The modern landscape of college sports is transient in nature. That makes Fran McCaffery and Tom Izzo among outliers.

Fran McCaffery is a stalwart in the Big Ten, having led Iowa men's basketball since 2010. As the Hawkeyes limp toward the season's end, they will almost certainly miss the NCAA tournament and are at risk of even missing the Big Ten tournament, which will feature 15 of the league's 18 teams.

It's not just that Iowa is having a bad season. It's also that this is becoming a historically bad season in the context of the Fran McCaffery era.

When Fran McCaffery took over as Iowa’s head men’s basketball coach in 2010, he inherited a program that was in ruins following the disappointing tenures of Steve Alford and Todd Lickliter. Returning the Hawkeyes to national prominence seemed like a difficult task for McCaffery,

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Fran McCaffery and Tom Izzo: two names synonymous with Big Ten men’s basketball. The pair have held steady at respective programs for more than a decade each and will clash for the 24th time on Thursday evening at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

The Spartans will visit a struggling Iowa team on its senior night, looking to clinch a share of the Big Ten championship.