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“I am aware of and watched the end of our men’s basketball game,” Manuel said. University of Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel released a statement after the game. “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. “Basically, I addressed with the head coach that I would remember that because of that timeout,” Howard said. 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. Howard addressed the incident in the postgame news conference: “I didn’t like the timeout they called. He did not like that when he came through the handshake line, so I’ll leave it at that and the tape will show the rest.” “So I took a timeout and I got us a new 10 seconds and helped them get organized and get the ball in. “And I didn’t want to put my backups, I had all my bench guys in the game, and I didn’t want to put them in that position of scrambling with only four seconds. “Apparently, he didn’t like that I called a timeout to reset the 10-second call because we only had four seconds to get the ball over half court,” Gard said. Gard spoke with CBS Sports on the court after the game to explain his perspective of the altercation. Shortly after, Howard threw a punch toward a member of the Badgers coaching team, sparking pushing and shoving between both sets of players and staff. David Stluka/APĪfter arguing for a few moments, the two were separated before a Wisconsin assistant began shouting at Howard. Gard grabbed Howard with his left hand to stop the Michigan coach from moving to the next person to shake hands with, which seemed to anger Howard.Ī scuffle breaks out after the Wisconsin Badgers' game against the Michigan Wolverines. Howard could be seen saying something to Gard. On the Wisconsin side, Gard was hit with a $10,000 fine, and guard Jahcobi Neath was suspended for one game, effective immediately.įollowing the Wisconsin Badgers’ 77-63 defeat of the Michigan Wolverines, the two head coaches shook hands. “Our expectation is that the incident yesterday will provide our coaches and student-athletes with the opportunity to reflect, learn and move forward in a manner that demonstrates decorum and leadership on and off of the court,” Warren said in the statement.Īlong with Howard’s fine and suspension, Michigan forwards Terrance Williams II and Moussa Diabate were suspended for one game, effective immediately. No excuses!”īig Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren said conference coaches and student-athletes are “expected to display the highest level of sportsmanship conduct.” I will learn from my mistake and this mistake will never happen again. “Lastly, I speak a lot about being a Michigan man and representing the University of Michigan with class and pride, I did not do that, nor did I set the right example in the right way for my student-athletes. I would like to personally apologize to Wisconsin’s Assistant Coach Joe Krabbenhoft and his family, too,” Howard added. “I am offering my sincerest apology to my players and their families, my staff, my family and the Michigan fans around the world. “After taking time to reflect on all that happened, I realize how unacceptable both my actions and words were, and how they affected so many. On Monday, Howard issued a public apology. Howard threw a punch toward a member of the Badgers coaching team, which was followed by a scuffle between some players and staff on both sides. “Additionally, the University of Wisconsin Men’s Basketball Head Coach Greg Gard was in violation of the conference’s sportsmanship policy.” “It has been determined that there was a clear violation of the Big Ten Conference’s Sportsmanship Policy by Michigan Men’s Basketball Head Coach Juwan Howard,” the statement read.

Howard was also issued a $40,000 fine, the Big Ten said in a statement. The Big Ten Conference has suspended Howard for five games. Michigan head basketball coach Juwan Howard is out for the rest of the regular season after throwing a punch toward Wisconsin’s coaching staff following the Wolverines’ loss to the Badgers on Sunday.