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ROSTER 2002-03 PREVIEW 2002-03ROSTER u alphabetical No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Class Ppg. Rpg. Hometown (Previous School) 2 Scott Benken F 6-7 215 So. ------, OH (Elder HS) 13 Vytas Danelius* F 6-8 228 So. 6.6 4.2 Kaunas, Lithuania (Indianapolis {IN} Park Tudor) 4 Taron Downey* G 6-2 171 So. 4.7 1.4 Oxford, NC (Fork Union Military Academy) 0 Chris Ellis F 6-8 250 Fr. ------Marietta, GA (Marietta) 1 Justin Gray G 6-2 185 Fr. ------Charlotte, NC (Oak Hill {VA} Academy) 5 *** F 6-6 203 Sr. 13.9 7.7 Winston-Salem, NC (Hargrave {VA} Academy) 23 Richard Joyce G-F 6-5 200 Fr. ------Mount Airy, NC (Oak Hill {VA} Academy) 33 Steve Lepore* G 6-5 202 Sr. 4.5 2.5 North Olmsted, OH (Northwestern University) 10 Jamaal Levy* F 6-9 180 So. 2.7 2.0 Panama City, Panama (Berkshire {FL} Academy) 53 Dshamal Schoetz C 7-0 263 Jr. ------Cottbus, Germany (High {NC} Wesleyan Academy) 34 Trent Strickland G 6-5 190 Fr. ------East Flat Rock, NC (Hargrave {VA} Academy) 20 Alan Williams** G 6-3 177 Jr. 0.5 0.2 Memphis, TN (Briarcrest Christian) 31 Eric Williams C 6-9 270 Fr. ------Wake Forest, NC (Wake Forest-Rolesville) * letters won

u numerical No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Class Ppg. Rpg. Hometown (Previous School) 0 Chris Ellis F 6-8 250 Fr. ------Marietta, GA (Marietta) 1 Justin Gray G 6-2 185 Fr. ------Charlotte, NC (Oak Hill {VA} Academy) 2 Scott Benken F 6-7 215 So. ------Cincinnati, OH (Elder HS) 4 Taron Downey* G 6-2 171 So. 4.7 1.4 Oxford, NC (Fork Union Military Academy) 5 Josh Howard*** F 6-6 203 Sr. 13.9 7.7 Winston-Salem, NC (Hargrave {VA} Academy) 10 Jamaal Levy* F 6-9 180 So. 2.7 2.0 Panama City, Panama (Berkshire {FL} Academy) 13 Vytas Danelius* F 6-8 228 So. 6.6 4.2 Kaunas, Lithuania (Indianapolis {IN} Park Tudor) 20 Alan Williams** G 6-3 177 Jr. 0.5 0.2 Memphis, TN (Briarcrest Christian) 23 Richard Joyce G-F 6-5 200 Fr. ------Mount Airy, NC (Oak Hill {VA} Academy) wakeforestsports.com 31 Eric Williams C 6-9 270 Fr. ------Wake Forest, NC (Wake Forest-Rolesville) 33 Steve Lepore* G 6-5 202 Sr. 4.5 2.5 North Olmsted, OH (Northwestern University) 34 Trent Strickland G 6-5 190 Fr. ------East Flat Rock, NC (Hargrave {VA} Academy) 53 Dshamal Schoetz C 7-0 263 Jr. ------Cottbus, Germany (High Point {NC} Wesleyan Academy) * letters won

Head Coach - (Merchant Marine Academy ‘72); 21-13 (.618) in 2nd year at Wake Forest; 186-91 (.671) in nine years overall Assistants - Jeff Battle (Marshall ‘85), ( ‘81), (Xavier ‘92) Director of Operations - (Xavier ‘98)

