College coach shaking invisible hands is really committed to sportsmanship

Good game.
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Jacob Lauing
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Well, here's something you don't see every day.

After a fight left tensions high during a basketball game between Siena College and Rider University, Rider coach Kevin Baggett and his team left the court without shaking hands.

But that didn't stop Siena head coach Jimmy Patsos from going through the motions anyway, pretending to shake his opponents' hands for a good 10 seconds.

The fight broke out in the second half after a foul on an alley-oop, which eventually led to a heated exchange between Patsos and Baggett.

After the game, Baggett said he didn't want things to escalate again, which is why he left without shaking hands.

"That's my prerogative to protect my team whether anyone else thinks it's good sportsmanship or not," Baggett said, per ESPN.

Patsos, in all his handshake-miming glory, said there's no ill will between the two head coaches.

"If you're looking for me to say anything bad about Kevin Baggett, I'm not gonna," he said, per SI.com. "I love that guy."

"We pal around a lot. That was just a game. If he's upset, I'll hug him and tell him I'd be upset too."

Sportsmanship at its finest, folks.

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Jacob Lauing

Jacob is Mashable's Sports Intern. He graduated from Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, where he studied journalism and served as editor-in-chief of Mustang News, Cal Poly's student newspaper. Some of Jacob's favorite activities include watching baseball, playing music and eating bagels.

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