Michigan's Juwan Howard: Late Wisconsin timeout led to altercation

Madison, Wis. — A frustrating loss turned into an ugly scene at the Kohl Center when Juwan Howard was at the center of a postgame dustup between Michigan and Wisconsin.

As the Wolverines and Badgers went through the postgame handshake line, Howard and Wisconsin coach Greg Gard got into a heated exchange that led to Howard striking Wisconsin assistant coach Joe Krabbenhoft in the head.

According to Howard, he took exception to a timeout Gard took with 15 seconds left when the Badgers were up, 76-61.

“I didn’t like the timeout being called,” said Howard, who didn’t offer an apology during his five-minute postgame news conference. “I’ll be totally honest with you. I thought it was not necessary…