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

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.

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

Roster

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

See also: 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball 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	--	--	--	--	--