Wake’s First 100 Seasons 1906 Wake Forest participated in the first college bas- 1916 Ten years after 1919 (Jan. 20) The 1927 Under first-year 1936 (Feb. 7) Wake ketball game played in North Carolina. Some historical starting basketball at 100th win in the history Deacon head coach Forest becomes a mem- accounts have Wake Forest College losing to Guilford, Wake Forest, J.R. of the program was a 25- James Baldwin, Wake ber of the Southern 26-19, on Feb. 6, 1906. However, the coach of that Crozier coached one of 19 victory over the Forest put together a Conference. team, Richard Crozier, remembers the first game coming Wake’s first truly suc- Durham YMCA. remarkable 22-3 record - against Trinity College (now Duke). In that case, Wake cessful teams, posting a - the most wins ever by a won the first game, 15-5 at Angier Duke Gymnasium. sparkling 16-2 record. first-year WFU coach. The first Wake Forest 1939 Wake Forest is 1944 The only year 1953 (Feb. 12) Wake basketball one of eight teams to since 1906 that Wake Forest’s Dickie Hemric team in 1906. play in the very first Forest has not fielded a (44 points) and Duke’s NCAA Basketball team came due to World Bill Reigel (38 points) put Tournament, losing to War II. on a scoring shootout at Ohio State in the first Gore Gymnasium. round. 1953 (March 7) Wake 1953 (May 8) Wake 1955 All-American Forest won the last Forest becomes a char- Dickie Hemric was Southern Conference ter member of the ACC. named the ACC Player of Tournament before join- Deacon Athletic Director the Year for the second ing the ACC, snapping Jim Weaver is selected straight year. He also NC State's run of six as the league’s first com- earned ACC Athlete of consecutive league titles. missioner. the Year honors. 1955 Marvin “Skeeter” 1955 (Feb. 4) Dickie 1955 (Feb. 19) Dickie 1956 (Jan. 7) The 1956-57 Wake began 1958 Bones McKinney Francis embarked on a Hemric grabbed 36 Hemric sank 20 free Deacons beat North playing home games in began the first of eight 37-year publicizing ACC rebounds (still a school throws -- easily a school Carolina, 76-71, for the Winston-Salem after the colorful years as head sports, including 15 years record) and the Demon record -- at Duke. 500th win in school histo- campus moved from coach, leading the at Wake and 22 years as Deacons pummeled ry. The win marked one Wake Forest, NC. Also, Deacons to two ACC media relations director Clemson by 55 points, of Wake’s final games in Murray Greason stepped titles and a Final Four at the ACC. 120-65. Gore Gymnasium. down as head coach. appearance in 1962. 1959 (Dec. 30) Wake 1961 (Jan. 7) Wake 1961 (March 3) 1962 (Feb. 12) Len 1962 (March 17) Wake 1965 (Dec. 1) The duo Forest beat North Forest grabbed a school Unranked Wake Forest Chappell erupted for 50 Forest defeated Villanova of Paul Long (34 points) Carolina 53-50 in the record 73 rebounds and beat 10th-ranked Duke points against Virginia at 79-69 to advance to the and Bob Leonard (33 finals of the Dixie Classic out-rebounded Virginia 96-81 in the finals of the the Winston-Salem Final Four for the first points) combined for 67 and the Deacons went by 37 boards, 73-36. ACC Tournament to cap- Coliseum. and only time in Demon points at Davidson. on to capture the ACC ture its first-ever league Deacon history. regular season title. championship. 1965 (Dec. 11) With 10:02 left in the first half of a 1966 Norwood 1969 (Feb. 15) Charlie 1970 (Dec. 29) Gil 1975 (Jan. 3) Wake WFU-NC State game, the Coliseum lights went out due Todmann, a high school Davis established a McGregor (31 points) Forest sends shock to a transformer fire. The two teams resumed the game teammate of Lew school record that has and Charlie Davis (30 waves around the country on Feb. 23 with NC State taking a 101-75 win in what Alcindor, became the first stood for more than 35 points) both eclipse 30 with an upset of No. 1 was the longest game (74 days) in ACC history. African-American to play years with a 51-point points in a win over and defending NCAA varsity basketball at scoring outburst against Georgetown in West champion NC State. Wake Forest. American. Palm Beach, FL. 1975 (Jan. 22) The 1976 (Jan. 10) Jerry 1977 (Jan. 26) Rod 1977 (Dec. 10) Wake 1978 (Feb. 15) The 1979 (Dec. 8) Wake Deacons established a Schellenberg, Skip Griffin’s double-double Forest established a Deacons hit the 30- Forest makes 36 of 49 record that remains Brown, Daryl Peterson (21 points, 12 rebounds) school record with 25 assists mark for the one field goal attempts for a today by scoring 122 and Rod Griffin each led Wake to a win at No. steals against visiting and only time in school school record 73.5 per- points in a 122-109 win scored 20-plus points in a 4 UNC’s Carmichael Richmond. history, against centage in a win over over visiting Duke. 96-93 win over 2nd- Auditorium -- the 800th Davidson. Fairleigh Dickinson. ranked Maryland. win in WFU history. 