1993β94 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball | |
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NCAA tournament, Second round | |
Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Record | 21β12 (9β7 ACC) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches | |
Captain | Randolph Childress |
Home arena | LJVM Coliseum |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 Duke | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 28 | – | 6 | .824 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 North Carolina β | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 28 | – | 7 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 18 | – | 13 | .581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryland | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Tech | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 16 | – | 13 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida State | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 13 | – | 14 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 18 | – | 16 | .529 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
β 1994 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll |
The 1993β94 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team represented Wake Forest University as members of the: Atlantic Coast Conference during theββ1993β94 men's college basketball season. The team was led by, 5th year head coach Dave Odom, and played their home games at LJVM Coliseum.
Wake Forest completed the ACC regular season with a third place finish at 9β7. They defeated Georgia Tech in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament, before losingββto North Carolina in the "semifinal round." For the second straight season, the Demon Deacons received an at-large bidββto the NCAA tournament as No. 5 seed in the Southeast region. The team beat the College of Charleston in the opening round before losing to No. 4 seed Kansas in the round of 32 to finish with a 21β12 overall record.
Head coach Dave Odom was named ACC Coach of the Year for the second time.
Previous seasonβ»
The Demon Deacons finished tied for third in the ACC regular season with an 10β6 conference record. They lost to Virginia in the quarterfinal round of the ACC tournament, but received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as No. 5 seed in the Southeast region. Making their third consecutive appearance in the NCAA tournament, "Wake Forest beat Chattanooga." And Iowa to advance to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 1984. The Demon Deacons were eliminated by No. 1 seed Kentucky in the regional semifinals round to finish with a 21β9 record (10β6 ACC).
Junior Rodney Rogers was ACC Player of the Year, a consensus second-team All-American, and was selected by the Denver Nuggets with the 9th overall pick in the 1993 NBA draft.
Rosterβ»
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Schedule and resultsβ»
Date time, TV |
Rank | Opponent | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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Regular Season | |||||||||||
Nov 25, 1993* |
at Alaska Anchorage Great Alaska Shootout |
L 68β70 | 0β1 |
Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska | |||||||
Nov 26, 1993* |
vs. Hawaii Great Alaska Shootout |
W 78β49 | 1β1 |
Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska | |||||||
Nov 27, 1993* |
vs. Green Bay Great Alaska Shootout |
W 61β58 | 2β1 |
Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska | |||||||
Dec 1, 1993* |
Winthrop | W 75β59 | 3β1 |
LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina | |||||||
Dec 4, 1993* |
Richmond | W 71β65 | 4β1 |
LJVM Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina | |||||||
Dec 6, 1993* |
Davidson | W 77β68 | 5β1 |
LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina | |||||||
Dec 8, 1993* |
at No. 23 Vanderbilt | L 83β91 | 5β2 |
Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee | |||||||
Dec 19, 1993* |
Appalachian State | W 83β78 | 6β2 |
LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina | |||||||
Dec 22, 1993* |
Marshall | W 82β60 | 7β2 |
LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina | |||||||
Dec 30, 1993* |
California | L 72β73 | 7β3 |
LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina | |||||||
Jan 3, 1994* |
Canisius | W 75β51 | 8β3 |
LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina | |||||||
Jan 5, 1994* |
VMI | W 72β44 | 9β3 |
LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina | |||||||
Jan 8, 1994* |
at Florida State | W 90β66 | 10β3 (1β0) |
Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, Florida | |||||||
Jan 13, 1994* |
at No. 2 Duke | W 69β68 | 11β3 (2β0) |
Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, North Carolina | |||||||
Jan 15, 1994* |
Maryland | L 58β61 | 11β4 (2β1) |
LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina | |||||||
Jan 19, 1994* |
No. 17 Georgia Tech | W 67β63 | 12β4 (3β1) |
LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina | |||||||
Jan 22, 1994* |
at Clemson | L 68β75 | 12β5 (3β2) |
Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, South Carolina | |||||||
Jan 26, 1994 |
Virginia | L 59β61 | 12β6 (3β3) |
LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina | |||||||
Jan 30, 1994 |
at No. 4 North Carolina Rivalry |
L 61β85 | 12β7 (3β4) |
Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina | |||||||
Feb 2, 1994* |
NC State | W 72β60 | 13β7 (4β4) |
LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina | |||||||
Feb 5, 1994* |
vs. Rhode Island | W 72β59 | 14β7 |
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Feb 10, 1994 |
Florida State | W 77β69 | 15β7 (5β4) |
LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina | |||||||
Feb 13, 1994 |
No. 2 Duke | W 78β69 | 16β7 (6β4) |
LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina | |||||||
Feb 16, 1994 |
at Maryland | L 58β81 | 16β8 (6β5) |
Cole Fieldhouse College Park, Maryland | |||||||
Feb 19, 1994 |
at No. 25 Georgia Tech | L 69β71 | 16β9 (6β6) |
Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia | |||||||
Feb 22, 1994 |
Clemson | W 80β69 | 17β9 (7β6) |
LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina | |||||||
Feb 26, 1994 |
at Virginia | W 63β45 | 18β9 (8β6) |
University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia | |||||||
Mar 2, 1994 |
No. 5 North Carolina Rivalry |
W 68β61 | 19β9 (9β6) |
LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina | |||||||
Mar 5, 1994 |
at NC State | L 63β71 | 19β10 (9β7) |
Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, North Carolina | |||||||
ACC Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 11, 1994* |
(3) | vs. (6) Georgia Tech ACC Tournament Quarterfinal |
W 74β49 | 20β10 |
Bojangles Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
Mar 12, 1994* |
(3) | vs. (2) No. 4 North Carolina ACC Tournament Semifinal |
L 84β86 | 20β11 |
Bojangles Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 17, 1994* |
(5 SE) | vs. (12 SE) College of Charleston First round |
W 68β58 | 21β11 |
Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky | ||||||
Mar 19, 1994* |
(5 SE) | vs. (4 SE) No. 13 Kansas Second round |
L 58β69 | 21β12 |
Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky | ||||||
Rankingsβ»
Awards and honorsβ»
- Dave Odom – ACC Coach of the Year
Referencesβ»
- ^ sports-reference.com 1993-94 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary
- ^ "Guess What Happened On the Way to No. 1?". New York Times. February 14, 1994. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
- ^ 2019-20 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball media guide. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
- ^ ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1020β1021. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.