Pronunciations By Class By State/Country By Height By Position Scott Benken Seniors North Carolina 7-0 Dshamal Schoetz Guards Scott BANK-in Josh Howard Taron Downey (Oxford) 6-9 Eric Williams Taron Downey Vytas Danelius Steve Lepore Justin Gray (Charlotte) 6-9 Jamaal Levy Justin Gray vee-tus dan-a-loose Juniors Josh Howard (Winston-Salem) 6-8 Vytas Danelius Richard Joyce Jamaal Levy Dshamal Schoetz Richard Joyce (Mt. Airy) 6-8 Chris Ellis Steve Lepore Ja-mal Lev-E Alan Williams Trent Strickland (E. Flat Rock) 6-7 Scott Benken Trent Strickland Steve Lepore Sophomores Eric Williams (Wake Forest) 6-6 Josh Howard Alan Williams Steve la-pour Scott Benken Georgia 6-5 Richard Joyce Forwards Dshamal Schoetz Vytas Danelius Chris Ellis (Marietta) 6-5 Steve Lepore Scott Benken Ja-mal Shetz Taron Downey Ohio 6-5 Trent Strickland Vytas Danelius Jamaal Levy Scott Benken (Cincinnati) 6-3 Alan Williams Chris Ellis Freshmen Steve Lepore (N. Olmsted) 6-2 Justin Gray Josh Howard Chris Ellis Tennessee 6-2 Taron Downey Jamaal Levy Justin Gray Alan Williams (Memphis) Centers Richard Joyce Panama Dshamal Schoetz Trent Strickland Jamaal Levy (Panama City) Eric Williams Eric Williams Germany Dshamal Schoetz (Cottbus) Lithuania Vytas Danelius (Kaunas)

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Chris Ellis Justin Gray Scott Benken Taron Downey Josh Howard 0 u Fr. u F u 6-8 u 250 1 u Fr. u G u 6-2 u 185 2 u So. u F u 6-7 u 215 4 u So. u G u 6-2 u 171 5 u Sr. u F u 6-6 u 203 wakeforestsports.com

Jamaal Levy Vytas Danelius Alan Williams Richard Joyce Eric Williams 10 u So. u F u 6-9 u 180 13 u So. u F u 6-8 u 228 20 u Jr. u G u 6-3 u 177 23 u Fr. u G-F u 6-5 u 200 31 u Fr. u C u 6-9 u 270

Steve Lepore Trent Strickland Dshamal Schoetz 33 u Sr. u G u 6-5 u 202 34 u Fr. u G u 6-5 u 190 53 u Jr. u C u 7-0 u 263

Skip Prosser Jeff Battle Dino Gaudio Chris Mack Pat Kelsey u Head Coach u Associate Head Coach u Assistant Coach u Assistant Coach u Director/Basketball Operations

