Michigan’s Juwan Howard Returns, Has Meetings With Players
Mar 7, 2022, 4:54 PM
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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.