| A Look At: #9 Wake Forest | ||||
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Mascot: Demon Deacons Head Coach: Dino Gaudio Location: Winston-Salem, NC Distance from UK: 387 miles Conference They Call Home: Atlantic Coast Conference Wake Forest finished 20-10 in the regular season with an ACC record of 9-7. They lost five of their last seven games including a loss at home to ACC basement dweller, North Carolina (I had to). They were one and done in the ACC tournament after suffering a loss to Miami (FL). Coach Dino Guadio's team was a very aggressive rebounding team during the regular season. They were led by the contributions of #1 sophomore forward, Al-farouq Aminu and #10 senior guard Ishmael (Ish) Smith, who averaged 15.8 and 13.5 points per game respectively. Signature wins came at Gonzaga and at home versus Georgia Tech. Aminu led the team in rebounds at 10.8 rebound per game, while "Ish" led the team in assists with 6 per game. The Demon Deacs also boast one of the most dirty players in college basketball in Chas McFarland who will have the duty of guarding DeMarcus Cousins. Previous Game: Opponent: #8 Texas Final Score: 81-80 Wake was led by Al-farouq Aminu and Ishmael Smith in their win over Texas. Smith nearly put up a triple double by going for 19 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists. Aminu chipped in for a 20 point, 15 rebound performance of his own. It took an extra five minutes of play, but Coach Gaudio's team pulled out the victory and advanced. Wake finished with a combined 28 bench points, divided between three players. The Demon Deacons clobbered Texas on the boards with a 56-31 advantage. The Cats led the country, but they will have their hands full with this aggressive team. *Tip-Off is at 8:15 PM ET Comments (2)
abud4me
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... Good summary Josh, I believe we break bout even rebounding wise. But if KY can stay hot from three land and hit only 15 the next two games total. We'll win by double digits in both games. We're a much different team when we get 4 Trey's from the 3 spot, add in a couple/three from Bledsoe and possibly 1 from Wall forcing teams to come out and guard us.....well if that happens each and every game from here on out...getting 7-8 Treys each game, IMHO no one can beat us. We're just too quick, long and explosive for anyone to deal with for forty minutes. And that's the real key whether we're hitting shots or not, if this team plays aggressive with focus for 40 minutes every game our talent we'll be hard to handle. But add in the 7-8 Treys and I don't see anyone beating us. |
WildcatDawg22
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... It's hard to argue that. I don't see anyone in the country beating us if we are hitting threes and doing the little things like boxing out. |
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