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

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).

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]

Roster

2000–01 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team
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
Feb 3, 2001	No. 16	at No. 11 Virginia	L 71-82	15–6 (4–5)	University Hall  Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb 6, 2001	No. 19	No. 1 North Carolina	L 74-80	15–7 (4–6)	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

Main article: 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

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