Michigan head coach Juwan Howard got his first taste of the school’s rivalry with Michigan State from a coaching perspective on Sunday, and it didn’t go so great.
Things started getting away from the Wolverines in the second half, as Michigan State star Cassius Winston started to heat up. Howard was also angry that no foul was called while Michigan forward Austin Davis was driving to the basket, and that led him to run all the way onto the court while the Spartans were in the middle of a fast break.
Juwan Howard called for a tech after nearly walking to the free-throw line to yell at a ref. Breslin explodes at the urging of MSU's bench. Winston shooting 2 now.
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Howard’s technical actually meant that the referees had to stop play and wipe out a Winston three, so in a strange way, it benefited the Wolverines in terms of the score at that moment.
Howard definitely still has a player’s mentality in some ways. When he saw a bad no-call go against his team, he just couldn’t hold back.
