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<p>GREENSBORO, N.C. &#8212; Duke suspended Grayson Allen indefinitely from the team Thursday, one day after he was caught tripping an opponent for the third time in a year.</p><p>In a brief statement announcing the suspension, coach Mike Krzyzewski said the program &#8220;needed to take further steps regarding his actions that do not meet the standards of Duke basketball.&#8221;</p><p>Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John Swofford issued a statement supporting the move, calling sportsmanship &#8220;one of the core values of our league&#8221; and adding that the suspension &#8220;demonstrates adherence to this important principle.&#8221;</p><p>Allen picked up a technical foul for tripping Elon&#8217;s Steven Santa Ana on a drive in the first half of a 72-61 win Wednesday night. That earned him a seat on the bench for the final 4:15 of the half and the start of the second half, though he returned to the game with about 16 minutes left.</p><p>Afterward, Allen met with Santa Ana and Elon coach Matt Matheny to apologize before hanging his head and fighting back tears while talking to reporters in the locker room.</p><p>&#8220;Just talking about what led up to it is just an excuse,&#8221; Allen said. &#8220;There&#8217;s no excuse for it.&#8221;</p><p>Krzyzewski called Allen&#8217;s actions &#8220;unacceptable and inexcusable&#8221; in the statement. He described them similarly in the immediate aftermath of the game, but at that time declined to publicly reveal any other measures or reprimands.</p><p>&#8220;I handle things the way I handle them,&#8221; Krzyzewski said after the game. &#8220;I think I&#8217;ve handled this correctly and moving forward I will continue to handle it correctly, and I don&#8217;t need to satisfy what other people think I should do.</p><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m a teacher and a coach. And I&#8217;m responsible for that kid, so I know him better than anybody. So to think that it&#8217;s the last thing that&#8217;s said about this to him is wrong. Obviously, we will do more. It doesn&#8217;t mean you have to see it, or anybody else has to see it.&#8221;</p><p>Teammate Matt Jones said he tried to console the emotional Allen afterward.</p><p>&#8220;I love Grayson, he&#8217;s my brother,&#8221; Jones said. &#8220;We&#8217;ve been to battle, we&#8217;ve won a (national) championship together. We won plenty of games together. So there&#8217;s nothing really you can say.</p><p>&#8220;I just gave him a really big hug, told him, &#8216;I love you.&#8217; That&#8217;s all that was, and let the silence kind of fill the void. There&#8217;s nothing really you can say about it.&#8221;</p><p>It&#8217;s officially a pattern for Allen, who was twice caught tripping opponents last winter.</p><p>On Feb. 9, Allen received a flagrant foul for extending his leg to trip Louisville&#8217;s Ray Spalding after he fell to the court and Spalding tried to go by him. Roughly two weeks later, Allen kicked up his left leg to trip Florida State&#8217;s Xavier Rathan-Mayes as Rathan-Mayes tried to run by from behind.</p><p>Allen wasn&#8217;t called for a foul there, but the Atlantic Coast Conference later reprimanded him.</p><p>The Blue Devils don&#8217;t play again until opening ACC play at Virginia Tech on Dec. 31.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Duke&#8217;s Grayson Allen was suspended indefinitely by the team for his third kicking incident during a game. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/web1_GraysonAllen-Suspended.jpg</photo0><caption0>Duke&#8217;s Grayson Allen was suspended indefinitely by the team for his third kicking incident during a game. </caption0><photoCredit0>Chuck Burton | AP photo </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Aaron Beard</p><p>AP Basketball Writer</p></bylineMeta></div>

Duke suspends Grayson Allen indefinitely