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Fast on the heels (no pun intended) of the week’s burning question “what’s wrong with UNC ?” is the next biggie: “How good is Wake Forest?” Short answer: Damn good. The long answer has to start with the late Skip Prosser . With all due props to Dino Gaudio who’s doing a great job according to everyone, Prosser was the architect of this squad, so let’s give him his due up front. He recruited these guys, and to their credit when the Wake coach died suddenly, all of them honored their commitment. If Coach Prosser died with a smile on his face, we know ... Read Full Story

James Johnson had 24 points and 11 rebounds and No. 8 Wake Forest avenged its worst loss of the season by holding off Georgia Tech, 87-69, on Wednesday night. Less than three weeks after the Yellow Jackets stunned the Demon Deacons for their only Atlantic Coast Conference win of the season, Wake Forest saw a 23-point lead cut to five before pulling away behind Johnson's dominance inside. The sophomore hit 10 of 12 shots and was two points shy of his career high, helping Wake shoot 57 percent from the field. Jeff Teague added 15 points for Wake Forest (20-4, 7-4), freshman Al-Farouq Aminu ... Read Full Story

We might have jinxed Wake Forest when, during a conversation about the difficulty of winning road games in the ACC, we declared that there were only two easy outs – Georgia Tech and Virginia. Oops. AP - It took a lot to overshadow a rare Atlantic Coast Conference matchup of brothers, both of whom had a double-double. Iman Shumpert found a way. The freshman hit a pull-up jumper with one second remaining to lift Georgia Tech to its first ACC win, a 76-74 upset of Wake Forest (No. 4 ESPN/USA Today, No. 6 AP) on Saturday. Shumpert had only five points before tying the ... Read Full Story

Wake Forest guard Jeff Teague declared for the NBA draft on Wednesday but did not hire an agent, leaving his coach confident he'll return to school for his junior season. The 6-foot-2 Teague averaged a team-best 18.8 points and dished out 110 assists for the Demon Deacons this past season. He's scored 1,000 points in his two-year college career. Teague will be able to attend pre-draft workouts with NBA teams. By not signing with an agent, he'll have until June 15 to withdraw from the draft and return to school. The draft is June 25. "This will be a chance for Jeff to be ... Read Full Story

N0. 8 WAKE FOREST 89, GEORGIA TECH 67 – Last time these two met, the cellar-dweller Yellow Jackets upset the Demon Deacons. Not this time. Wake’s James Johnson caught the opening tip and drove in for a thunderous dunk, the beginning of a dominant 24-point, 11-rebound performance to lead the Deacs to a relatively easy win. The opening throw down was part of a dominating stretch where Wake Forest raced to leads of 25-5 and 48-25 on Johnson's 3-pointer late in the first half. After Georgia Tech's 3-point shooting helped cut the deficit to five early in the second half, Johnson went to work ... Read Full Story