OT Juwan Howard Suspended for the rest of the season after postgame altercation at Wisconsin

Howard wasn't walking off without acknowledging him, though. Howard was walking off without making eye contact but pulling down his mask and speaking aggressively at him.

And, no, the level of physical altercation when you hold someone's arm to grabbing their shirt up around their throat isn't the same level. Was Gard even in a verbal dispute? Maybe he's lying, but it seems like he was trying to explain why he did what he did. I don't see that as a dispute. One guy was angry, so there wasn't going to be any reasoning with him, but I'm not sure Gard could be expected to know that.

 

If a guy is obviously angry with you and you grab their arm and turn them toward you so you can tell them how it is... you are escalating a confrontation from a verbal one to a physical one... if that's lost on you then so be it. At the same time when Howard smacks that assistant coach upside the head he's definitely taking a physical confrontation and escalating it to more of a violent altercation.

 

Damn man, what kinds of handshakes do you give?