Duke Slapping The Floor Tradition

Tournament when west virginia ousted duke mountaineers guard joe mazzulla mocked the blue devils by slapping the floor.

Duke slapping the floor tradition. 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. They do it for an extra dash of grit while playing defense and they went to the floor slapping during the. Slapping the floor may not have started with duke but no one is more famous for doing it. It has evolved from a novelty in the 1980s by a single player to this year s.

Video courtesy of espn all video rights belong. Miami hurricanes slap the floor on defense in the second half vs. One of the many things opponents love to hate about the blue devils. There may be no tradition more closely associated with duke basketball than players slapping the floor on defense.

Not only did he dominate the blue devils with his play but he mocked the duke tradition of slapping the floor during the game. Longer high quality version with dicky v s reference to duke s tradition. Following a bucket to cut duke s lead down to just one point travis jorgenson makes a statement at halfcourt of cameron indoor stadium. Former duke guard steve wojciechowski practically made it an art form.

When you slap the floor each and every player has to mean it has to commit to playing defense at a higher level. The duke floor slap. In the 2008 n c a a. Duke s jay williams made famous the floor slapping.

Watch as duke respon. 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.