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Juwan Howard throws punch during postgame handshake line after loss at Wisconsin
By Adam Spencer
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Juwan Howard and the Michigan Wolverines went into the Kohl Center on Sunday afternoon and lost 77-63 to the Wisconsin Badgers.
Howard apparently took issue with a late timeout called by Wisconsin coach Greg Gard, and he let Gard hear about it in the postgame handshake line.
Howard got in Gard’s face, pointing a finger at the Wisconsin coach. Then, a melee broke out and Howard threw a punch at a Wisconsin assistant coach:
Juwan Howard throws a punch. pic.twitter.com/HiC3y7yKvG
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) February 20, 2022
Several Michigan players (and potentially some Wisconsin players) also were involved in the altercation. Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren will almost certainly issue a suspension to Howard for his role in the fracas. We’ll see if any players face punishment, too.
Gard issued a statement on the altercation after the game:
Greg Gard postgame to Andrew Catalon and Steve Lappas. I’m condensing Gard’s quote here. "Apparently he didnt’ like that I called a timeout to reset the 10-second call … I didn’t want to put my backups … I’ll leave it at that and the tape will show the rest."
— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) February 20, 2022
In essence, Gard was saying he wanted to reset the 10-second clock to get the ball past halfcourt.
Michigan was pressing UW backups when the game was decided.
Gard called timeout to reset the clock and put his guys in a better spot.
Howard got pissed.
Then postgame happened.
— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) February 20, 2022
We’ll see how the B1G decides to handle this situation.
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
