Duke guard Grayson Allen has a reputation for tripping opponents.
NEW YORK (AP) — Duke guard Grayson Allen received a flagrant one foul for hip checking North Carolina’s Garrison Brooks as the Tar Heels forward was running up the court late in the first half of an Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament semifinal on Friday night. No. 11 UNC upset No. 4 Duke, 74-69, to reach the ACC tournament final vs. Virginia.
Brooks went down hard and stayed down in the backcourt as North Carolina scored. Officials stopped play and went to the courtside monitor to check a replay. Allen clearly stuck his backside out enough to bump the unsuspecting Brooks while the 6-foot-9 freshman was in the middle of a stride. Brooks was OK. He made two free throws with 52.7 seconds left.
„They got a fast break and I bumped him and fouled him,“ Allen said during the postgame news conference.
Brooks told reporters he felt Allen intentionally bumped him, and when Allen was asked about it coach Mike Krzyzewski jumped in.
„Do you think that was the only time someone was hipped in the game?“ Coach K said. „If you look in the low post, it’s going on all the time. So it happened at half court. They got it. It’s done. And that didn’t win or lose the game.“
Allen, a senior, was reprimanded by the ACC for tripping two opponents during his sophomore season. He was stripped of his captaincy by Duke for another trip as a junior.
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