Floor Slap Duke

The duke floor slap.

Floor slap duke.

At home against unc. Tournament when west virginia ousted duke mountaineers guard joe mazzulla mocked the blue devils by slapping the floor. In the 2008 n c a a. And two seasons ago when duke was ranked no.

The duke basketball team has yet to employ the program s signature floor slap this season but the first could happen tonight at 9 p m. As chronicled in the book duke sucks there is a bit of a debate about how much the floor slap is encouraged at duke. One of the many things opponents love to hate about the blue devils. 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. Unc great jawad williams recounts the time duke players came to chapel hill for a pick up game and greg paulus brought out the blue devils s iconic floor slap. While duke players may act like the floor slap is a spur of the moment reaction it s actually a learned technique. I asked him and yes they teach the.

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.