Iowa coach Ben McCollum upset after refs missed possible flagrant foul on Florida
Iowa basketball coach Ben McCollum was livid 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 sprinted downcourt and forcefully shoved Iowa's Trevin Jirak in the back as time expired. Had the officials seen the play, a flagrant foul could have been assessed on Chinyelu.
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twitter. com/fL7vCcREYD ā Ben Stan (@HawkeyeBBFan) March 23, 2026 TBS announcers Tom McCarthy and Dan Bonner felt that a flagrant foul could have been called, or at the very least Chinyelu should have been whistled for a common foul. "That's one the officials missed," Bonner said.
The Gators were no doubt upset with the Hawkeyes after Iowa's Alvaro Folgueiras and Florida's Alex Condon were called for double technical fouls earlier in the game. This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: Iowa's Ben McCollum after refs missed possible flagrant foul