WATCH: Michigan’s Juwan Howard thrown after dust with Maryland’s Mark Turgeon at Big Ten tournament

A heated exchange of words between Michigan coach Juwan Howard and Maryland coach Mark Turgeon resulted in Howard being ejected from Friday’s Big Ten quarterfinal. The dust, which required the coaches to be separated by match officials as well as team assistants and players, came to the Under-12’s timeout in the second half of the Champions’ 79-66 win. Wolverines Friday. Turgeon received a technical foul while Howard received a double technique before being ejected from play following the kerfuffle.

It’s unclear what started the exchange, but in the video below from the Big Ten Network, Howard can be seen approaching the Maryland bench, at which point a shouting match begins between him and Turgeon. The argument occurred during a timeout while the broadcast was on commercial break.

After the game, neither of the coaches provided many details about what was said between them.

“It’s been going on for three games,” Turgeon said, referring to the two regular season clashes against the Wolverines, both of which were losses. “I’ve been doing this for 34 years. I called the conference office – the commissioner – to find out what happened in the first two games. I wasn’t going to make the third game. I defended the game. ‘team and for me. All I said was “don’t talk to me.” “

“The league is well aware of what happened in the first two games. They will deal with it from there,” continued Turgeon. “I was as professional as I could get at the time. I stood up for myself and my program and it intensified.”

Maryland, the No.8 seed in the Big Ten tournament, got off to a great start and at one point led by 12 points over the seeded Wolverines with just under five minutes left in the first half. time. But then Michigan went on a 16-2 run in the dying minutes to take a 40-38 lead at halftime.

The game was defined by a series of races by each team with the Wolverines retiring in the dying minutes to comfortably win. Michigan will now face the winner of Ohio State and Purdue in the Big Ten semi-finals on Saturday.