Duke Slapping The Floor Tradition

Slapping the floor is all about intensity and getting a stop.

Duke slapping the floor tradition.

One of the many things opponents love to hate about the blue devils. Former duke guard steve wojciechowski practically made it an art form. 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. Watch as duke respon.

The duke floor slap. Duke s jay williams made famous the floor slapping. Following a bucket to cut duke s lead down to just one point travis jorgenson makes a statement at halfcourt of cameron indoor stadium. It has evolved from a novelty in the 1980s by a single player to this year s.

In the 2008 n c a a. Video courtesy of espn all video rights belong. They do it for an extra dash of grit while playing defense and they went to the floor slapping during the. When you slap the floor each and every player has to mean it has to commit to playing defense at a higher level.

There may be no tradition more closely associated with duke basketball than players slapping the floor on defense. Like expensive medical centers and college republicanism floor slapping is something that has come to be expected from duke. Slapping the floor may not have started with duke but no one is more famous for doing it. And two seasons ago when duke was ranked no.

Miami hurricanes slap the floor on defense in the second half vs. Tournament when west virginia ousted duke mountaineers guard joe mazzulla mocked the blue devils by slapping the floor.