Juwan Howard has now been punished for his actions.
On Monday afternoon, it was announced that the Michigan Wolverines head coach will be suspended for the rest of the regular season, which is merely five games.
Following the Michigan Wolverines’ 77-63 loss against the Wisconsin Badgers, Howard and Wisconsin’s head coach Greg Gard shook hands, and Howard could be seen saying something to Gard. After arguing for a few moments, the two were separated before another Wisconsin assistant began shouting at Howard.
Shortly after, Howard threw a punch towards a member of the Badgers coaching team, sparking pushing and shoving between both sets of players and staff.
Howard addressed the incident in the postgame press conference: “I didn’t like the timeout they called, I’ll be totally honest, I thought it was not necessary at that moment, especially with it being a large lead. … I thought that wasn’t fair to our guys.
“Basically, I addressed with the head coach that I would remember that because of that timeout. For someone to touch me, I think that was very uncalled for him to touch me as we were verbalizing and communicating with one another. So that’s what ended up happening, that’s what escalated it.”