170 2006-07 Demon Deacon Basketball Wake’s First 100 Seasons 1981 (Feb. 11) Mike 1982 (Jan. 21) Playing 1983 (Jan. 5) Wake 1984 (March 23) Wake 1984 (Dec. 5) Wake 1986 (Feb. 8) Tyrone Helms scored 20 points in Chapel Hill, unranked Forest waxes SUNY- Forest beat the heavily- Forest overcame a 15- Bogues dished out a as Wake Forest won in Wake Forest shocked Buffalo 121-56 for its favored DePaul to point halftime deficit on school-record 17 assists Chapel Hill by 16 points, No. 1-ranked and even- largest margin of victory advance to the Elite the road to beat at No. 1 North Carolina. 84-68. tual NCAA champion against a Division I team. Eight and beat Ray Davidson. North Carolina and Meyers in his last game Michael Jordan, 55-48. as coach. 1989 (Jan. 21) 1989 (Nov. 11) 1989 (Dec. 2) In the 1991 Wake Forest 1992 (Feb. 23) 1993 (Feb. 13) Rodney Unranked Wake Forest Lawrence Joel Veterans second game in Joel made the first of seven Unranked Wake Forest Rogers scored 35 points beat No. 1 Duke 75-71 at Memorial Coliseum is Coliseum, Wake Forest consecutive NCAA surprised No. 1-ranked as Wake Forest beat the Greensboro dedicated with an 82-74 reaches 1,000 all-time Tournament appear- Duke 72-68 in front of a third-ranked Duke at Coliseum. win over Statiba of the wins with a victory over ances, paced by ACC frenzied crowd at Cameron Indoor Stadium Soviet Union in an exhi- Cornell. Rookie of the Year Lawrence Joel Coliseum. 98-86. bition game. Rodney Rogers. 1994 Twice, unranked 1995 (Feb. 28) Wake 1995 (March 12) Behind tournament MVP Randolph 1996 (Jan. 13) Tim 1996 (March 10) Tim Wake Forest beat sec- Forest won in the Smith Childress' 37 points, Wake Forest captured its first Duncan blocked a Duncan had 27 points ond-ranked Duke -- in Center for the first time Atlantic Coast Conference championship in 33 years. school-record 10 shots and 22 rebounds as the both Winston-Salem and as Randolph Childress The 7th-ranked Deacons beat 4th-ranked North Carolina and recorded the only Deacons beat 18th- in Durham. and Tim Duncan com- in overtime at the Greensboro Coliseum. official triple-double in ranked Georgia Tech in bined for 51 points in a school history, against Greensboro to capture win vs. 2nd-ranked UNC. Dave Odom, visiting Maryland. back-to-back ACC titles. Randolph Childress and Tim Duncan celebrate the 1995 ACC title. 1996 (March 21) Wake 1997 (Jan. 11) The 1997 Tim Duncan was 1998 (Feb. 20) Wake Forest defeats Louisville, Deacons won in Duke’s named consensus Forest overcame a 19- 60-59, advancing to the Cameron Indoor Stadium National Player of the point second-half deficit Elite Eight of the NCAA for the fifth consecutive Year for the second to beat Florida State at Tournament, where it lost year with an 81-69 victo- straight year. He was Joel Coliseum. to Kentucky in the ry over the 10th-ranked also the first overall pick regional finals. Blue Devils. in the NBA Draft. 2000 Coach Dave 2000 Darius Songaila 2000 (Dec. 7) The 2001 (April 24) Skip 2002 (Feb. 13) In a 2003 (March 8) Wake Odom’s team put togeth- helped the Lithuanian Deacons stunned third- Prosser is named the double-overtime thriller at beats NC State, 78-72 on er a late-season run to basketball team capture ranked Kansas by 31 19th head coach in Wake Clemson, Wake Forest the road, clinching the capture the NIT title at a bronze medal at the points, 84-53, at Joel Forest history, replacing set a school record with ACC men’s basketball Madison Square Garden. Olympics in Sydney, Coliseum. Dave Odom. 19 three-point field goals, regular season title out- Australia. including a Deacon-best right for the first time in 11 by Craig Dawson. more than 40 years. 2003 (Dec. 20) In the 2004 (Nov. 22) Wake conference opener, Wake Forest rose to No. 1 in Forest beat North the Associated Press poll Carolina 119-114 in a for the first time in school triple-overtime game con- history. sidered one of the best in ACC history.