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percentages returning in ‘02-03 Scoring 37.3% Rebounding 46.4% TheOUTLOOK Assists 33.1% u All-American Candidate Josh Howard To Lead One Of Steals 40.5% Nation’s Youngest Teams In 2002-03 Blocked Shots 41.4% To say the 2002-03 Wake Forest team will have a rebounds, and he led the team in steals. 3-Point Field Goals 36.3% different look is more than a mild understatement. “I wouldn’t trade him for anybody in the league,” To call this year’s Demon Deacon team young is like Prosser said. “He can have a break-out senior year. career games saying Tiger Woods can play a little golf. If he gets stronger and improves his shooting played/started Gone are five veteran seniors who combined to range, he could have a spectacular season.” GP GS play in more than 600 career games, including for- Howard was playing the best basketball of his ward , a second team All-ACC selec- career just before suffering a high ankle sprain in Josh Howard 96 88 tion and a second-round pick in the NBA Draft. Also early February. He scored 21 points in a key win at Taron Downey 34 10 gone are three other starters -- Antwan Scott, NC State, tossed in a career-high-tying 24 points in Vytas Danelius 34 2 Broderick Hicks and Craig Dawson -- as well as Ervin a home win over North Carolina and he had a dou- Murray. ble-double (18 points, 15 rebounds) in a narrow Steve Lepore 31 2 “I am very proud of those seniors,” said head road loss at eventual national champion Maryland. Jamaal Levy 30 1 coach Skip Prosser, who enters his second year at After finally recovering from the ankle injury, Alan Williams 16 0 Wake Forest after seven successful seasons at Howard was slowed once more during the off-sea- Xavier. “They worked hard and did everything we son with a stress reaction in his shin. He should, Scott Benken 0 0 asked of them.” however, be at 100 percent when practice begins Chris Ellis 0 0 This year’s Deacon team includes 11 scholarship Oct. 12. Justin Gray 0 0 players including five freshmen, four sophomores This season, Howard will have to be a leader and and one junior. The junior -- 7-0 Dshamal set an example for the host of young players on the Richard Joyce 0 0 Schoetz -- has never played in a college game. squad. Dshamal Schoetz 0 0 The good news for Wake Forest is that the nine “Josh has been a very good complementary play- Trent Strickland 0 0 freshmen and sophomores are talented. er,” Prosser said. “This year his role will be much dif- Sophomores Taron Downey, Vytas Danelius and ferent.” Eric Williams 0 0 Jamaal Levy played key roles for last year’s 21-13 Howard will receive strong consideration for ACC team that advanced to the second round of the Preseason Player of the Year, and he’s on the pre- team breakdown NCAA Tournament. season list of candidates for the prestigious John R. 2001-02 Record 21-13 “I think we will be talented, but not nearly as Wooden Award. experienced,” Prosser said. “We only have two sen- The other senior is 6-5 Steve ACC Record 9-7 iors and one junior. We have to Lepore (4.5 ppg.), who suffered a knee injury (rup- ACC Finish 3rd (tie) get contributions from fresh- tured patella tendon) in last year’s ACC men and it’s a scary proposi- Tournament. Lepore, a former Northwestern trans- wakeforestsports.com ACC Tournament 1-1 tion counting on freshmen.” fer, will be a valuable part of the rotation, but he NCAA Tournament 1-1 Wake’s best news is may not be at full strength until November or Starters Returning 1 that senior Josh Howard December. Josh Howard (Sr., F) is back. If Lepore can return quickly and to the Starters Lost 4 Howard (13.9 form he had as a two-year starter at Darius Songaila (17.9 ppg.) points and 7.7 Northwestern (118 three-point field goals, Craig Dawson (12.4 ppg.) rebounds per 477 points in two seasons), it would be a Antwan Scott (10.0 ppg.) game) will be one huge bonus for the Deacons. Broderick Hicks (9.6 ppg.) of the premier Another unknown for Wake Forest is jun- Lettermen Returning 5 players in the ACC. ior center Dshamal Schoetz. The seven-foot- Josh Howard (Sr., F) The senior small er was redshirted by then-head coach Dave Vytas Danelius (So., F) forward is one of Odom in 2000-01. Last year he suffered a sea- Taron Downey (So., G) the nation’s son-ending knee injury in October and sat out Steve Lepore (Sr., G) most versatile the entire season. He’s back for his third year at Jamaal Levy (So., F) players. At 6- Wake Forest, but looking for his first taste of the Newcomers 5 6, he ranked action. Chris Ellis (Fr., F) second in The other three returning lettermen are sopho- Justin Gray (Fr., G) the ACC in mores -- point guard Taron Downey (4.7 ppg.), for- Richard Joyce (Fr., G-F) offensive ward Vytas Danelius (6.6 ppg. and 4.2 rpg.) and for- Trent Strickland (Fr., G) ward Jamaal Levy (2.7 ppg.). Eric Williams (Fr., C) The first month of last season, Downey was a sel- dom-used reserve. Beginning in January, however, Other Returnees 1 Downey emerged as a starter. He started 10 games, Dshamal Schoetz (Jr., C) averaging more than 16 minutes of action per con- test. The southpaw sank 29 three-point field goals and dished out 63 assists. Danelius learned a great deal last season from fel- low Lithuanian Darius Songaila. Danelius (pro- nounced dan-a-loose) played in all 34 games, start- Senior Josh Howard is ed twice, and was one of the league’s best reserves a preseason candidate last year. for the John R. Wooden Levy is hoping to pick up right where he left off. Award.

