Michigan Wolverines coach Juwan Howard was suspended for the remainder of the regular season on Monday night, a punishment handed down after the coach struck Wisconsin assistant Joe Krabbenhoft in the handshake line following the Badgers’ 77-63 win on Sunday afternoon. Michigan players Terrance Williams II and Moussa Diabate and Wisconsin guard Jahcobi Neath were all suspended one game each for their role in the postgame brawl. Howard was also fined $40,000 for the incident, while Wisconsin coach Greg Gard was fined $10,000.
ESPN’s college basketball team of Myron Medcalf, Jeff Borzello and John Gasaway weighed in on the appropriateness of the punishment, the way forward for Michigan and for Howard following the ugly incident captured on Sunday afternoon network television and the necessary next steps for college basketball.
