2008–09 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team

2008–09 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball
2008 Anaheim Classic Champions
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches #11
AP #12
2008–09 record 24–7 (11–5 ACC)
Head coach Dino Gaudio
Assistant coach Jeff Battle
Assistant coach Pat Kelsey
Assistant coach Mike Muse
Home arena LJVM Coliseum
Seasons
« 2007–08 2009–10 »
2008–09 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#2 North Carolina 13   3   .813     34   4   .895
#6 Duke† 11   5   .688     30   7   .811
#12 Wake Forest 11   5   .688     24   7   .774
#16 Florida State 10   6   .625     25   10   .714
#24 Clemson 9   7   .563     23   9   .719
Boston College 9   7   .563     22   12   .647
Maryland 7   9   .438     21   14   .600
Virginia Tech 7   9   .438     19   15   .559
Miami 7   9   .438     19   13   .594
North Carolina St 6   10   .375     16   14   .533
Virginia 4   12   .250     10   18   .357
Georgia Tech 2   14   .125     12   19   .387
† ACC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008–09 Wake Forest Demon Deacon's men's basketball team represented Wake Forest University in the 2008-09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Dino Gaudio. T he team played its home games in the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

On January 19, the Deacons took the top spot in both the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll and the Associated Press poll, making it the second time in program history a Wake Forest team was number one in the country.

Wake Forest finished the regular season with a record of 24–5, and 11–5 in the ACC. That tied them with Duke. The Demon Deacons received the number two seed in the 2009 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament in a tiebreaker over Duke because of their victory against number one seed North Carolina.

Contents

Preseason

In the preseason ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll the Demon Deacons were ranked #24.[1]

Roster

# Name Position Height Class Hometown Last School
1 Al-Farouq Aminu Forward 6'9" Freshman Norcross, Georgia Norcross
30 Brett Bitove Guard 6'3" Freshman Toronto, Ontario Benjamin School (FL)
2 Gary Clark Guard 6'4" Sophomore Sarasota, Florida Montverde Academy
35 Ben Davis Guard 6'3" Sophomore St. Louis, Missouri Westminster Christian Academy
41 Brooks Godwin Forward 6'5" Freshman Winston-Salem, North Carolina Mount Tabor
4 Harvey Hale Guard 6'3" Senior Albuquerque, New Mexico Rio Grande
52 Bobby Hoekstra Forward 6'7" Senior Lewisville, North Carolina Forsyth Country Day School
23 James Johnson Forward 6'9" Sophomore Cheyenne, Wyoming Cheyenne East
20 Mike Lepore Guard 6'1" Senior Flemington, New Jersey Lawrenceville Prep
13 Chas McFarland Center 7'0" Junior Lovington, Illinois Worcester Academy
25 Jimmy McQuilkin Guard 5'10" Senior Columbia, Maryland Atholton
10 Ishmael Smith Guard 6'0" Junior Concord, North Carolina Central Cabarrus
0 Jeff Teague Guard 6'2" Sophomore Indianapolis, Indiana Pike
40 Ty Walker Center 7'0" Freshman Wilmington, North Carolina New Hanover
44 David Weaver Forward/Center 6'11" Junior Black Mountain, North Carolina Owen
42 L.D. Williams Guard 6'4" Junior Yadkinville, North Carolina Montverde Academy
55 Tony Woods Center 6'11" Freshman Rome, Georgia Rome

