Al-Farouq Aminu

There isn't much familiar about Wake Forest's program these days.The top scorer jumped early to the NBA. The best returning big man wound up planning to transfer out of the program following an arrest and suspension.The former coach — the longtime right-hand man to the late Skip Prosser — was fired after his second straight NCAA tournament appearance."It's different, but it's part of a program," sixth man Gary Clark said Wednesday. "They come and they go. You just make the best of it every...Read Full Story

The NBA-owned New Orleans Hornets have reached an agreement to trade All-Star guard Chris Paul to the Los Angeles Clippers, sports cable channel ESPN reported.The Hornets would receive guard Eric Gordon, center Chris Kaman, forward Al-Farouq Aminu and a first-round draft pick from the Clippers.The Clippers also get two second-round draft picks.Nothing is official as the deal is still awaiting approval from the league, ESPN said citing sources.The 26-year-old Paul is a four-time All-Star who...Read Full Story

Eager to fill a hole at small forward, the Los Angeles Clippers selected Al-Farouq Aminu of Wake Forest with the eighth pick in the NBA draft on Thursday night."You see 100 times people walk across the stage and shake hands, but when it happens to you, it's like unreal," he said in a conference call from New York. "I can't really explain in words how I feel. I just can't wait to get there."The 6-foot-9 forward from Norcross, Ga., left school after his sophomore season. Aminu led the Demon...Read Full Story

If you turned off the T.V. in overtime with the Demon Deacons trailing Texas by eight points, be assured you weren’t the only one of little faith.Wake Forest looked all but dead and headed straight back to Winston-Salem after blowing two double-digit leads and committing a dumb turnover to allow the Horns to stretch the game to the extra frame.But Texas, who was once ranked No. 1 but has floundered since, had one blown lead left of their own.Ishmael Smith's pull-up jumper from about 17 feet...Read Full Story

Posted by Yahoo! News: Sports News on 07 Apr 2010 under Sports AP - Dino Gaudio went from coach of the No. 1 team in the nation to out of a job in 15 months. Sphere: Related Content See also . . . "AP - Wake Forest has fired men's basketball coach Dino Gaudio after three..."Wake Forest Stuns Texas (video)"..."Wake Forest beats Clemson at home again, 70-65 (AP)"AP - Al-Farouq Aminu broke out of his slump with 18 points and 12 rebounds, and Wake Forest continued its home dominance of...Read Full Story

Miles Plumlee had career highs of 19 points and 14 rebounds, younger brother Mason Plumlee added 11 points and No. 8 Duke pulled away to beat Wake Forest 90-70 on Sunday night.Kyle Singler added 21 points and 15 rebounds and Nolan Smith had 20 points for the Blue Devils (15-2, 3-1 Atlantic Coast Conference). They overcame a defense determined to stop leading scorer Jon Scheyer, broke the game open with 13 straight points midway through the second half and rolled to their 13th straight win at...Read Full Story

Citing a pattern of poor late-season finishes and a 1-5 record in the postseason, Wake Forest fired men’s basketball coach Dino Gaudio citing late season swoons and poor performances in the ACC and NCAA tournaments.Gaudio, 53, went 61-31 in three seasons but just 1-5 in the ACC and NCAA tournaments and had four years remaining on his contract. The timing of the decision, almost three weeks after the season ended and six months after Gaudio received a contract extension, left the Wake players...Read Full Story

Wake Forest forward Al-Farouq Aminu declared for the NBA draft on Thursday and announced he will hire an agent, ensuring his departure with two years of eligibility remaining.The 6-foot-9 Aminu averaged 15.8 points this season and became the first Wake Forest player since Tim Duncan in 1997 to lead the Atlantic Coast Conference in rebounding at 10.7 per game."This was a difficult decision," Aminu said in a statement. "But after talking it over with my family and my coaches, I believe now is...Read Full Story

C.J. Harris scored 19 points and Wake Forest upset No. 17 Gonzaga 77-75 on Saturday in a physical matchup that featured several technicals and the game-changing ejection of Gonzaga's second-leading scorer and top rebounder.Freshman reserve Ari Stewart scored 17 for Wake Forest (5-2), which was coming off consecutive losses.Matt Bouldin scored 22 for Gonzaga (6-2), which had won five in a row.Gonzaga was in control 31-22 late in the first half, when a flagrant foul by freshman Elias Harris on...Read Full Story

Darius Miller scored a career-high 20 points and top-seeded Kentucky made easy work of No. 9-seeded Wake Forest during a 90-60 rout Saturday night in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.Miller scored 16 points in the first half to help the Wildcats build an early double-digit lead that ballooned beyond 30 in the second half.Al-Farouq Aminu led Wake Forest (20-11) with 16 points and eight rebounds. C.J. Harris scored 11 points off the bench, while Ishmael Smith dished out a team-best four...Read Full Story