2003–04 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team

The 2003–04 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team represented Wake Forest University during the 2003–04 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

2003–04 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 17
Record	21–10 (9–7 ACC)
Head coach	Skip Prosser (3rd season)
Assistant coach	Dino Gaudio (3rd season)
MVP	Taron Downey
Captain	Taron Downey Jamaal Levy Justin Gray
Home arena	LJVM Coliseum
Seasons ← 2002–03 2004–05 →

2003–04 ACC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Duke	13	–	3		.813			31	–	6		.838
No. 15 NC State	11	–	5		.688			21	–	10		.677
No. 17 Wake Forest	9	–	7		.563			21	–	10		.677
No. 14 Georgia Tech	9	–	7		.563			28	–	10		.737
No. 18 North Carolina	8	–	8		.500			19	–	11		.633
No. 19 Maryland†	7	–	9		.438			20	–	12		.625
Florida State	6	–	10		.375			19	–	14		.576
Virginia	6	–	10		.375			18	–	13		.581
Clemson	3	–	13		.188			10	–	18		.357
† 2004 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2003–04 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown PG 3 Chris Paul 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr West Forsyth Lewisville, North Carolina	Head coach Skip Prosser Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: August 22, 2020

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
November 20*	No. 20	vs. Memphis Coaches vs. Cancer Classic	W 85–76	1–0	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
November 22*	No. 18	Elon	W 97–55	2–0	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
November 29*	No. 18	at Yale	W 86–61	3–0	Bridgeport, CT
December 2*	No. 18	Indiana ACC–Big Ten Challenge	W 100–67	4–0	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
December 6*	No. 18	Richmond	W 81–66	5–0	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
December 15*	No. 14	at SMU	W 78–66	6–0	Dallas, TX
December 20	No. 14	at No. 4 North Carolina	W 119–114 3OT	7–0 (1–0)	Dean Smith Center  Chapel Hill, NC
December 30*	No. 6	North Carolina A&T	W 91–67	8–0	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
January 3*	No. 6	New Mexico	W 70–61	9–0	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
January 6*	No. 5	Brown	W 86–47	10–0	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
January 10	No. 5	Clemson	W 78–63	11–0 (2–0)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
January 13*	No. 4	at No. 18 Texas	L 81–94	11–1	Austin, TX
January 17	No. 4	at No. 2 Duke	L 72–84	11–2 (2–1)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
January 20	No. 10	No. 11 Georgia Tech	L 66–73	11–3 (2–2)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
January 25	No. 10	at Florida State	L 70–75	11–4 (2–3)	Tallahassee, FL
January 29	No. 19	Maryland	W 93–85	12–4 (3–3)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
January 31	No. 19	Virginia	W 91–78	13–4 (4–3)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
February 4		at NC State	L 68–73	13–5 (4–4)	Raleigh, NC
February 7  CBS	No. 16	No. 17 North Carolina	L 73–79	13–6 (4–5)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
February 12	No. 20	at Clemson	W 82–67	14–6 (5–5)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, SC
February 15*	No. 20	No. 13 Cincinnati	W 91–85	15–6	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
February 18	No. 15	No. 3 Duke	W 90–84	16–6 (6–5)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
February 22	No. 15	at No. 18 Georgia Tech	W 80–76	17–6 (7–5)	Atlanta, GA
February 25	No. 11	Florida State	W 90–87 OT	18–6 (8–5)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
February 28	No. 11	at Maryland	W 91–83	19–6 (9–5)	College Park, MD
March 2	No. 11	at Virginia	L 82–84	19–7 (9–6)	Charlottesville, VA
March 6	No. 11	No. 16 NC State	L 70–81	19–8 (9–7)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
ACC tournament
March 12*	No. 15	vs. Maryland ACC tournament	L 86–87	19–9	Greensboro, NC
NCAA tournament
March 18*  CBS	(4) No. 17	vs. (13) VCU First Round	W 79–78[1]	20–9	Raleigh, NC
March 20*  CBS	(4) No. 17	vs. (12) Manhattan Second Round	W 84–80	21–9	Raleigh, NC
March 25* 10:00 p.m., CBS	(4) No. 17	vs. (1) No. 5 St. Joseph's Sweet Sixteen	L 80–84	21–10	East Rutherford, NJ
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Standard Time.

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References

1. "Paul's late FTs lift Wake past VCU". ESPN. March 18, 2004. Archived from the original on June 19, 2023. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
2. 2014-15 Wake Forest Demon Deacon's men's basketball media guide Archived 2015-05-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-May-22.