Luke Goode had to remind Mike Woodson to have sportsmanship after Maryland loss

Indiana basketball is going through quite a rough patch right now, losing four of their last five games after a five-game win streak. The Hoosier's 79-78 loss against Maryland yesterday might have been the toughest loss for Indiana during this streak, as they had the lead up until Maryland's Rodney Rice three-pointer with seven seconds to go.

Indiana had a shot in the final seconds, but after almost two turnovers and a contested shot from Myles Rice, it just didn't fall, and the Hoosiers dropped their second game in a row. A tough loss no doubt, but no excuse for head coach Mike Woodson to do what he did after the final buzzer.

Once the play clock hit zero, the boos began to rain down upon Woodson and his team, but everyone in that building was booing only Woodson. It can be seen that instead of lining up to shake hands with the Maryland bench, Woodson booked it to the locker room until forward Luke Goode stopped him and motioned toward the handshake line.

It was a tough loss, but that is no excuse not to show good sportsmanship, shake the hand of the winning coach and players, and then retire to the locker room. Woodson has probably heard all the chatter of fans wanting him fired, but what message does that send to your players?

As a head coach, Woodson should be the shining example for his team, but instead, it took one of his own players telling him to go and shake hands with the other teams to show sportsmanship, which is a big part of this game. That looked like a coach that was giving up on his team and that kind of attitude won't fly at Indiana.

This Hoosier team could still make a run for the NCAA Tournament, but not if Woodson is quitting on his team. There are still quite a few games left in this season, and Woodson should be behind his team, not leaving them for the locker room to get away from the boos from the Indiana faithful.