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Duke needs to boot Grayson Allen to bench over latest trip

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Grayson Allen needs to take a seat.

Not only does he deserve it, he needs it.

Allen needs to understand there are boundaries of what is acceptable behavior on a basketball court, and that he exceeded them with his actions in Wednesday night’s game against Elon in Greensboro, N.C.

A year ago he was twice caught on camera tripping opponents — once in a road game against Louisville following a scramble for a loose ball, the second time in a home game against Florida State late in a contest that had already been decided.

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Following the second, I wrote that the proper punishment for his offense against FSU was a reprimand from the Atlantic Coast Conference.