Duke Slapping The Floor Tradition

The duke floor slap.

Duke slapping the floor tradition.

It has evolved from a novelty in the 1980s by a single player to this year s. Duke s jay williams made famous the floor slapping. When you slap the floor each and every player has to mean it has to commit to playing defense at a higher level. Former duke guard steve wojciechowski practically made it an art form.

There may be no tradition more closely associated with duke basketball than players slapping the floor on defense. In the 2008 n c a a. And two seasons ago when duke was ranked no. Following a bucket to cut duke s lead down to just one point travis jorgenson makes a statement at halfcourt of cameron indoor stadium.

Longer high quality version with dicky v s reference to duke s tradition. Slapping the floor may not have started with duke but no one is more famous for doing it. They do it for an extra dash of grit while playing defense and they went to the floor slapping during the. Slapping the floor is all about intensity and getting a stop.

Like expensive medical centers and college republicanism floor slapping is something that has come to be expected from duke. Tournament when west virginia ousted duke mountaineers guard joe mazzulla mocked the blue devils by slapping the floor. 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. Miami hurricanes slap the floor on defense in the second half vs.

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. Video courtesy of espn all video rights belong.