Warren Sapp gets Miami players to slap floor in rout of Duke

The Duke Blue Devils' basketball program is steeped in tradition. Many of the Blue Devils' tactics are seen by outsiders as annoying or self-serving, but it's tradition nonetheless. One in-game tactic involves slapping the floor on defense before big possessions to symbolize intensity.

Last night, Miami turned the tables on them, thanks to, naturally, Warren Sapp, a former Hurricane great on the football field.

Miami blasted the No. 1 Blue Devils 90-63 Wednesday night in Coral Gables, and while the rout was on, Sapp -- seated behind the scorer's table -- yelled to sophomore guard Shane Larkin to pull the ol' switch-a-roo.

"I just heard somebody scream my name," Larkin told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. "It was Warren Sapp. He was like like 'slap the floor on D."

And so they did:

(Courtesy of ESPN)

The game was well in hand, but few are going to complain about the Dukies getting a taste of their own medicine.

And the Hurricanes threw it in their face pretty good.

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