2000–01 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team

2000–01 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball
NCAA tournament, first round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
APNo. 23
Record19–11 (8–8 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coachFrank Haith (4th season)
Home arenaLJVM Coliseum
Seasons
2000–01 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 North Carolina 13 3   .813 26 7   .788
No. 1 Duke 13 3   .813 35 4   .897
No. 11 Maryland 10 6   .625 25 11   .694
No. 16 Virginia 9 7   .563 20 9   .690
Georgia Tech 8 8   .500 17 13   .567
No. 23 Wake Forest 8 8   .500 19 11   .633
NC State 5 11   .313 13 16   .448
Florida State 4 12   .250 9 21   .300
Clemson 2 14   .125 12 19   .387
2001 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 2000–01 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team represented Wake Forest University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference during the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Dave Odom, the team played their home games at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The Demon Deacons finished tied for fifth in the ACC regular season standings. They lost to Maryland in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament. Wake Forest received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 7 seed in the Midwest region. The Demon Deacons were defeated by No. 10 seed Butler in the opening round,[2] to end the season with a record of 19–11 (8–8 ACC).

Roster

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2000–01 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
F 5 Josh Howard 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Hargrave Military Academy Winston-Salem, North Carolina
F 25 Darius Songaila 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 248 lb (112 kg) Jr    
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular Season
Nov 16, 2000*
No. 18 Mount St. Mary's W 108–61  1–0
LJVM Coliseum 
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Nov 17, 2000*
No. 18 Air Force W 84–44  2–0
LJVM Coliseum 
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Nov 20, 2000*
No. 17 at Richmond W 69–61  3–0
Robins Center 
Richmond, Virginia
Nov 25, 2000*
No. 17 Campbell W 86–47  4–0
LJVM Coliseum 
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Nov 28, 2000*
No. 12 at Michigan
ACC–Big Ten Challenge
W 71–60  5–0
Crisler Arena 
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Dec 2, 2000*
No. 12 South Carolina State W 66–55  6–0
LJVM Coliseum 
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Dec 7, 2000*
No. 11 No. 3 Kansas W 84–53  7–0
LJVM Coliseum (12,143)
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Dec 16, 2000*
No. 6 Georgia W 75–57  8–0
LJVM Coliseum 
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Dec 18, 2000*
No. 6 Radford W 92–52  9–0
LJVM Coliseum 
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Dec 21, 2000*
No. 6 at Temple W 73–65  10–0
Liacouras Center 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 29, 2000*
No. 4 Navy W 90–58  11–0
LJVM Coliseum 
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Jan 2, 2001
No. 4 No. 8 Virginia W 96–73  12–0
(1–0)
LJVM Coliseum 
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Jan 6, 2001
No. 4 at No. 13 North Carolina L 69–70  12–1
(1–1)
Dean Smith Center 
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Jan 9, 2001
No. 6 Florida State W 76–53  13–1
(2–1)
LJVM Coliseum 
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Jan 13, 2001
No. 6 at Georgia Tech L 89–95 OT 13–2
(2–2)
Alexander Memorial Coliseum 
Atlanta, Georgia
Jan 17, 2001
No. 10 at No. 12 Maryland L 71–81  13–3
(2–3)
Cole Fieldhouse 
College Park, Maryland
Jan 21, 2001
No. 10 Clemson W 71–63  14–3
(3–3)
LJVM Coliseum 
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Jan 24, 2001
No. 9 at No. 2 Duke L 62–85  14–4
(3–4)
Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, North Carolina
Jan 27, 2001*
No. 9 at Cincinnati L 72–78 OT 14–5
Myrl H. Shoemaker Center 
Cincinnati, Ohio
Jan 31, 2001*
No. 16 NC State W 74–69 OT 15–5
(4–4)
LJVM Coliseum 
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
ACC Tournament
Mar 9, 2001*
No. 22 vs. No. 11 Maryland
Quarterfinals
L 53–71  19–10
Georgia Dome (40,083)
Atlanta, Georgia
NCAA Tournament
Mar 16, 2001*
(7 MW) No. 23 vs. (10 MW) Butler
First round
L 63–79  19–11
Kemper Arena (13,550)
Kansas City, Missouri
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
MW=Midwest.
All times are in Eastern Standard Time.

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Rankings

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References

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  1. ^ sports-reference.com 2000-01 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary
  2. ^ "Bulldogs Chomp Down Hard on Wake". The Washington Post. March 17, 2001. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  3. ^ "2000-01 Men's Basketball Schedule". Wake Forest University Athletics. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  4. ^ *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1064–1065. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.