2009–10 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team

2009–10 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball
2009–10 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Round of 32
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	20–11 (9–7 ACC)
Head coach	Dino Gaudio;
Assistant coaches	Jeff Battle; Dave Wojcik; Rusty LaRue;
Home arena	LJVM Coliseum
	Seasons ← 2008–09 2010–11 →

2009–10 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 Duke †	13	–	3	.813	35	–	5	.875
No. 20 Maryland	13	–	3	.813	24	–	9	.727
Florida State	10	–	6	.625	22	–	10	.688
Virginia Tech	10	–	6	.625	25	–	9	.735
Wake Forest	9	–	7	.563	20	–	10	.667
Clemson	9	–	7	.563	21	–	11	.656
Georgia Tech	7	–	9	.438	23	–	13	.639
Boston College	6	–	10	.375	15	–	16	.484
Virginia	5	–	11	.313	15	–	16	.484
North Carolina	5	–	11	.313	20	–	17	.541
NC State	5	–	11	.313	20	–	16	.556
Miami (FL)	4	–	12	.250	20	–	13	.606

† 2010 ACC tournament winner As of March 19, 2010 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009–10 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team represented Wake Forest University. The team's head coach was Dino Gaudio. The team played its home games at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 20–11, 9–7 in ACC play and lost in the first round of the 2010 ACC men's basketball tournament. They received an at–large bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, earning a 9 seed in the East Region. They defeated 8 seed Texas in overtime in the first round before losing to 1 seed and AP #2 Kentucky in the second round.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	1	Al-Farouq Aminu	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	Norcross High School	Norcross, Georgia
G	30	Phaethon Bolton	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	Sr	Brunswick School (Connecticut)	Greenwich, Connecticut
G	2	Gary Clark	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Montverde Academy	Sarasota, Florida
G	35	Kyle Fowler	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sr	Wheaton North High School	Wheaton, Illinois
F	41	Brooks Godwin	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Mount Tabor High School	Winston-Salem, North Carolina
G	11	C. J. Harris	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Mount Tabor High School	Winston-Salem, North Carolina
G	43	Aaron Ingle	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	Christ School	Weaverville, North Carolina
F	45	Ryan Keenan	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Westbury Christian School	Bellaire, Texas
F	52	Denmore McDermott	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Jr	St. Paul's School for Boys	Baltimore, Maryland
C	13	Chas McFarland	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Sr	Worcester Academy	Lovington, Illinois
F	25	Nikita Mescheriakov (I)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	RS So	St. John's Prospect Hall	Minsk, Belarus
G	10	Ish Smith	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sr	Central Cabarrus High School	Concord, North Carolina
F	20	Ari Stewart	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Fr	Joseph Wheeler High School	Marietta, Georgia
C	40	Ty Walker	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	New Hanover High School	Wilmington, North Carolina
F/C	44	David Weaver	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	RS Sr	Charles D. Owen High School	Black Mountain, North Carolina
G	42	L. D. Williams	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Montverde Academy	Yadkinville, North Carolina
C	55	Tony Woods	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	So	Rome High School	Rome, Georgia

Head coach

Dino Gaudio (Ohio)

Assistant coach(es)

Jeff Battle (Marshall)
Dave Wojcik (Loyola (MD))
Rusty LaRue (Wake Forest)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2010-03-24