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He concluded his freshman season by scoring 10 points, including a three-pointer, and grabbing four 2002-03 schedule rebounds against nationally-ranked Oregon in the N27 YALE 7:00 second round of the NCAA Tournament. D1 TEMPLE 6:30 “Those three guys (Downey, Danelius and Levy) D4 at Wisconsin 9:30 worked hard this summer,” Prosser said. “All three of them have a chance to be good players.” D15 SMU 6:30 Wake’s five highly-touted freshmen could play a D18 SC STATE 7:00 major role this season. Correction. Wake’s five D21 ST. JOHN’S 3:30 freshmen must play a major role this season. Center Eric Williams, 6-9, is the most decorated D28 NC A&T 2:00 of the newcomers. The McDonald’s and Parade All- D30 BETHUNE-COOKMAN 7:00 American, conservatively listed at 270 pounds, J4 at Richmond 4:00 gives Wake Forest instant bulk in the paint. Williams, who averaged 28 points and 14 rebounds per game J7 ELON 7:00 last season at Wake Forest-Rolesville High School, J12 at Duke 6:30 will be expected to replace some of the scoring and J15 MARYLAND 9:00 rebounding void left by Songaila and Scott. Chris Ellis (6-8, 250) also gives the Deacons size Senior Steve Lepore J19 GEORGIA TECH 6:30 could give Wake and strength in the middle. He is a very athletic J23 at Virginia 7:00 post player who averaged 15 points and 12 Forest a huge boost if he can completely J26 FLORIDA STATE 1:00 rebounds per game last season for a strong recover from knee Marietta (GA) High School team. surgery. J28 at Clemson 7:00 F2 at North Carolina 5:30 u Quote F6 NC STATE 7:00 “I wouldn’t trade (Josh Howard) for anyone in the league. He can have a break-out senior year. If he gets stronger and improves his shooting range, he could have a spectacular season.” -- Skip Prosser F9 at Marquette 1:30 will give the Deacons depth at the big guard and F13 DUKE 7:00 Richard Joyce (6-5, 200) grew up a short distance small forward positions. F16 at Maryland 8:00 from the WFU campus in Mount Airy, then played Justin Gray (6-2, 185) also provides the Deacons F20 at Georgia Tech 7:00 his senior year of high school at powerful Oak Hill with versatility. Gray, a Charlotte (NC) native who (VA) Academy. Joyce originally committed to the teamed with Joyce at powerhouse Oak Hill (VA) F23 VIRGINIA 6:30 Odom-coached Wake Forest staff, then re-commit- wakeforestsports.com Academy last winter, is expected to see F26 at Florida State 9:00 ted when Prosser came on board action at both guard positions this year. M1 CLEMSON 4:00 last spring. Joyce Trent Strickland (6-5, 190) signed with the Deacons in the spring after a successful year M5 NORTH CAROLINA 9:00 at Hargrave (VA) Military Academy. M8 at NC State 1:30 Strickland is a wing player with outstanding M13-16 ACC Tournament athletic ability. How quickly the freshmen adjust to the intensity level of Division I basketball could deacon coaching be a key to Wake’s fortunes in 2002-03. staff “Freshmen, being freshmen, have very Head Coach little appreciation of what it takes to be Skip Prosser competitive in this league,” Prosser said. “They call them growing pains because Alma Mater, Year it’s painful.” U.S. Merchant Marine As expected, the Deacons will force Academy, 1972 the tempo again this season. Last year Record at school (years) the Deacons were among the nation’s 21-13 (one) highest-scoring teams. Career Record “We’ll press more than last year, 186-91 (.671) in nine sea- but not as much as we will down the sons road,” Prosser said. “It’s a mentality as much as a function of athleticism. Basketball Office Phone 336-758-5622 We are working on that mentality.” The Deacons’ strength could be Best Time to Reach their athleticism, as well as their Coach versatility. Howard, Downey, Gray, Contact Media Relations Joyce and Strickland can play mul- Assistant Coaches (alma tiple positions. mater, year) The non-conference portion of Jeff Battle (Marshall, 1985) the 2002-03 schedule will be Dino Gaudio (Ohio, 1981) challenging. The Deacons face Chris Mack (Xavier, 1993) road games at Wisconsin, Director of Basketball Marquette and Richmond and Operations home games with Temple, St. Pat Kelsey (Xavier, 1998) Sophomore John’s, SMU, among others. forward Vytas The Deacons begin ACC play Danelius shot Jan. 12 at Duke, followed by a 56.6 percent home game with defending NCAA from the field champion Maryland. last season.

