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

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 (FL)	7	–	9	.438	19	–	13	.594
North Carolina State	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 Deacons 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. 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 (ACC).

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, which 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.

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

References

↑ "Wake Forest Ranked No. 24 in Preseason Coaches Poll". Wakeforestsports.com. October 30, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
↑ "2008–09 Schedule." wakeforestsports.com. Retrieved on October 31, 2008.

Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball

Venues	Gore Gymnasium (1935–1956) Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum (1956–1989) Greensboro Coliseum (alternate; 1959–1989) Reynolds Gymnasium (alternate; 1956–1989) LJVM Coliseum (1989–present)

Culture & lore	Demon Deacon "O Here's to Wake Forest" Spirit of the Old Gold and Black Tobacco Road Dixie Classic

People	Head coaches NBA draftees

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NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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