Michigan head coach Juwan Howard throws punch at end of college basketball game

By Ben Morse, CNN

Updated 0859 GMT (1659 HKT) February 21, 2022

Juwan Howard speaks to the media regarding a fight that broke out on the court after an NCAA college basketball game against Wisconsin.

(CNN)Michigan men's basketball head coach Juwan Howard threw a punch during postgame handshakes after his team's game against Wisconsin on Sunday.

Following the Michigan Wolverines' 77-63 loss against the Wisconsin Badgers, Howard and Wisconsin's head coach Greg Gard shook hands, and Howard could be seen saying something to Gard. 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. After arguing for a few moments, the two were separated before another Wisconsin assistant began shouting at Howard. Shortly after, Howard threw a punch towards a member of the Badgers coaching team, sparking pushing and shoving between both sets of players and staff.Read MoreGard spoke with CBS Sports postgame on the court to explain his perspective of the altercation.«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 halfcourt,» Gard said. «And I didn't want to put my backups, I had all my bench guys in the game, I didn't want to put them in that position of scrambling with only four seconds. »So I took a timeout and I got us a new 10 seconds and helped them get organized and get the ball in. 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."Howard addressed the incident in the postgame press conference: «I didn't like the timeout they called, I'll be totally honest, I thought it was not necessary at