WAKE FOREST BASKETBALL 2002-03 41 NOTING THE DEACONS 2002-03 PREVIEW DeaconNOTEBOOK Player of the Year in back-to-back seasons in 1954 and 1955.

u prosser begins sophomore season Skip Prosser reached several milestones in 2001- 02 -- his first season as the Demon Deacon head coach: u Prosser’s nine ACC wins were the fourth-most by a rookie coach in the 49-year history of the Taron Downey league. started 10 u His 21 wins overall were the most by a Wake games last Forest first-year head coach since 1927. Josh season as a u Prosser was the first rookie WFU coach to freshman. win on the road at NC State and North Carolina. HOWARD: u u He became the first coach in NCAA history to 2003 all-american more j-ho lead three different schools to the NCAA candidate numbers Tournament in his first year at each school. Senior Josh Howard’s u deacs look for lucky 13th straight HOWARD’S RANKING IN THE 2002 ACC STATISTICS numbers show Wake Forest enters the 2002-03 season having just how ver- appeared in postseason play 12 Offensive rebounds 3rd satile he can consecutive seasons. That’s the Consecutive FG percentage 6th be. Among all longest current streak in the Postseason Total rebounds 7th returning players ACC, ahead of second-place Appearances Blocked shots 8th in the ACC this Maryland, which has nine Wake Forest 12 Steals 9th season, Howard straight postseason appear- Maryland 9 ranks second in scor- ances. Duke 7 Scoring 15th Virginia 3 ing, per- Nine of Wake’s 12 consecu- Georgia Tech 2 centage, steals and tive postseason appearances NC State 1 HOWARD IN THE WAKE offensive rebounds; have come in the NCAA Clemson 0 FOREST RECORD BOOKS third in rebounds and Tournament. The last time the Florida State 0 Career steals 6th fourth in blocked shots Deacons failed to qualify for the North Carolina 0 Career blocked shots 8th and double-doubles. NCAA or NIT came in 1990.

wakeforestsports.com Career rebounding 22nd Howard and Virginia’s Travis Watson are the only Career scoring 30th returning ACC players who have earned all-conference LEADING RETURNING honors twice. Howard was SCORERS IN THE ACC second team All-ACC in 2001 and third team in Travis Watson (VA) 14.1 2002. Josh Howard (WF) 13.9 Edward Scott (CU) 11.9 u five former deacons named to ACC Chris Hobbs (CU) 11.6 50th anniversary team (DU) 11.2 Five former Wake Forest standouts were named to the prestigious ACC 50th Anniversary Team, which was announced in late September. The 50- LEADING RETURNING man team was selected by a blue ribbon panel. REBOUNDERS IN THE ACC , Randolph Childress, Charlie Davis, Travis Watson (VA) 9.7 and represent Wake Ray Henderson (CU) 8.8 Forest on the team. Josh Howard (WF) 7.7 Chappell was a two-time All-American who led Ed Nelson (GT) 6.9 Wake Forest to its only Final Four appearance in 1962. Chris Hobbs (CU) 6.1 Childress is Wake’s all-time leader in three-point field ACC’S JOHN WOODEN goals, ranks second in career AWARD CANDIDATES points, and will always be Maryland remembered for his heroics Chris Duhon Duke in helping the Deacons win the 1995 ACC Josh Howard Wake Forest Tournament. Davis, currently the athletic director at Bowie State, averaged more points Dahntay Jones Duke per game (24.9) than any player in school his- Travis Watson Virginia tory. Duncan, the 2002 NBA MVP, led Wake to four straight 20-win seasons and earned All- American honors twice. Hemric, Wake’s all- time leading scorer and rebounder, was the ACC Head coach Skip Prosser.

