Duke Slapping The Floor Tradition

They do it for an extra dash of grit while playing defense and they went to the floor slapping during the.

Duke slapping the floor tradition.

Miami hurricanes slap the floor on defense in the second half vs. Video courtesy of espn all video rights belong. Like expensive medical centers and college republicanism floor slapping is something that has come to be expected from duke. One of the many things opponents love to hate about the blue devils.

When you slap the floor each and every player has to mean it has to commit to playing defense at a higher level. Not only did he dominate the blue devils with his play but he mocked the duke tradition of slapping the floor during the game. The duke floor slap. Following a bucket to cut duke s lead down to just one point travis jorgenson makes a statement at halfcourt of cameron indoor stadium.

Watch as duke respon. Slapping the floor is a decades old tradition with duke s defense though it is occasionally mocked and even when other teams imitate the move the blue devils still come to mind. 2 mountaineers play the top seeded blue devils in the national semifinals here saturday mazzulla said there would probably not be an encore floor slap. Longer high quality version with dicky v s reference to duke s tradition.

And two seasons ago when duke was ranked no. Former duke guard steve wojciechowski practically made it an art form. There may be no tradition more closely associated with duke basketball than players slapping the floor on defense. Duke s jay williams made famous the floor slapping.

In the 2008 n c a a. Tournament when west virginia ousted duke mountaineers guard joe mazzulla mocked the blue devils by slapping the floor.