Slapping the floor during a big game is a duke basketball tradition but the floor slap that happened on friday night against syracuse in a round of 16 game may be the most unique yet.
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Slapping the floor pretty much means slapping ourselves in the dicks.
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The waves made just one of their next nine shots turning the ball over three times as duke went on a 17 2 run.
There may be no tradition more closely associated with duke basketball than players slapping the floor on defense.
Now it is believed that floor slapping began at duke in the 80s as a spontaneous decision by guards mike krzyzewski thinks former point guard tommy amaker may have been the first when the team most needed a defensive stop.
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In other words floor slaps will translate into steals that lead to further earthquakes resulting from flyin zion s viral dunks.
While duke players may act like the floor slap is a spur of the moment reaction it s actually a learned technique.
The team responded slapping the hardwood as a reminder to focus in on defense.
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Cbs duke s defense did an emphatic floor slap in the first half of their win over syracuse.
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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.
It has evolved from a novelty in the 1980s by a single player to this year s.
And then duke promptly ran them out of the gym.
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