Is it just me, or is the most shocking thing about the UW - UM game not the fight? In Coach Gard's press conference he openly states that the official came to him and told him that if he called a timeout the time to get the ball across half-court would reset to 10 seconds. I know at one level the fight is really the big story (and I just wanted to use the word "lede" in a post), but since when is an official allowed to volunteer coaching tips to a coach????? If Gard had approached the official and asked for a rules clarification, then sure the official should respond what would happen if they called timeout. But Gard clearly states that the official initiated it and volunteered the information to help Wisconsin. Shouldn't this be at least a controversy? Why should that official ever be able to referee a Wisconsin game again??

Gard explains it starting at the 2:00 mark of this video:

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MONDAY'S SHOW:

🚨 Don Fischer
🚨 Charlie Miller
🚨 Dustin Dopirak
🚨 Jim Reamer
🔥 #iubb travels to Columbus to take on Ohio State
🔥 Juwan Howard throws a punch at Wisconsin assistant
🔥 Can the Hoosiers create a winning streak?
🔥 #ihsaa sectional draw revealed

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"At the end of the day, first, I want to apologize to my team, which I did in the locker room for my actions. That’s not the way how you handle situations like that under adverse moments. You can’t let your emotions get the best of you. I love the fact of how our guys stepped up and supported their coach, because they know I always want to support them. But I always want to take ownership when I’m wrong and admit when I’m wrong. So that’s not the right way to handle that situation."

No, that's not from yesterday, it's from last year when he tried to go after Mark Turgeon.

https://www.maizenbrew.com/basketba...-what-led-to-big-ten-tournament-confrontation

But if you notice yesterday, no such apologies or contrition from Juwan.

I put my Fab Five hatred aside for a few of those guys (Jalen and Juwan, mainly) a long time ago. But man, this guy has some issues that just keep popping up in a short span of time.

Take a break from the Juwan Howard mess and watch this...it's simply unbelievable. We've all seen great shooters but nothing like this.

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This line is way too high. Sharks will be betting on IU tonight. I still think we can go on a run, I am standing my ground. This team is a top 4 talented team in this league. If X And TJD have good games we will be hard to beat. If other guys have good games along side then we are a real threat.

There is still 5 games left, 25% of the season. For once Hoosiers let’s get on a run at the end of the season. Tonight can start that trend. Show the mental toughness and shut up the bitches. All aboard!!!!

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Would have turned 55 today.

For some reason, that makes me feel a lot older than I did before reading that.

For those not on the basketball boards, I find myself on the same side as danc, stroll, mo, and others I never agree with. What are your thoughts on the punishment Howard should get and should Gard receive a suspension also? I’ll have more to say later, but want to get other opinions first.

Going to second OT.

Houston's going to be a tough out come tourney time.

Good start in first. Should’ve been great. 1-0 Hoosiers.

Ezra Allen.....

Future Hoosier.boys......

Howard is an embarrassment to the B10. He’s got to go. Gard should be suspended also.
Keady and Knight had epic battles for years and ZERO fights. Painter vs every other IU coach- no issues(although Crean always did the fly by handshake).

At sporting events charged with assault and battery or other crimes? If anyone got into a fight like that at our jobs, they would be arrested and charged.

I can’t imagine that there is a legal basis for coaches and players to have some sort of immunity against prosecution for criminal conduct like that.

The fight is on tape. Why not charge them?

Still short handed at guard, IU needs this game more than OSU.
24 hours to game time and no spread yet … I’ll guess IU +6.5 (I see IU +7 posted now)
IU should be confident with Race and Trayce’s one-two punch. tOSU knows it’s coming.
Will the home court make the refs swallow their whistles’ while Trayce is shooting 1/2 hooks?
St John’s was always a hard place to play. Story was that OSU was short-handed At IU.
I think Race and Trayce will have confidence to pull the train into the Monon station.
IU Cannot afford to miss at the FT line this game.

https://indiana.rivals.com/news/iu-...d-roster-as-big-matchup-with-ohio-state-looms

With just Xavier Johnson as the lone point guard on the roster at full health, it will once again be a team effort off of the bench against Ohio State on Monday to provide some spot minutes of rest for Johnson.

"I think that Anthony Leal comes into play, same with Tamar Bates," Woodson said. "They do not press a lot but will play a 2-2-1 occasionally back to a 2-3 zone. They do not trap a lot, so we have guards that can get the ball up the floor. Initiating and getting us into our offense based on our quick strikes, they are not used to doing that.

"It is what it is. I cannot worry about the fact that we don’t have certain guys. We just have to mix and match and see what happens."

Indiana sits at 16-9 (7-8) and are ninth in the Big Ten after losing four games in a row. The Hoosiers also sit at No. 48 in the KenPom rankings and No. 44 in the NET. In most projected NCAA Tournament brackets, they sit at one of the 'last four in' or 'first four out' categories.

Big ten is a physical conference

UofL fans like what they saw in Madison today. This is just an average day walking through Louisville.

A coach who starts 2 bench clearing brawls in less than 12 months….amazing.

We all knew this (or worse) was coming right?

In fact, this incident, as ugly as it is, might help prevent a more serious on-court incident before the end of the season. The BIG is a mess right now as the games have become wrestling matches. Wrestling matches complete with trash talking, cheap shots, taunting, flopping, and hard fouling all enabled and made worse by horrific officiating that not only creates late game chaos but refuses to hold accountable the players and coaches that do the trash talking and cheap shots all while allowing the better players to blatantly travel, arm bar and be awarded laughable charges.

Warren needs to get this under control, but I have little faith given the messes he has created in FB.

This league sucks right now.

Unbelievable conduct from a coach. That’s ridiculous. Surely 10-15 game suspension or firing?

He just hit a Wisconsin Assistant coach.

juwan gonna be out for awhile

I haven't seen a brawl like that in college maybe ever? All because of Howard and Guard.

Many or even most of you have probably seen this before, but I just happened on the series this past week and this one was hilarious. I don't watch late night tv as a rule, so I never saw this, even though it's 10+ years old. I initially discovered the "I ate all your Halloween candy" vids, which were damn funny to begin with. But then this one popped up and struck me as even funnier. If you haven't seen it before, hopefully it'll bring a chuckle. I laughed so hard my sides hurt...

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