Duke Slap The Floor

For others its a bit corny.

Duke slap the floor. Like expensive medical centers and college republicanism floor slapping is something that has come to be expected from duke. With 16 01 left dawson guarding justise winslow slapped the floor. Miami hurricanes slap the floor on defense in the second half vs.

As lost letterman reminds us the slapping of the floor was made famous by former duke player and current assistant coach steve wojciechowski. Slapping the floor may not have started with. What everyone agrees on is that you don t drop a floor slap if you re playing zone.

Duke s kyle singler slapping the floor while cheering for his team during a game in 2008. Video courtesy of espn all video rights belong to. The consistent pattern of duke players flopping over the years has certainly got college basketball fans blood boiling but so has the floor slapping.

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. Duke and gt s floor slap battle at cameron acc must see moment youtube following a bucket to cut duke s lead down to just one point travis jorgenson makes a statement at halfcourt of cameron. It was a signal and all five players slapped the floor in unison.

Some applaud the old school hard nosed nature of putting hand to floor. Davis associated press the raised court and sunken benches at nrg stadium made the synchronized. That is when things turned sour for the spartans.