won at least one game in each of their last four NCAA tournament appearances.