42 WAKE FOREST BASKETBALL 2002-03 NOTING THE DEACONS 2002-03 PREVIEW u acc/big 10 challenge -- part IV by the numbers The ACC/Big 10 Challenge, which originated dur- most ACC wins in ing the 2000-01 season, has been a good event for freshmen are on the Wake Forest roster this sea- first season Wake Forest. The Demon Deacons are a perfect 3-0, 5son. Coach (Year) W-L with wins over Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota. North Carolinians are on the Demon Deacon ros- Matt Doherty, NC (2001) 13-3 The Deacons and Duke are the only teams 3-0 in 6ter. , NC (1998) 13-3 the event. Michigan State is 2-0 and the Spartans’ teams ranked in ESPN.com’s preseason top 50 , ST (1965) 10-3 game last season with Virginia was postponed. 9are on the Wake Forest schedule in 2002-03. Skip Prosser, WF (2002) 9-7 Wake’s perfect record in the Challenge will be straight years Wake has finished in the top five tested this season. The Deacons play at Wisconsin , ST (1991) 8-6 of the ACC standings. Dec. 4 in their first road game of the season. 10 , DU (1970) 8-6 consecutive postseason appearances by Wake , GT (2001) 8-8 u the acc is tops 12 Forest -- the longest current streak in the ACC. , DU (1960) 7-7 Since 1985, no conference has performed better career double-doubles have been registered by , NC (1962) 7-7 in the postseason than the ACC. Since 1988, the 12 Josh Howard. ACC has made 17 Final Four appearances while the more wins needed to give coach Skip Prosser most wins vs. #1- Big Ten is second with 12 Final Four teams. More on 14 200 career victories. ranked team by the ACC in the NCAA Tournament: percent winning percentage Wake Forest ACC coaches u The ACC has produced the last two NCAA 80.2 owns at Lawrence Joel Coliseum (158-39). (DU) 5 champions (Duke in 2001 and Maryland in 2002). points per game WFU averaged last season, u The ACC is the only league to have at least one (MD) 4 ranking seventh nationally. team in the Final Four in each of the last six years. 82.0 Skip Prosser (WF) 2 u Since 1985, the ACC leads all conferences in career 3-point field goals by Steve Lepore, (ST) 1 NCAA Tournament wins (182), Sweet 16 appear- 147 including his two seasons at Northwestern. (CU) 1 ances (51), and Final Four appearances (18). career points scored by senior Josh u Howard. The ACC has had at least one consensus All- 1159 active coaches to American in each of the past 12 years -- the longest miles, one-way, Wake traveled last year for take 3 teams to active streak by any league. 2685 its first-round NCAA Tournament game. NCAA tournament u An all-time high 154 televised games involving ACC teams are on tap Dave Bliss for 2002-03. Mike Deane Skip Prosser

Don DeVoe wakeforestsports.com u always on sunday (it seems) Nine times this season Wake Forest will play on Jerry Tarkanian Sunday. In all but one of those games, the Deacons will be playing on Fox Sports Net TV. Conversely, Billy Tubbs Wake will play on Saturday just five times in 2002- Bob Weltlich 03. The Deacons have Saturdays off between Jan. 5 Mike Jarvis Gary Williams and March 1. acc/big 10 chal- u athletic families lenge records Senior Steve Lepore’s brother, Chris, was an All- Wake Forest 3-0 American defensive back at Navy... Freshman Chris Duke 3-0 Ellis’ father, Dale, was a standout performer at Michigan State 2-0 Tennessee and for many years in the NBA... Indiana 1-0 Freshman Eric Williams’ mother (basketball) and father (football) played college athletics at Ohio State 1-0 Livingstone College... Alan Williams’ father played Clemson 2-1 basketball at Washington & Lee. Maryland 2-1 Minnesota 2-1 u miscellaneous NC State 2-1 Last season assistant coach Dino Gaudio was Michigan 1-1 ranked in the top 10 for “best dressed assistant Virginia 1-1 coaches” by collegesportsinsider.com... four of Wake’s five-man senior class last season are wake opponents in planning to play professionally this season -- Darius Songaila (Moscow), Craig Dawson (Italy), the preseason polls Antwan Scott (Israel) and Ervin Murray Team ESPN ATH *S&S (NBDL)... the Deacon lockerroom in Lawrence Duke 6 6 4 Joel Coliseum has been completely renovat- Virginia 9 35 23 ed, making it one of the top facilities of its Marquette 19 20 20 kind in ... four Deacons will Maryland 22 25 15 celebrate birthdays during the season -- NC State 32 12 - Sophomore Jamaal Levy (Jan. 8), Richard Joyce (Feb. St. John’s 37 23 - Jamaal Levy fin- 19), Steve Lepore (Feb. 24), Dshamal Wisconsin 43 - 18 ished up his Schoetz (Feb. 24) and Chris Ellis (March 5)... freshman season Ellis’ birthday comes on the same day Georgia Tech 47 29 on a solid note, Wake hosts North Carolina... the Wake North Carolina 50 - - scoring 10 points Radio Network duo of Stan Cotten (play- Temple - 47 - against 11th- ATH = Athlon’s ranked Oregon in by-play) and Mark Freidinger (color analy- S&S = Street & Smith’s (Top 25) the NCAA sis) are back for their seventh year together in Tournament. the booth.