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Record
November 14* 7:00 p.m. North Carolina Central #24 LJVM Coliseum • Winston-Salem, NC W 94–48  1–0
November 19* 7:00 p.m. UNC Wilmington #25 LJVM Coliseum • Winston-Salem, NC ACC Select W 120–88  2–0
November 24* 8:00 p.m. Winston-Salem State #24 LJVM Coliseum • Winston-Salem, NC ACC Select W 62–31  3–0
November 27* 4:30 p.m. vs. Cal State Fullerton #24 Anaheim Convention Center • Anaheim, CA
(2008 Anaheim Classic)		 ESPN2 W 75–69  4–0
November 28* 3:45 p.m. vs. UTEP #24 Anaheim Convention Center • Anaheim, CA
(2008 Anaheim Classic)		 ESPNU W 82–79  5–0
November 30* 10:30 p.m. vs. Baylor #24 Anaheim Convention Center • Anaheim, CA
(2008 Anaheim Classic)		 ESPN2 W 87–74  6–0
December 3* 7:15 p.m. Indiana #17 LJVM Coliseum • Winston-Salem, NC
(ACC/Big Ten Challenge)		 ESPN W 83–58  7–0
December 6* 7:30 p.m. Bucknell #17 LJVM Coliseum • Winston-Salem, NC W 81–52  8–0
December 14* 4:00 p.m. Wright State #11 LJVM Coliseum • Winston-Salem, NC FSN W 66–53  9–0
December 19* 7:00 p.m. at Richmond #10 Robins Center • Richmond, VA ESPNU W 86–79  10–0
December 22* 7:00 p.m. at East Carolina #6 Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum • Greenville, NC MASN W 95–54  11–0
December 30* 7:00 p.m. Radford #6 LJVM Coliseum • Winston-Salem, NC ACC Select W 83–61  12–0
January 3* 8:00 p.m. at Brigham Young #6 Marriott Center • Provo, UT The Mountain W 94–87  13–0
January 11 8:00 p.m. #3 North Carolina #4 LJVM Coliseum • Winston-Salem, NC FSN W 92–89  14–0 (1–0)
January 14 9:00 p.m. at Boston College #3 Conte Forum • Chestnut Hill, MA Raycom W 83–63  15–0 (2–0)
January 17 9:00 p.m. at #9 Clemson #3 Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC ABC W 78–68  16–0 (3–0)
January 21 7:00 p.m. Virginia Tech #1 LJVM Coliseum • Winston-Salem, NC ESPN2 L 78–71  16–1 (3–1)
January 28 7:00 p.m. #1 Duke #4 LJVM Coliseum • Winston-Salem, NC ESPN W 70–68  17–1 (4–1)
January 31 12:00 p.m. at Georgia Tech #4 Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA Raycom L 76–74  17–2 (4–2)
February 4 7:30 p.m. at Miami #6 BankUnited Center • Coral Gables, FL ESPN2 L 79–52  17–3 (4–3)
February 8 4:00 p.m. Boston College #6 LJVM Coliseum • Winston-Salem, NC Raycom W 93–76  18–3 (5–3)
February 11 7:00 p.m. at North Carolina State #8 RBC Center • Raleigh, NC ACC Select L 82–76  18–4 (5–4)
February 14 4:00 p.m. #25 Florida State #8 LJVM Coliseum • Winston-Salem, NC Raycom W 86–63  19–4 (6–4)
February 18 7:30 p.m. Georgia Tech #8 LJVM Coliseum • Winston-Salem, NC ACC Select W 87–69  20–4 (7–4)
February 22 7:45 p.m. at #9 Duke #8 Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, NC FSN L 101–91  20–5 (7–5)
February 26 7:45 p.m. North Carolina State #14 LJVM Coliseum • Winston-Salem, NC Raycom W 85–78  21–5 (8–5)
February 28 8:00 p.m. at Virginia #14 John Paul Jones Arena • Charlottesville, VA Raycom W 70–60  22–5 (9–5)
March 3 9:00 p.m. at Maryland #10 Comcast Center • College Park, MD FSN Regional W 65–63  23–5 (10–5)
March 8 6:00 p.m. #19 Clemson #10 LJVM Coliseum • Winston-Salem, NC FSN W 96–88  24–5 (11–5)
March 13 7:00 p.m. vs. Maryland #9 Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA
(ACC Tournament Quarterfinal)		 ESPN2/Raycom L 75–64  24–6 (11–5)
March 20* 9:40 p.m. vs. Cleveland State #12 American Airlines Center • Miami, FL
(NCAA Tournament First Round)		 CBS L 84–69  24–7 (11–5)
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll. All times are in Eastern Time [2].

Leading scorer by game

Game Player
North Carolina Central Aminu (21)
UNC Wilmington Teague (31)
Winston-Salem State Teague (14)
Cal State Fullerton Teague (24)
UTEP Teague (29)
Baylor Williams (15)
Indiana Johnson (21)
Bucknell Teague (26)
Wright State Hale (17)
Richmond Teague (21)
East Carolina Aminu (21)
Radford Teague (19)
Brigham Young Teague (30)
North Carolina Teague (34)
Boston College Teague (29)
Clemson Teague (24)
Virginia Tech Teague (23)
Duke Aminu (15)
Georgia Tech Aminu (17)
Miami Teague (19)
Boston College Teague (27)
North Carolina State Johnson (21)
Florida State Aminu (17)
Georgia Tech Johnson (24)
Duke Teague (28)
NC State Johnson (28)
Virginia Aminu, McFarland, and Teague (12)
Maryland Teague (17)
Clemson Aminu and Johnson (21)
Maryland Johnson (20)
Cleveland St. Johnson (22)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Wake Forest Ranked No. 24 in Preseason Coaches Poll". Wakeforestsports.com. October 30, 2008. http://wakeforestsports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/103008aaa.html. Retrieved 2008-10-30. 
  2. ^ "2008–09 Schedule." wakeforestsports.com. Retrieved on October 31, 2008.