Hubert Davis was snubbed by Chris Carrawell when he refused to shake his hand after a Duke-UNC recreation.
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It wasn’t simply the devastating loss to North Carolina that left a bitter style in lots of Duke followers’ mouths on Saturday.
After blowing off Tar Heel head coach Hubert Davis by refusing to shake his hand following the sport, Blue Devils assistant Chris Carrawell is explaining his rationale for the contentious motion.
The previous Duke participant from 1996-2000 claimed that he was solely retaliating a earlier snub. In line with Carrawell, Davis “didn't shake our arms earlier than the sport,” per a textual content to the Raleigh Information & Observer.
Davis prolonged his hand to Carrawell following the matchup, to which he refused to shake. Davis mentioned to reporters after the sport that he didn't perceive why Carrawell reacted that approach.
“I don’t know what that’s about,” he mentioned. “I didn’t play towards him. I don’t know him personally.”
Whereas Davis was not on the court docket for the standard pregame handshakes, in accordance with reporting from the Information & Observer, he did shake arms with Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski previous to the sport.
Davis, who performed for the Blue Devils between 1988-92, joined the teaching workers in 2012, six years earlier than Carrawell would rejoin his alma mater.
Saturday’s contest was Krzyzewski’s closing dwelling recreation at Cameron Indoor earlier than his retirement after 42 seasons on the helm. It was becoming that the Analysis Triangle rivalry would face up for Krzyzewski’s final dance, throughout which UNC toppled Duke 94-81.
Each the Tar Hells and the Blue Devils will face their first opponents within the ACC Event on Thursday.
After the postseason, Duke assistant Jon Scheyer will succeed Coach Ok,regardless of current drama over his promotion course of.
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