Towson guard Tamir Goodman has dropped the complaint he filed with police that alleged coach Michael Hunt assaulted him after Saturday night's game, according to WBAL Radio in Baltimore.

Goodman's father, Karl, said the complaint was dropped to take the pressure off Goodman, but that the Goodmans still have not decided whether Tamir will stay at Towson. He skipped Tuesday night's 93-78 loss at Maryland-Eastern Shore, but he did practice with the team on Sunday and Monday.

Towson does not play again until Dec. 20 against Howard at the MCI Center.

Karl Goodman, who is an attorney, said Tuesday that he asked Baltimore County State's Attorney Steve Bailey not to pursue assault charges.

"This case would go nowhere. It would be months before it would be tried," Karl Goodman told the Associated Press. "I believe it would not be good for the university, either. If Towson wants to investigate it, it'll be their business."

Hunt told ESPN.com's Andy Katz he had no knowledge the complaint had been dropped, but he did expect the investigation to be resolved by Wednesday. He said police interviewed witnesses to the locker-room scene Saturday night.

According to Goodman's father, who accompanied his son to the Towson University police department Saturday night, the complaint stated that an irate Hunt threatened the sophomore in the locker room after the Tigers' 67-62 victory over Morgan State at the Towson Center, the Baltimore Sun reported.

From his son's account, the elder Goodman said the first-year coach was screaming at his son for smiling at one point during the game while on the bench and later returned to where Goodman was sitting in the locker room and kicked a chair that hit the player in the shin. Another Tigers player gave a similar account to university police in a statement Saturday night, the elder Goodman said.

The AP reported that Goodman told university police the coach held a chair over the player's head in a frightening manner.

Corp. Scott Rouch of the Towson University police department said that the department forwarded its report on the complaint to the office of the Baltimore County State's Attorney on Monday.

Karl Goodman said he talked to Towson athletics director Dr. Wayne Edwards early Monday night and was told Hunt would remain as coach.

"My priority is what do I do with Tamir?" Karl Goodman told the Sun. "Does a kid want to play for a coach who did this? Especially when he never had an apology from the coach or anything else. Does he give up his scholarship?"

Karl Goodman noted that if his son were to transfer to another Division I college, he would be forced to sit out a season in addition to any time lost on the court during the remainder of this season. "The kid doesn't know what to do," Karl Goodman said.

Towson's first semester ends next week, so if Goodman were to transfer, he would become eligible for basketball again in the second semester of the 2002-03 season.

"It's basically his decision whether he can play for Hunt," Karl Goodman told the AP. "If he decides to play, fine. If he doesn't, we hope the school will decide to let him finish out his academic year and the spring semester on a scholarship."

The university said Hunt would not be made available to comment.

The former Talmudical Academy standout gained national fame after being wooed by the University of Maryland, but interest waned in the "Jewish Jordan," who was co-MVP in the 2000 Capital Classic high school all-star game. Instead, he chose Towson.

Under former coach Mike Jaskulski last year, Goodman became the first freshman to become a starter for the Tigers since Scooter Alexander in 1991.

But after averaging 26.4 minutes and 6.0 points per game last season, he has averaged only 11.6 minutes coming off the bench for the Tigers (3-4) this season.

Hunt, who spent four years as an assistant at Towson under Terry Truax from 1988-92, returned to take his first head coaching position after assistant coaching stints at Fordham University, Tennessee and most recently at Georgia. Although he had no comment Monday, he indicated he would talk after the investigation was complete.

Truax is not affiliated with Towson but coincidentally was at the Tigers' practice Monday. He had little knowledge of the alleged incident involving Hunt but said it sounded "out of character" when he was told of the details.

"I know he's very much a perfectionist, wants things to be perfect and do well, and I think there's maybe some frustration," Truax said. "But that's not the Michael I've come to know."

ESPN.com senior writer Andy Katz and the Associated Press contributed to this report.