Coach - Danny Manning (1st season at Wake Forest, 38-29 record at Tulsa, 1 NCAA tournament appearance)
Arena - Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum (14,665 capacity)
2013-14 Record - 17-16 (6-12 ACC)
Game with Pitt - @ Wake Forest Sunday March 1 6:30
Top Returning Players (Italics = projected starter)
-- Codi Miller-Mcintyre 6'3" JR PG 12.6 PPG 4.2 APG
-- Devin Thomas 6'9" JR PF 11.1 PPG 7.5 RPG
-- Madison Jones 6'1" JR PG 3.3 PPG 2.8 APG
-- Andre Washington 7'0" JR C 2.3 PPG 1.8 RPG
-- Aaron Rountree III 6'8" JR SF 1.6 PPG 1.5 RPG
-- Miles Overton 6'4" SO SG 2.9 PPG
Impact Newcomers
-- Darius Leonard 6'9" SR PF Transfer from Campbell
-- Rondale Watson 6'3" FR SG
-- Mitchell Wilbekin 6'1" FR PG three-star on Rivals
The Scoop - Wake Forest will get a new breath of fresh air with Danny Manning taking over the program. He did a nice job at Tulsa in his short tenure there, but will be asked to take a Wake Forest program back to prominence.
The Demon Deacons a are a few years away from being able to compete with the upper echelon of the league. They have some good players in place to at least allow them to stick in a few games this year. Codi Miller-Mcintyre is a very good guard, and had a breakout year last season. He will be tasked to handle the majority of the perimeter scoring. Devin Thomas is a good power forward that will be asked to do a lot of the work inside. There is not a lot other than those two. Look for graduate transfer, Darius Leonard from Campbell, to make an impact.
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