After a hot start, the Michigan Wolverines have been experiencing a downward slide.

The team is now just 2-6 in conference play, having lost five out of their last six conference games.

To make matters worse, head coach Juwan Howard suspended senior point guard Zavier Simpson. It is a suspension based on violation of “team policies”.

Here’s what Howard told Michigan Insider regarding the situation:

“We have team rules and unfortunately he broke one of them,” Howard said after asserting that the specific rule violated will remain in-house. “There are repercussions and consequences that you have to pay when you break team rules.

“Everyone, one through 16, I will hold accountable. If you break a team rule, you break a team rule, no matter who you are. No one’s bigger or better than the team.”

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Simpson won’t be playing in tonight’s game on the road against Nebraska. The Cornhuskers are just 7-13 on the 2019-2020 season and have a 2-7 conference record.

Can the Wolverines get the job done without Simpson?