WAKE FOREST BASKETBALL 2002-03 43 DEACON PERSONALITY GRID 2002-03 PREVIEW PersonalityGRID The Most The Best The Best Person In The Most Favorite Impressive Player I’ve Sports History I’d Famous My Best Sport Other Jersey Person I Played Broadcaster My Favorite Most Like To Person I’ve Friend On Than High School Name Number Know Against Is Pro Wrestler Meet Met Another Team Basketball Team Mascot

Chris Dominique The ESPN Dominique Patrick Blue Ellis 0 Wilkins crew Jesus Wilkins Ewing, Jr. Sleeping Devils

Warriors Coach Jeff Jay The Martin Michael Carmelo Justin (Oak Hill) Prosser McGinnis Bilas Undertaker Luther King Jordan Anthony Football Gray Lions 1 (Syracuse) (W. Charlotte)

Scott My Keith Ralph Skip Tim Benken Father Jackson Nay Waldo Prosser Schenke Volleyball Panthers 2 (Xavier) Emerson (Miami, OH)

Osama Bin Corwin My grand- Vince Stuart Sting or Laden Michael Taron Davis parents Carter Scott Ric Flair (because I Jordan Football Warriors Downey (Appalachian 4 need to State) know why)

Josh My Juan Stan Ric Dick Clarence David Howard Mom Dixon Cotten Flair Gregory “Bighouse” West Rugby Bobcats 5 Gaines (Xavier)

Jorsua Jamaal My My Kenny The Michael No Chambers Levy Mother brother Smith Ultimate Jordan one (Dixie State Baseball Braves 10 Warrior Community College) wakeforestsports.com Marius Kestutis Darius What is Algis Darius Vytas Kliokys Danelius Songaila wrestling all Greitai Songaila Soccer Panthers Danelius (Hillsdale 13 about? College)

Dave My Cory Mike George Roger Alan Wilson Dad Bradford Patrick none Bush, Sr. Staubach Golf Saints Williams 20 (Hampden- Sydney)

Warriors My Carmelo Dick Carmen Tim Antwayne Richard (Oak Hill) Dad Anthony Vitale Sting Electra Duncan Robinson Golf Joyce Bears 23 (Temple) (Mt. Airy)

Eric My Great Sagana Dick Stone Cold Frederick Tommy Williams Grand- Diop Vitale Steve Douglas Redman Moore (NC Football Cougars 31 mother Austin Wesleyan)

Stan My A.J. The My Macy David Steve Cotten and Dad Guyton Rock Grandfather Gray Newman Golf Eagles Lepore Howard 33 (Drake) Cosell

Trent My Richard Magic Kobe Cam Strickland Father Joyce Johnson Bryant Bennerman Football Eagles 34 (NC State)

Dshamal Rocky Darius Stan The Tim A.W. Schoetz Manning Songaila Cotten Diesel President Duncan Hamilton Swimming Trojans 53 (Marshall)

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