Iowa basketball's Payton Sandfort was overcome with emotions after being subbed out in the final minute of Thursday's loss in the Big Ten Tournament.

With a 106-94 loss to seventh-seeded Illinois in the Big Ten Tournament, Iowa Hawkeyes guard Payton Sandfort played his final Big Ten game, and what could be his final collegiate game. With 200 points total from both teams, the game set a record for the most combined points ever in a Big Ten Tournament game.

Payton Sandfort is a warrior. The Iowa senior left it all on the floor on Thursday night as Iowa fell in the Big Ten Tournament to Illinois. The raw emotions poured out of the in-state standout following the loss on the court and continued in the locker room.

Illinois basketball ended one last Big Ten Tournament run for Payton Sandfort Thursday. The decorated Iowa forward left the game near the one minute mark of the second half, then became filled with emotions.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kylan Boswell scored a career-high 24 points and four other Illinois players finished in double digits as the 24th-ranked Fighting Illini beat 15th-seeded Iowa 106-94 in a wild second-round Big Ten Tournament game on Thursday night.

Sophomore Ladji Dembele was Iowa's Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree. With its backs against the wall, Iowa beat rival Nebraska in the regular season finale on Sunday to secure a spot in the Big Ten Tournament. The 15-seed Hawkeyes will play the 10-seed Buckeyes in the first round Wednesday evening.

Payton Sandfort's Iowa men's basketball legacy? Someone who chose the Hawkeyes — and stuck with Iowa — when he had so many reasons to do otherwise.

Payton Sandfort’s final season with Iowa men’s basketball “hasn’t been what I dreamed of,” but he takes pride in his continued fight.