It's the unwritten rules thing. Both coaches broke one. So what? *ichigan started with the full court press. Ha - "That's what we call 'cover 5'. That's what we call it." Or whatever he said. So effin' what? Your players were playing a tight coverage with 15 seconds left down 15. Personally, I see no problem here. If Wisconsin wants to cry about that, that's how I'll remember it - a team coached by a crybaby because *ichigan was playing 40 minutes, and he only wanted to play 39-1/2 minutes. But then the Wisconsin coach strategically called a time out. I still see no problem here. I guess it breaks a stupid unwritten rule, but, again, So fuckin' what? His team had 4 seconds to get it past mid-court or it's a turnover. Call the time out and get it reversed to 10.
So what was Howard's though process? "With 15 seconds left now, and down about 15, I can do a full court press against their back-ups, get enough steals and layups to win the game. Right? Aw shit - he called a time out. There's no way I can win, now! It's not fair!!"