Juwan Howard was a star forward for the Washington Wizards during the 2000-01 NBA season, averaging 18.2 points and seven rebounds before he was traded to the Dallas Mavericks as part of an eight-player deal.
It was one of the most productive seasons of Howard’s NBA playing days, and it came under the tutelage of Wizards’ coach Leonard Hamilton.
Now, two decades later, Howard has his alma mater in the Sweet 16 as a No. 1 seed for the first time since his own college career. And the only thing standing between the Michigan basketball team and an Elite Eight berth is Hamilton’s Florida State Seminoles.