Duke Slap The Floor Tradition

There may be no tradition more closely associated with duke basketball than players slapping the floor on defense.

Duke slap the floor tradition.

Miami hurricanes slap the floor on defense in the second half vs. Duke s jay williams made famous the floor slapping. The gesture was miami s way of mocking duke which has been doing the floor slap on defense for years. I asked him and yes they teach the.

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. Watch as duke respon. 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. One of the many things opponents love to hate about the blue devils. Longer high quality version with dicky v s reference to duke s tradition. The duke floor slap.

All the tradition that coach has built. Former duke guard steve wojciechowski practically made it an art form. You can see video of the floor slap below. They do it for an extra dash of grit while playing defense and they went to the floor slapping during the.

My nephew went to duke basketball camp. 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.