What's next for Michigan, Juwan Howard and college basketball after brawl discipline?

Michigan Wolverines coach Juwan Howard was suspended for the remainder of the regular season (five games) 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.

Medcalf: The penalty for Howard makes sense — I figured we wouldn't see him until the postseason. We have not seen many — any? — situations like that in college basketball. I also think the suspension might have been extended because of Howard's reaction after the game. In the postgame news conference, Howard missed his chance to say «my bad,» and that probably cost him with league and school officials. I also would not have been surprised if Greg Gard had been suspended for a game. When watching the video, you can see Gard aggressively grab Howard as Howard says, «Don't touch me.»

I also don't think any players should have been suspended. Once the coaches lose their collective cool, it's difficult for me to place the burden on the shoulders of student-athletes for whatever comes next. But a punch is a punch, and that's why we're mostly talking about Howard's actions. This all unfolded