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

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2009–10 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Wake Forest University Athletic logo.svg 125 Atlantic Coast Conference ACC 20–11 9–7 Dino Gaudio Jeff Battle Dave Wojcik Rusty LaRue LJVM Coliseum NCAA tournament Round of 32 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 2009 Wake Forest Demon Deacons m y y Al-Farouq Aminu y 1 F 6 9 215 SO Norcross, Georgia Norcross High School Phaethon Bolton 30 G 5 8 155 SR Greenwich, Connecticut Brunswick School (Connecticut) Brunswick School Gary Clark 2 G 6 4 195 JR Sarasota, Florida Montverde Academy Kyle Fowler 35 G 6 2 175 SR Wheaton, Illinois Wheaton North High School Brooks Godwin 41 F 6 5 200 SO Winston-Salem, North Carolina Mount Tabor High School C. J. Harris basketball y 11 G 6 2 175 FR Winston-Salem, North Carolina Mount Tabor High School Aaron Ingle 43 G 6 0 175 SO Weaverville, North Carolina Christ School Ryan Keenan 45 F 6 4 195 SO Bellaire, Texas Westbury Christian School Denmore McDermott 52 F 6 5 235 JR Baltimore, Maryland St. Paul's School for Boys Chas McFarland y 13 C 7 0 245 SR Lovington, Illinois Worcester Academy Nikita Mescheriakov 25 F 6 7 215 SO y Minsk, Belarus St. John's Prospect Hall I Ish Smith y 10 G 6 0 175 SR Concord, North Carolina Central Cabarrus High School Ari Stewart 20 F 6 7 205 FR Marietta, Georgia Joseph Wheeler High School Ty Walker basketball y 40 C 7 0 220 SO Wilmington, North Carolina New Hanover High School David Weaver y 44 FC 6 11 250 SR y Black Mountain, North Carolina Charles D. Owen High School L. D. Williams y 42 G 6 4 210 SR Yadkinville, North Carolina Montverde Academy Tony Woods y basketball 55 C 6 11 245 SO Rome, Georgia Rome High School http://wakeforestsports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/wake-m-baskbl-mtt.html 2010-03-24 Dino Gaudio (Ohio) Jeff Battle (Marshall) Dave Wojcik (Loyola (MD)) Rusty LaRue (Wake Forest) Schedule |- !colspan=9| Regular season November 13 7:30 p.m. w yes 2009-10 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles Oral Roberts University Oral Roberts LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC 76–56 1–0 November 15 2:00 p.m. w yes yes East Carolina Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC MASN 89–58 2–0 November 18 7:30 p.m. w yes 2009-10 High Point Panthers High Point University High Point LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC 83–60 3–0 November 24 7:30 p.m. w yes 2009-10 Winston-Salem State Rams Winston-Salem State University Winston-Salem State LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC 76–52 4–0 November 28 2:00 p.m. l yes William & Mary LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC 68–78 4–1 December 1 7:00 p.m. l yes yes Purdue 4 Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN 2009 ACC – Big Ten Challenge ESPN 58–69 4–2 December 5 5:30 p.m. w yes yes Gonzaga 17 McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA ESPN2 77–75 5–2 December 13 2:00 p.m. w yes 2009-10 Elon Phoenix Elon University Elon LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC 90–50 6–2 December 16 7:00 p.m. w yes yes 2009-10 UNC Wilmington Seahawks University of North Carolina at Wilmington UNC Wilmington Trask Coliseum Wilmington, NC ESPNU 80–69 7–2 December 20 7:45 p.m. w North Carolina State LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC FSN 67–59 8–2 (1–0) December 28 7:00 p.m. w yes yes 2009-10 UNC Greensboro Spartans University of North Carolina at Greensboro UNC Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC 75–60 9–2 (1–0) December 31 7:30 p.m. w yes Richmond LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC ESPNU 74–68 OT 10–2 (1–0) January 3 5:30 p.m. w yes Xavier LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC FSN 96–92 2OT 11–2 (1–0) January 9 6:00 p.m. l yes Miami BankUnited Center Coral Gables, FL ESPNU 66–67 11–3 (1–1) January 12 9:00 p.m. w Maryland LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC Raycom 85–83 OT 12–3 (2–1) January 17 8:00 p.m. l yes Duke 7 Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC FSN 70–90 12–4 (2–2) January 20 7:00 p.m. yes North Carolina Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC ESPN 82-69 13–4 (3–2) January 23 4:00 p.m. w Virginia LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC Raycom 69–57 14–4 (4–2) January 28 7:00 p.m. l yes Georgia Tech 22 Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA RSN 58–79 14–5 4–3 February 2 7:00 p.m. w Miami LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC ESPN2 62–53 15–5 5–3 February 6 12:00 p.m. w yes Virginia John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA Raycom 64–61 OT 16–5 6–3 February 9 7:00 p.m. w Boston College LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC RSN 92–85 17–5 7–3 February 13 8:00 p.m. w Georgia Tech 20 LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC Raycom 75–64 18–5 8–3 February 16 7:00 p.m. l yes 25 Virginia Tech Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA ESPN2 83–87 18–6 8–4 February 20 2:00 p.m. l yes 25 North Carolina State RBC Center Raleigh, NC Raycom 54–68 18–7 8–5 February 27 2:00 p.m. l North Carolina LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC CBS 68–77 18–8 8–6 March 3 7:00 p.m. l yes Florida State Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL ESPN2 47–51 18–9 8–7 March 7 6:00 p.m. w Clemson LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC FSN 70–65 19–9 9–7 |- !colspan=9| ACC tournament March 11 2:00 p.m. l yes Miami Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC First Round Raycom 62–83 19–10 |- !colspan=9| NCAA tournament March 18 9:35 p.m. w yes yes Texas New Orleans Arena New Orleans, LA First Round CBS 81–80 OT 20–10 |- March 20 8:15 p.m. l yes yes Kentucky 2 New Orleans Arena New Orleans, LA Second Round CBS 60–90 20–11 Coaches' Poll Eastern Time"2009-10 Schedule." wakeforestsports.com. Retrieved on August 25, 2009. 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