The events that led to Michigan men's basketball coach Juwan Howard throwing a punch at a Wisconsin coach — resulting in a five-game suspension — created a maelstrom of opinions on social and other media Sunday and Monday, with respected coaches and analysts directing blame at both teams' head coaches, and some questioning the wisdom of the traditional postgame handshake line.
This is the rare occurrence when just about everybody is right, other than Howard and his counterpart, Greg Gard.
To recap the sequence of events, there were 15 seconds remaining in Wisconsin's 77-63 victory. Howard kept his starters in the game and employed a press, even though there was not enough time to complete a successful comeback.
