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

2000–01 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball
2000–01 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 23
Record	19–11 (8–8 ACC)
Head coach	Dave Odom (12th season);
Assistant coach	Frank Haith (4th season)
Home arena	LJVM Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

2000–01 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	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

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

Dave Odom

Assistant coach(es)

Frank Haith

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

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

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

[1] sports-reference.com 2000-01 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary

[ncaa-wake-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.

[ESPN-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.

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Venues	Gore Gymnasium (1935–1956) Winston-Salem War Memorial Coliseum (1956–1989) Greensboro Coliseum (alternate; 1959–1989) Reynolds Gymnasium (alternate; 1956–1989) LJVM Coliseum (1989–present)
Rivalries	North Carolina NC State
Culture & lore	Demon Deacon "O Here's to Wake Forest" Spirit of the Old Gold and Black Tobacco Road Dixie Classic/Big Four
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics