2014–15 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team

2014–15 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball
2014–15 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	13–19 (5–11 ACC)
Head coach	Danny Manning (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Steve Woodberry; Randolph Childress; Brett Ballard;
Home arena	LJVM Coliseum
	Seasons ← 2013–14 2015–16 ⊟

2014–15 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 6 Virginia	16	–	2	.889	30	–	4	.882
No. 4 Duke	15	–	3	.833	35	–	4	.897
No. 8 Notre Dame †	14	–	4	.778	32	–	6	.842
No. 15 North Carolina	11	–	7	.611	26	–	12	.684
Miami (FL)	10	–	8	.556	25	–	13	.658
NC State	10	–	8	.556	22	–	14	.611
Syracuse	9	–	9	.500	18	–	13	.581
Clemson	8	–	10	.444	16	–	15	.516
Florida State	8	–	10	.444	17	–	16	.515
Pittsburgh	8	–	10	.444	19	–	15	.559
Wake Forest	5	–	13	.278	13	–	19	.406
Boston College	4	–	14	.222	13	–	19	.406
Georgia Tech	3	–	15	.167	12	–	19	.387
Virginia Tech	2	–	16	.111	11	–	22	.333
No. 17 Louisville*	0	–	6	.000	0	–	8	.000


† ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll *Louisville: 24 reg. season games, 4 postseason games vacated due to sanctions against the program; Disputed Record-(27-9)(12-6)

The 2014–15 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team represented Wake Forest University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Demon Deacons were led by first-year head coach Danny Manning. The team played home games at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 13–19, 5–11 in ACC play to finish twelfth place. They lost in the first round of the ACC tournament to Virginia Tech.

Previous season

The Demon Deacons finished the season 13–19, 5–13 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for 11th place. They advanced to the second round of the ACC tournament where they lost to Pittsburgh.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Coron Williams	13	G	6'1"	175	GS Senior	Midlothian, VA	Graduated
Miles Overton	20	G	6'4"	210	Sophomore	Philadelphia, PA	Transferred to Drexel
Travis McKie	30	F	6'7"	220	Senior	Richmond, VA	Graduated
Tyler Cavanaugh	34	F	6'9"	230	Sophomore	Dewitt, NY	Transferred to George Washington
Arnaud William Adala Moto	45	F	6'6"	225	Sophomore	Yaoundé, Cameroon	Transferred to Towson

Recruiting

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Mitch Wilbekin Guard	Gainesville, Florida	The Rock School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	May 5, 2014
Mitch Wilbekin Guard	Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Rondale Watson Guard	Lewisburg, West Virginia	Greenbrier East High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sep 18, 2013
Rondale Watson Guard	Star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: ESPN: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2014 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved July 3, 2014.

Roster

2014–15 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Codi Miller-McIntyre	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Hargrave Military Acad.	Concord, NC
G	1	Madison Jones	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Jr	Ravencroft School	Raleigh, NC
F	2	Devin Thomas	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Jr	Central Dauphin HS	Harrisburg, PA
F	4	Daniel Green	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	RS Jr	Grapevine HS	Colleyville, TX
G	10	Mitchell Wilbekin	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Fr	The Rock School	Gainesville, FL
G	11	Greg McClinton	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS Fr	Hargrave Military Acad.	Winston-Salem, NC
F	13	Darius Leonard	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	GS	Kestrel Heights HS	Raleigh, NC
G	23	Rondale Watson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Greenbrier East HS	Lewisburg, WV
F	25	Cornelius Hudson	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Mansfield Timberview HS	Dallas, TX
C	31	Andre Washington	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Jr	Hargrave Military Acad.	Roanoke, VA
F	33	Aaron Rountree III	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Greenfield School	Wilson, NC
G	35	Stephen Prendergast	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Don Bosco Prep	Mahwah, NJ
F	42	Gilbert McGregor	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	RS So	Brewster Academy	New Orleans, LA
G	43	Trent VanHorn	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Canterbury School	Fort Wayne, IN
F	44	Konstantinos Mitoglou	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Fr	Aristoteleio College of Thessaloniki	Thessaloniki, Greece
F	45	Troy Rike	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	St. Ignatius College Preparatory	San Francisco, CA
F	51	Grant O'Brien	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	The Governor's Academy	North Andover, MA
F	52	Doug Niedrich	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Adlai E. Stevenson HS	Kildeer, IL

Head coach

Danny Manning (Kansas)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/07/2014* 7:00 pm	Young Harris	W 96–71		LJVM Coliseum (5,206) Winston-Salem, NC
Regular non-conference season
11/14/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	UNC Asheville	W 80–69	1–0	LJVM Coliseum (9,834) Winston-Salem, NC
11/17/2014* 8:00 pm, ESPN3	at Tulane	W 71–49	2–0	Devlin Fieldhouse (1,922) New Orleans, LA
11/19/2014* 9:00 pm, SECN	at Arkansas	L 53–83	2–1	Bud Walton Arena (14,574) Fayetteville, AR
11/21/2014* 8:30 pm, ESPN3	Iona	L 81–85	2–2	LJVM Coliseum (6,809) Winston-Salem, NC
11/24/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Nicholls State	W 75–48	3–2	LJVM Coliseum (6,045) Winston-Salem, NC
11/26/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Mount St. Mary's	W 83–49	4–2	LJVM Coliseum (7,166) Winston-Salem, NC
11/28/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Delaware State	L 65–72	4–3	LJVM Coliseum (8,064) Winston-Salem, NC
12/02/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPNU	Minnesota ACC–Big Ten Challenge	L 69–84	4–4	LJVM Coliseum (8,112) Winston-Salem, NC
12/06/2014 7:00 pm, ESPNU	at NC State	L 65–78	4–5 (0–1)	PNC Arena (16,615) Raleigh, NC
12/14/2014* 6:00 pm, ESPN3	Samford	W 86–68	5–5	LJVM Coliseum (6,973) Winston-Salem, NC
12/20/2014* 5:00 pm, FS1	vs. Florida Orange Bowl Classic	L 50–63	5–6	BB&T Center (10,175) Sunrise, FL
12/22/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Bucknell	W 60–53	6–6	LJVM Coliseum (9,739) Winston-Salem, NC
12/28/2014* 4:00 pm, NBCSN	at Richmond	W 65–63	7–6	Robins Center (6,279) Richmond, VA
12/31/2014* 1:00 pm, ESPN3	Princeton	W 80–66	8–6	LJVM Coliseum (9,245) Winston-Salem, NC
ACC Regular Season
01/04/2015 8:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 5 Louisville	L 76–85	8–7 (0–2)	LJVM Coliseum (10,862) Winston-Salem, NC
01/07/2015 9:00 pm, ACCN	No. 2 Duke	L 65–73	8–8 (0–3)	LJVM Coliseum (12,651) Winston-Salem, NC
01/10/2015 12:00 pm, ACCN	Georgia Tech	W 76–69	9–8 (1–3)	LJVM Coliseum (11,514) Winston-Salem, NC
01/13/2015 8:00 pm, ACCN	at Syracuse	L 83–86 ^OT	9–9 (1–4)	Carrier Dome (23,367) Syracuse, NY
01/21/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 15 North Carolina	L 71–87	9–10 (1–5)	LJVM Coliseum (13,877) Winston-Salem, NC
01/24/2015 12:00 pm, ACCN	at Clemson	L 57–59	9–11 (1–6)	Littlejohn Coliseum (8,056) Clemson, SC
01/28/2015 7:00 pm, RSN	at Florida State	L 76–82 ^2OT	9–12 (1–7)	Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (6,195) Tallahassee, FL
01/31/2015 2:00 pm, RSN	Virginia Tech	W 73–70	10–12 (2–7)	LJVM Coliseum (11,752) Winston-Salem, NC
02/03/2015 8:00 pm, ACCN	NC State	W 88–84	11–12 (3–7)	LJVM Coliseum (10,904) Winston-Salem, NC
02/07/2015 12:00 pm, RSN	at Georgia Tech	L 59–73	11–13 (3–8)	Hank McCamish Pavilion (6,580) Atlanta, GA
02/11/2015 7:00 pm, RSN	Miami (FL)	W 72–70	12–13 (4–8)	LJVM Coliseum (9,918) Winston-Salem, NC
02/14/2015 2:30 pm, ACCN	at No. 2 Virginia	L 60–61	12–14 (4–9)	John Paul Jones Arena (14,593) Charlottesville, VA
02/17/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN2	at No. 10 Notre Dame	L 75–88	12–15 (4–10)	Purcell Pavilion (8,421) South Bend, IN
02/25/2015 7:00 pm, RSN	No. 2 Virginia	L 34–70	12–16 (4–11)	LJVM Coliseum (10,772) Winston-Salem, NC
03/01/2015 6:30 pm, ESPNU	Pittsburgh	W 69–66	13–16 (5–11)	LJVM Coliseum (10,109) Winston-Salem, NC
03/04/2015 8:00 pm, ACCN	at Duke	L 51–94	13–17 (5–12)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC
03/07/2015 2:30 pm, RSN	at Boston College	L 61–79	13–18 (5–13)	Conte Forum (4,838) Chestnut Hill, MA
ACC tournament
03/10/2015 3:40 pm, ESPN2	vs. Virginia Tech First Round	L 80–81	13–19	Greensboro Coliseum (9,003) Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.^[1].

Season Highs

		Player	Game
Points	31	Devin Thomas	vs. Louisville 1/4/15
Rebounds	18	Devin Thomas	vs. Iona 11/21/14
Assists	7	Codi Miller-McIntyre	vs. Mount St. Mary's 11/26/14
Steals	4	Mitchell Wilbekin/Cornelius Hudson	at Tulane 11/17/14 / vs. Delaware State 11/28/14
Blocks	3	Dinos Mitoglou	vs. Nicholls State 11/24/14

References

^ "2014–15 Schedule". wakeforestsports.com. Archived from the original on October 1, 2011. Retrieved September 5, 2014.

[1] "2014–15 Schedule". wakeforestsports.com. Archived from the original on October 1, 2011. Retrieved September 5, 2014.

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