Chaos erupted following Sunday's NCAA males's basketball matchup between Michigan and Wisconsin when Wolverines coach Juwan Howard took a swing at Badgers assistant coach Joe Krabbenhoft. A number of gamers additionally appeared to throw punches within the ensuing combat.
As was famous by the commentators, Howard was sluggish to get in line for the postgame handshake following Michigan's 77-63 loss to Wisconsin. It appeared as if Howard was going to stroll by Badgers head coach Greg Gard with out shaking his hand, however Gard stopped Howard and the 2 exchanged phrases.
Each males appeared to seize every others' sweaters, and Howard then put his finger in Gard's face. A number of gamers and assistants surrounded the coaches as they continued yelling at one another, and Howard then took a swing at Krabbenhoft and appeared to hit him within the face.
Gamers and coaches from each groups then began pushing and shoving one another as others labored to separate the 2 sides. Just a few gamers appeared to throw punches as effectively.
Howard confirmed in a postgame press convention that he was sad with Gard calling a timeout with 15 seconds left within the sport and the Badgers up by 15 factors. Howard then mentioned he took subject with any individual touching him.
"Somebody had touched me, and I feel it was very uncalled for, for them to the touch me, as we have been verbalizing and speaking with each other," he mentioned. "So, that is what ended up occurring. That is what escalated it."
Gard advised CBS Sports activities he took the timeout to provide his backups extra time to get the ball over midcourt.
"We solely had 4 seconds to get the ball previous half courtroom," he mentioned. "I did not wish to put my bench guys in that place of scrambling, so I took the timeout. He didn't like that when he got here via the handshake line."
Michigan Athletic Director Ward Manuel mentioned in an announcement following the combat that "There isn't a excuse for any of our workers or student-athletes to get right into a bodily altercation with others no matter instigating elements."
Manuel mentioned he and different college officers have apologized to officers from Wisconsin and added that they may "overview the scenario extra totally and work with the Large Ten Convention as they decide their disciplinary actions and can decide if additional disciplinary actions are warranted."