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
November 13* 7:30 p.m.		Oral Roberts	W 76–56	1–0	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
November 15* 2:00 p.m., MASN		vs. East Carolina	W 89–58	2–0	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
November 18* 7:30 p.m.		High Point	W 83–60	3–0	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
November 24* 7:30 p.m.		Winston-Salem State	W 76–52	4–0	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
November 28* 2:00 p.m.		William & Mary	L 68–78	4–1	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
December 1* 7:00 p.m., ESPN		at No. 4 Purdue 2009 ACC – Big Ten Challenge	L 58–69	4–2	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
December 5* 5:30 p.m., ESPN2		at No. 17 Gonzaga	W 77–75	5–2	McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
December 13* 2:00 p.m.		Elon	W 90–50	6–2	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
December 16* 7:00 p.m., ESPNU		at UNC Wilmington	W 80–69	7–2	Trask Coliseum Wilmington, NC
December 20 7:45 p.m., FSN		North Carolina State	W 67–59	8–2 (1–0)	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
December 28* 7:00 p.m.		at UNC Greensboro	W 75–60	9–2 (1–0)	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
December 31* 7:30 p.m., ESPNU		Richmond	W 74–68 ^OT	10–2 (1–0)	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
January 3* 5:30 p.m., FSN		Xavier	W 96–92 ^2OT	11–2 (1–0)	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
January 9 6:00 p.m., ESPNU		at Miami	L 66–67	11–3 (1–1)	BankUnited Center Coral Gables, FL
January 12 9:00 p.m., Raycom		Maryland	W 85–83 ^OT	12–3 (2–1)	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
January 17 8:00 p.m., FSN		at No. 7 Duke	L 70–90	12–4 (2–2)	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
January 20 7:00 p.m., ESPN		at North Carolina	W 82-69	13–4 (3–2)	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
January 23 4:00 p.m., Raycom		Virginia	W 69–57	14–4 (4–2)	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
January 28 7:00 p.m., RSN		at No. 22 Georgia Tech	L 58–79	14–5 (4–3)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA
February 2 7:00 p.m., ESPN2		Miami	W 62–53	15–5 (5–3)	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
February 6 12:00 p.m., Raycom		at Virginia	W 64–61 ^OT	16–5 (6–3)	John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA
February 9 7:00 p.m., RSN		Boston College	W 92–85	17–5 (7–3)	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
February 13 8:00 p.m., Raycom		No. 20 Georgia Tech	W 75–64	18–5 (8–3)	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
February 16 7:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 25	at Virginia Tech	L 83–87	18–6 (8–4)	Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA
February 20 2:00 p.m., Raycom	No. 25	at North Carolina State	L 54–68	18–7 (8–5)	RBC Center Raleigh, NC
February 27 2:00 p.m., CBS		North Carolina	L 68–77	18–8 (8–6)	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
March 3 7:00 p.m., ESPN2		at Florida State	L 47–51	18–9 (8–7)	Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL
March 7 6:00 p.m., FSN		Clemson	W 70–65	19–9 (9–7)	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
ACC tournament
March 11 2:00 p.m., Raycom		vs. Miami First Round	L 62–83	19–10	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
NCAA tournament
March 18* 9:35 p.m., CBS		vs. Texas First Round	W 81–80 ^OT	20–10	New Orleans Arena New Orleans, LA
March 20* 8:15 p.m., CBS		vs. No. 2 Kentucky Second Round	L 60–90	20–11	New Orleans Arena New Orleans, LA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time^[1].

Leading scorer by game

Game	Player
Oral Roberts	Aminu (25)
East Carolina	Aminu (23)
High Point	Aminu (22)
Winston-Salem State	Harris/Smith (16)
William & Mary	Harris (17)
Purdue	Harris/Smith (14)
Gonzaga	Harris (19)
Elon	Stewart (16)
UNC-Wilmington	Williams (23)
NC State	Aminu (18)
UNC-Greensboro	Aminu (23)
Richmond	Aminu (16)
Xavier	Smith (26)
Miami	Williams (17)
Maryland	Aminu (24)
Duke	Aminu (22)
North Carolina	Harris/Smith (20)
Virginia	Smith (21)
Georgia Tech	Aminu (15)
Miami	Harris (12)
Virginia	Smith (15)
Boston College	Aminu (22)
Georgia Tech	Aminu (19)
Virginia Tech	Aminu (25)
NC State	Aminu (15)
North Carolina	Stewart (16)
Florida State	Smith (14)
Clemson	Aminu (18)
Miami	Smith (14)
Texas	Aminu (20)
Kentucky	Aminu (16)

Rankings

Poll	Preseason	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Final
AP	RV (35)	RV (31)	RV (36)	--	--	RV (50)	RV (47)	RV (40)	RV (36)	RV (37)	RV (36)	RV (29)	RV (29)	RV (28)	23	RV (37)	--	--	--	--
Coaches	RV (43)	RV (39)	RV (27)	--	RV (38)	RV (36)	RV (34)	RV (41)	RV (30)	RV (35)	--	RV (30)	--	RV (36)	25	--	--	--	--	--

References

^ "2009-10 Schedule." wakeforestsports.com. Retrieved on August 25, 2009.

[1] "2009-10 Schedule." wakeforestsports.com. Retrieved on August 25, 2009.

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