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MSU's Tom Izzo calls Michigan-Wisconsin scuffle 'bad for college basketball'

Tom Izzo wasn’t watching the Michigan-Wisconsin game on Sunday, so it took a minute before he even knew anything out of the ordinary took place.

Not long after a meeting with a few players, however, he saw footage of the altercation between Michigan coach Juwan Howard and Wisconsin coach Greg Gard, leading to a skirmish that included Howard taking a shot at Wisconsin assistant Joe Krabbenhoft and players from both teams mixing it up in a wild scent at the Kohl Center.

“It was a scary situation,” Izzo said, adding he didn’t want to comment too much because he had no idea of what happened leading up to the confrontation.