2003–04 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team

2003–04 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
APNo. 17
Record21–10 (9–7 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coachDino Gaudio (3rd season)
MVPTaron Downey
CaptainTaron Downey
Jamaal Levy
Justin Gray
Home arenaLJVM Coliseum
Seasons
2003–04 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 Duke 13 – 3   .813 31 – 6   .838
No. 15 NC State 11 – 5   .688 21 – 10   .677
No. 17 Wake Forest 9 – 7   .563 21 – 10   .677
No. 14 Georgia Tech 9 – 7   .563 28 – 10   .737
No. 18 North Carolina 8 – 8   .500 19 – 11   .633
No. 19 Maryland† 7 – 9   .438 20 – 12   .625
Florida State 6 – 10   .375 19 – 14   .576
Virginia 6 – 10   .375 18 – 13   .581
Clemson 3 – 13   .188 10 – 18   .357
† 2004 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2003–04 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team represented Wake Forest University during the 2003–04 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

Roster

2003–04 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
PG 3 Chris Paul 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr West Forsyth Lewisville, North Carolina
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: August 22, 2020

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular season
November 20*
 No. 20 vs. Memphis
Coaches vs. Cancer Classic 		W 85–76  1–0
 Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
November 22*
 No. 18 Elon W 97–55  2–0
 LJVM Coliseum 
Winston-Salem, NC
November 29*
 No. 18 at Yale W 86–61  3–0
  
Bridgeport, CT
December 2*
 No. 18 Indiana
ACC–Big Ten Challenge 		W 100–67  4–0
 LJVM Coliseum 
Winston-Salem, NC
December 6*
 No. 18 Richmond W 81–66  5–0
 LJVM Coliseum 
Winston-Salem, NC
December 15*
 No. 14 at SMU W 78–66  6–0
  
Dallas, TX
December 20
 No. 14 at No. 4 North Carolina W 119–114 3OT 7–0
(1–0) 		Dean Smith Center 
Chapel Hill, NC
December 30*
 No. 6 North Carolina A&T W 91–67  8–0
 LJVM Coliseum 
Winston-Salem, NC
January 3*
 No. 6 New Mexico W 70–61  9–0
 LJVM Coliseum 
Winston-Salem, NC
January 6*
 No. 5 Brown W 86–47  10–0
 LJVM Coliseum 
Winston-Salem, NC
January 10
 No. 5 Clemson W 78–63  11–0
(2–0) 		LJVM Coliseum 
Winston-Salem, NC
January 13*
 No. 4 at No. 18 Texas L 81–94  11–1
  
Austin, TX
January 17
 No. 4 at No. 2 Duke L 72–84  11–2
(2–1) 		Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
January 20
 No. 10 No. 11 Georgia Tech L 66–73  11–3
(2–2) 		LJVM Coliseum 
Winston-Salem, NC
January 25
 No. 10 at Florida State L 70–75  11–4
(2–3) 		 
Tallahassee, FL
January 29
 No. 19 Maryland W 93–85  12–4
(3–3) 		LJVM Coliseum 
Winston-Salem, NC
January 31
 No. 19 Virginia W 91–78  13–4
(4–3) 		LJVM Coliseum 
Winston-Salem, NC
February 4
 at NC State L 68–73  13–5
(4–4) 		 
Raleigh, NC
February 7
 CBS 		No. 16 No. 17 North Carolina L 73–79  13–6
(4–5) 		LJVM Coliseum 
Winston-Salem, NC
February 12
 No. 20 at Clemson W 82–67  14–6
(5–5) 		Littlejohn Coliseum 
Clemson, SC
February 15*
 No. 20 No. 13 Cincinnati W 91–85  15–6
 LJVM Coliseum 
Winston-Salem, NC
February 18
 No. 15 No. 3 Duke W 90–84  16–6
(6–5) 		LJVM Coliseum 
Winston-Salem, NC
February 22
 No. 15 at No. 18 Georgia Tech W 80–76  17–6
(7–5) 		 
Atlanta, GA
February 25
 No. 11 Florida State W 90–87 OT 18–6
(8–5) 		LJVM Coliseum 
Winston-Salem, NC
February 28
 No. 11 at Maryland W 91–83  19–6
(9–5) 		 
College Park, MD
March 2
 No. 11 at Virginia L 82–84  19–7
(9–6) 		 
Charlottesville, VA
March 6
 No. 11 No. 16 NC State L 70–81  19–8
(9–7) 		LJVM Coliseum 
Winston-Salem, NC
ACC tournament
March 12*
 No. 15 vs. Maryland
ACC tournament 		L 86–87  19–9
  
Greensboro, NC
NCAA tournament
March 18*
 CBS 		(4) No. 17 vs. (13) VCU
First Round 		W 79–78[1]  20–9
  
Raleigh, NC
March 20*
 CBS 		(4) No. 17 vs. (12) Manhattan
Second Round 		W 84–80  21–9
  
Raleigh, NC
March 25*
10:00 p.m., CBS 		(4) No. 17 vs. (1) No. 5 St. Joseph's
Sweet Sixteen 		L 80–84  21–10
  
East Rutherford, NJ
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Standard Time.

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References

  1. ^ "Paul's late FTs lift Wake past VCU". ESPN. March 18, 2004. Retrieved July 27, 2023.[dead link‍]
  2. ^ 2014-15 Wake Forest Demon Deacon's men's basketball media guide Archived 2015-05-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-May-22.