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Grayson Allen gets flagrant foul 1 for hip checking Tar Heels' Garrison Brooks


BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- Duke senior Grayson Allen received a flagrant foul 1 in the first half on Friday night after hip checking North Carolina's Garrison Brooks on a fast-break attempt.

With less than one minute remaining in the first half of the ACC men's basketball semifinal, Allen missed a jumper and then appeared to intentionally bump Brooks as they were running downcourt. The referees didn't see the incident in real time, as Brooks fell to the floor and Kenny Williams went on to knock down a jumper, but they reviewed the play shortly afterward and assessed the flagrant 1 to Allen.
Brooks made the two free throws and North Carolina took a five-point lead into halftime on the way to a 74-69 victory.

"They got a fast break and I bumped him and fouled him," Allen said.

"I was surprised there was stoppage," said Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski. "But we'll go with the call and move forward.

"... Do you think that was the only time someone was hipped in the game? If you look in the low post, that's going on all the time. So it happened at half court, they got it, it's done. That didn't win or lose the game."



Allen has a history of incidents with opposing players. He tripped Louisville's Ray Spalding in February of the 2015-16 season, then did it again to Florida State's Xavier Rathan-Mayes later that month. He was suspended for one game by Krzyzewski in December 2016 for tripping Elon's Steven Santa Ana.

The incidents have led to plenty of backlash for Allen, particularly from the student sections when Duke is on the road. Prior to the season, he told ESPN's Jeff Goodman that he understood how he's perceived by many.

"Polarizing," Allen aforementioned in Oct. "I cannot extremely decide one as a result of there is in all probability an enormous divide. 1/2 the basketball world thinks i am this hothead, dirty player World Health Organization cannot get something in restraint and possibly thinks i am proud and a egoistic guy. And another cluster that thinks i am lots higher than I truly am."



The lone senior on the roll, he was named a captain by Krzyzewski, and also the team's extremely touted freshmen spoke extremely of his leadership getting into the season.
"I had another year of growth, however i am still growing and maturing," Allen aforementioned in Oct. "This is that the time to try and do it, in college.




"This year, i feel I even have lots additional perspective on things. I've learned lots from what I've older, however I feel most totally different. Better, not solely on the court, however my mentality off the court additionally."

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