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Sunday / October 13.
  • Grayson Allen Involved in Another Tripping Incident, Jay Bilas Expects ACC to Punish Him

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    Duke’s Grayson Allen is at it again.

    The junior tripped Elon’s Steven Santa Anna during the first half of No. 5 Duke’s 72-61 win over the Phoenix on Wednesday night on ESPN2 and was given a technical.

    Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski pulled Allen and he sat the rest of the half — at one point standing with a towel around his neck and shaking his head as a timeout began.

    ESPN’s Jay Bilas, a Duke alum, said he expects the ACC to punish Allen for his third tripping incident in two years.

    “No excuse for it, absolutely no excuse,” Bilas said during the Kentucky-Louisville game. “And I think in this instance, being the third time in the last couple years, you’ll see the ACC take action. There’s absolutely no excuse. Zero.

    “I can’t believe he did that again. I absolutely can’t believe it.”

    ESPN’s Kara Lawson also said Allen deserved a one-game suspension.

    “This is just inexcusable,” she said on air.

    Last February, the ACC reprimanded Allen for tripping Florida State’s Xavier Rathan-Mayes, and Allen was also caught intentionally tripping a Louisville’s Ray Spalding for which he received a flagrant.

    Allen also appeared to trip Yale’s Makai Mason during the NCAA Tournament.

    (The AP contributed)

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    Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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