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Juwan Howard commits all-time brain cramp, receives hilarious technical foul
By Keith Farner
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Juwan Howard will get some good-natured ribbing for this one for a long time.
Howard, the Michigan men’s basketball coach, somehow had a momentary lapse in judgement and, for some reason, stood on the court and scooped up the ball to hand it to an Iowa player during the game against Iowa. After the referees discussed the incident, Howard was whistled for a technical foul. It happened early in the second half with the game tied at 41.
Juwan Howard thought he was still playing😂 pic.twitter.com/myIfX4n7Eb
— Gump Cathcart (@bubbagumpino) February 18, 2022
The Detroit Free Press offered a preview of the game this way:
Michigan Wolverines are in a “make or break scenario” when it comes to fighting for their NCAA tournament lives. Although the Wolverines are above .500 in the league, it’s all about grabbing as many wins as they can before the Big Ten tournament in early March.
Michigan faces an Iowa Hawkeyes team that enters Thursday night winners of three straight games. Things don’t get any easier for the Hawkeyes after Michigan, with games against Ohio State, Michigan State and a fiesty Nebraska team.
Fans and media predictably reacted to the hilarious event.
Further example why basketball coaches should be sitting down at all times: Juwan Howard, standing two feet onto the floor, just instinctively picked up a rolling ball, resulting in a tech. He was immediately apologetic. Coaches should be mandated to sit, except to call TO.
— Bob Ryan (@GlobeBobRyan) February 18, 2022
did juwan howard really just step onto the court and pick up a live ball to hand it to the other team
and then get a technical foul for it?
I love 2021 Michigan Basketball, geaux blu
— Isaiah Walker (@walkeri141) February 18, 2022
Juwan Howard had the most innocent technical foul ever . The ball was in play and he grabbed it to hand to the Iowa player. 😂 Iowa and Michigan in a battle at the moment 43-41 in the second half .
— Todd Clemons #BBN 💙 🤍 #BBN ❤️💥 🇺🇸 #2A 🏈 (@TedSheckler7) February 18, 2022
Juwan Howard had quite the brain cramp — picking up a live ball and handing it to the Iowa player. That is a technical foul and funny. 😂 #B1G
— Mike Dury (@MikeDury) February 18, 2022
I have NEVER, in all my years of watching hoops, EVER seen a coach casually stroll out onto the court and pick up a rolling ball like Juwan Howard of Michigan just did. Class “B” technical foul too, which I’ve never heard of either. #GoHawks
— Super Bowl Champion – AlexLARams (@AlexLARams) February 18, 2022
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.