Juwan Howard took a swing at a Wisconsin assistant, and started a brawl

The Wisconsin Badgers were putting the finishing touches on a convincing victory over the Michigan Wolverines in men’s basketball on Sunday when Wisconsin called a timeout up 15 points with 15 seconds to play. When the game was over, Michigan head coach Juwan Howard started yelling at Wisconsin head coach Greg Gard about the late timeout, and that’s when chaos ensued.

Wisconsin’s 77-63 victory was marred by a brawl between the sides after the final buzzer that was ignited by Howard taking an open, right-handed swing at Wisconsin assistant Joe Krabbenhoft. An ugly scene broke out that appeared to include players on both sides shoving and throwing punches.

Watch the scuffle here.

Howard didn’t exactly throw a punch, but it sure seems like he hit Krabbenhoft with some force.

This is not the first time Howard has been upset at an opposing coach. In the Big Ten tournament last year, Howard was ejected in the second half against Maryland after getting into it with head coach Mark Turgeon.

The punishments for the Wisconsin-Michigan scuffle came one day after the game. Juwan Howard was suspended for the remainder of the regular season, which amounts to five games. Howard was also fined $40K.

Two Michigan players and one Wisconsin player also received one-game suspensions. Gard was fined $10K.

There were immediately calls for Howard to be suspended after he started the brawl against Wisconsin.

Howard’s Wolverines have been one of the more disappointing teams in the country this season. The loss drops them to 14-10 overall and 8-6 in Big Ten play. Now it’s likely they won’t have their coach for at least a couple games with two weeks left in the regular season as they try to stay on the right side of the bubble.

We’ll update this story as it develops.