Todd Golden-Ben McCollum fight: Florida, Iowa coaches involved in heated exchange during March Madness game
Todd Golden and Ben McCollum's verbal joust during Florida and Iowa's Round of 32 game took social media by storm.
Todd Golden-Ben McCollum fight: Florida, Iowa coaches involved in heated exchange during March Madness game originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Pyrotechnics took hold of Benchmark International Arena during No.
1 Florida and No. 9 Iowa's Round of 32 tilt. The action on the floor proved feisty, with both sides exchanging bruising blows in the first half.
The Hawkeyes found the target on a number of occasions, only for the Gators to respond in kind. Iowa opened up a 10-point advantage ahead of the break, but by the time the halftime horn sounded, its advantage stood at just two. On the sidelines, a war of words brewed between the teams' two head coaches -- Florida's Todd Golden and Iowa's Ben McCollum.
Video of a heated confrontation between the pair danced across social media, adding a little more intensity to a matchup already teeming with it. Here's what you need to know. MARCH MADNESS HQ: Live NCAA bracket | TV schedule | Latest news and more Todd Golden-Ben McCollum fight Golden and McCollum confronted one another partway through the first-half of Sunday's game.