Duke Slap The Floor Tradition

All the tradition that coach has built.

Duke slap the floor tradition. They do it for an extra dash of grit while playing defense and they went to the floor slapping during the. You can see video of the floor slap below. Two days after seemingly mocking duke s tradition of slapping the floor on defense hurricane guard shane larkin said it was a spur of the moment thing we didn t do it out of disrespect. My nephew went to duke basketball camp.

Duke s jay williams made famous the floor slapping. Slapping the floor may not have started with duke but no one is more famous for doing it. Video courtesy of espn all video rights belong. Longer high quality version with dicky v s reference to duke s tradition.

One of the many things opponents love to hate about the blue devils. The duke floor slap. The gesture was miami s way of mocking duke which has been doing the floor slap on defense for years. When you slap the floor each and every player has to mean it has to commit to playing defense at a higher level.

Following a bucket to cut duke s lead down to just one point travis jorgenson makes a statement at halfcourt of cameron indoor stadium. 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. There may be no tradition more closely associated with duke basketball than players slapping the floor on defense. Watch as duke respon.

It has evolved from a novelty in the 1980s by a single player to this year s. Miami hurricanes slap the floor on defense in the second half vs.