Wake Forest Demon Deacons NCAA Basketball News

Point guard Brooke Thomas was at her best at the end of last season. 2. Mike Petersen says that Wake Forest can be very good if some parts mesh.

Seven and a half months later, senior L.D. Williams can't get the aftertaste of the Deacons' 84-69 NCAA Tournament loss to 13th-seeded Cleveland State out of his mouth.

The Demon Deacons unofficially opened their 2009-2010 season with a dominating win over the Indiana University of Pennsylvania 88-57. Al-Farouq Aminu led the Deacs with a total of 24 points on the game.

To have any outside shot at contending for an ACC title, Wake Forest will have to make outside shots.

University of North Carolina sophomore forward Ed Davis , who helped guide the Tar Heels to the 2009 NCAA championship and was one of the top sixth men in the nation last season, has earned one of 50 spots on the 2009-10 Naismith preseason watch list, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced today.

Entering his third season at the helm of the Wake Forest basketball program, Dino Gaudio has posted a 41-20 record... after a 17-13 mark in 2007-08, Gaudio's Deacons burst onto the national scene in 2008-09, finishing 24-7 overall and 11-5 in the ACC... Wake Forest spent the entire season ranked in the top 25, including a No.

ATLANTA -- There's no other team Jeff Teague wanted to start his NBA career against.

Tulsa's Jerome Jordan is one of 50 players named to the Naismith Trophy Preseason Watch List.

Al-Farouq Aminu scored 14 points and Tony Woods added 10 in Wake Forest's Black & Gold scrimmage yesterday at Reynolds Gymnasium.

Duke and North Carolina were picked in a dead heat to win this season's ACC regular-season basketball championship in media voting yesterday at the conference's annual Operation Basketball.

In our third preview of this yeara TMs ACC draft prospects we Virginia Techa TMs Malcolm Delaney , Marylanda TMs Greivis Vasquez , Wake Foresta TMs Ty Walker , Miamia TMs DeQuan Jones , and Duke captain Jon Scheyer .

By Jay Neal sports@jacksonvilleprogress.com Coming off one of the best years - record wise - in school history , it would be easy to say that duplicating that record may be almost impossible to do.

Defending champion N.C. A&T is the pick to repeat as winner of the MEAC women's basketball championship this season, according to a vote of the conference's head women's basketball coaches and sports information directors.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: DeShawn Painter and Richard Howell, freshman forwards who stand 6-9 and 6-8, respectively, will get the chance to contribute right away.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: Ari Stewart, a 6-7 freshman forward, isn't likely to have the numbers of the departed James Johnson, but he can score inside and out and is an excellent offensive rebounder.

Wake Forest announced Wednesday that coach Dino Gaudio received a contract extension through the 2013-14 season.

As basketball recruits made the rounds and toured Wake Forest last weekend, a man stepped into Dino Gaudio's office and raised a question.

Rookies chosen with the No. 16 and 27 picks in the NBA draft usually generate low - to no - expectations upon arrival.

Coach: Dino Gaudio . Last season's record: 24-7 overall, 11-5 in ACC . Postseason: Lost in first round of NCAA tournament to Cleveland State.

AMHERST - In many respects, Anthony Gurley is the most tantalizing of the Minutemen.