Michigan’s Juwan Howard Returns, Has Meetings With Players
Mar 7, 2022, 4:54 PM
Michigan Wolverine Head Coach Juwan Howard speaks to the media about the fight after the game against the Wisconsin Badgers at Kohl Center on February 20, 2022 in Madison, Wisconsin. (Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images)
(Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images)
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Juwan Howard has resumed his role as Michigan’s basketball coach after serving a five-game suspension for hitting a Wisconsin assistant in the head.
Howard met individually with each player Monday.
Juwan Howard has been reinstated and will be coaching the Michigan basketball team in the postseason, we've confirmed.
— Chris Balas (@Balas_Wolverine) March 7, 2022
The Wolverines are on the NCAA Tournament bubble with a 17-13 record overall and 11-9 mark in the Big Ten.
Michigan closed the regular season with a win over then-No. 23 Ohio State on the road Sunday.
Let the Postseason Begins!
Wolverines earn No. 8 seedSee you in Indy!
📆: Thursday, March 10
🆚: No. 9 Indiana
⏰: 11:30 am
📺: @BigTenNetwork
🏟: @GainbridgeFH〽️🏀 | #GoBlue pic.twitter.com/MtkRdKPKtU
— Michigan Men's Basketball (@umichbball) March 7, 2022
Howard will be back on the sideline Thursday in Indianapolis, leading the eighth-seeded Wolverines against ninth-seeded Indiana in the conference tournament quarterfinals.
