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1 SkipPROSSER u U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (1972) u 2nd Year at Wake Forest (21-13/.618)/10th Year Overall (186-91/.671) prosser s details Full Name George Edward Skip Prosser Birthdate November 3, 1950 Birthplace Pittsburgh, PA Wife Nancy Sons Scott (25) and Mark (23) College United States Merchant Marine Academy (1972) Degree Nautical Science Graduate School West Virginia (1980) Master s Degree Secondary Education High School Carnegie High School in Carnegie, PA High School Sports Played Football, basketball championships 1988 Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament 1998 Atlantic 10 Conference West Regular Season 1997 Atlantic 10 Conference West Regular Season 1995 Midwestern Collegiate Conference Regular Season 1994 MAAC Tournament coaching honors Mideast Coach of the Year (Basketball Times) District Coach of the Year (NABC) Midwestern Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year Skip Prosser, one of college basketball s winningest active coaches, enters his second season at Wake Forest and he has already made his mark on the Demon Deacon program. In Prosser s first season at Wake Forest, he led the Deacons to a record, a third-place finish in the highly-competitive Atlantic Coast Conference and an NCAA Tournament appearance. In nine seasons overall, Prosser has compiled a (.671) record, giving him one of the highest winning percentages among all active Division I coaches. He is one of 29 coaches in NCAA history to lead three different schools to the NCAA Tournament and he is the first to lead all three teams to the NCAA Tournament in his first season at each school. Prior to coming to Winston-Salem, Prosser enjoyed remarkable success at Xavier from , compiling a (.695) record in seven seasons. Prosser was named Wake Forest s head coach on April 24, 2001, replacing Dave Odom. I don t have a career record, Prosser said. The players won those games. Despite Prosser s modesty, it is impossible to ignore the success that has followed his career: His teams have won 20 games or more in each of the last six seasons and seven times overall. In nine years as a head coach, Prosser s teams have earned postseason bids eight times. He has guided teams to conference championships in three different leagues (Atlantic 10, MCC and MAAC). Xavier earned a record of (.669) in conference play during his tenure -- second only to Temple in the Atlantic 10. Xavier earned back-toback Atlantic 10 West regular season crowns in 1997 and In his last five seasons at Xavier, Skip and Nancy Prosser David Rosen photo the Musketeers beat crosstown rival Cincinnati four times. Two of those victories came against Bearcat teams ranked No. 1 in the nation. At Xavier, 83 percent of Prosser s players graduated (100 percent of the seniors) -- one of the highest graduation rates in the country. In 1994, he led Loyola (Md.) College to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament crown. Prosser spent 15 years at Xavier, first as an assistant coach under Pete Gillen for eight seasons. After a one-year stint as head coach at Loyola (Md.) College, Prosser returned to Xavier as the head coach, replacing Gillen, who now coaches at Virginia. Leaving Xavier and the city of Cincinnati was not easy. I ve been through a lot of springs with calls and inquiries and invitations to visit other campuses, Prosser said. Something about Wake Forest rang true for me. On his visit to Wake Forest, Prosser liked the people, the area, the school s academic reputation and intimate size. And then there was the prospect of coaching in the Atlantic Coast Conference. As the commercial says: The greatest risk is not taking one, Prosser said. "I know how difficult it (the ACC) is, but the challenge is part of what excites me. We came here to play and coach against these teams. It's a daunting challenge but if the players are willing to come to Wake to win, then I am certainly not going to shy away from that challenge." And the Deacons proved Prosser correct. In his first season of ACC play, Prosser led Wake to a 9-7 record in the league, tying for third place behind only the two most recent NCAA champions -- Maryland and Duke. Only four coaches in the 49- year history of the ACC won more league games in their rookie year than Prosser did last season. Prosser accomplished much in his initial season with the Deacons: Wake posted 21 wins 64 WAKE FOREST BASKETBALL

2 despite facing one of the nation s most difficult schedules (Wake played seven teams ranked in the top 10). Prosser was a finalist for the Naismith National Coach of the Year Award. He became the first rookie coach at Wake Forest since 1927 to post a winning record. The Deacons swept rivals North Carolina and NC State. Wake advanced to postseason play for the 12th consecutive year and won an NCAA Tournament game for the first time since The Deacons set a school record for points scored, assists and three-point attempts in one season. Wake Forest athletic director Ron Wellman searched nationwide for a new basketball coach and he sought the advice of some of basketball s top minds. Prosser s name continued to surface over and over again. "When I started the process, I called the people who I thought knew the best college basketball coaches in the nation. They all said the same thing about Skip Prosser: 'If you can hire him, you better get him.' Not only is he a great basketball coach, but he's a great person. "Skip Prosser knows the rules and he follows them. He doesn't push the rules as far as he can and see what he can get away with. He knows the rules and he follows them strictly. Secondly, he graduates his players. At Xavier, he graduated 83 percent of his players, which is one of the highest rates in the nation. He is committed to the academic process. Thirdly, he is a great representative of our university. And fourth, he wins. His record shows that he knows how to win basketball games. "We are going to find that Skip Prosser is a great fit at Wake Forest." Prosser expects his players to attend class and graduate. He expects his players to be solid representatives of the university. On the court, he expects his players to work extremely hard and compete for championships. I won t make a lot of promises but I won t make excuses, either. The Skip Prosser Record POSTSEASON All Games Conference Conference Conf. NCAA NIT Season School W L Pct. W L Pct. Finish W-L W-L W-L Loyola (Md.) Fifth Xavier First ^ Xavier Third/West Xavier First/West Xavier T-First/West Xavier Second/West Xavier Third/West Xavier T-Second Wake Forest T-Third at Wake Forest at Xavier Titles at Loyola (Md.) Overall Titles ^ Xavier s first season of Atlantic 10 Conference play. WAKE FOREST BASKETBALL

3 prosser s coaching history Current Head coach, Wake Forest Head coach, Xavier 1994 Head coach, Loyola (MD) College Assistant coach, Xavier Head coach, Central Catholic High School in Wheeling (WV) Varsity coach, Linsly Junior varsity coach, Linsly Freshman coach, Linsly current NBA players coached by prosser Brian Grant (Miami) Tyrone Hill (Cleveland) James Posey (Denver) Darius Songaila (Boston) Derek Strong (Orlando) Aaron Williams (New Jersey) Torraye Braggs (Sacramento) others who play/played professionally Lenny Brown Erik Edwards Michael Hawkins Stan Kimbrough Byron Larkin Gary Lumpkin Jeff Massy Maurice McAfee Walt McBride Pete Sears Larry Sykes Tyrice Walker Darnell Williams Our goal is to compete for championships every year. Our style will be to play very quickly. We expect to win every time we play and we expect to be the hardest-playing team on the court. I hate to lose to anybody. I m not a good loser. I abhor the losses a lot more than I enjoy the wins. Prosser expects his team to hold the same goals as the university. "Wake Forest has the vision to be the best university it can be and to be one of the best in the country. The same is true with our basketball team. We want to be the best team we can be and we want to compete with the best teams in the country." In 17 years as a college coach, Prosser has coached in 15 postseason tournaments including seven NCAA Tournaments in eight years as a Xavier assistant, one NCAA Tournament in one year at Loyola College and four NCAA berths and two NIT appearances in seven years as the XU head coach. Prosser has seen many of his players go on to enjoy successful careers in the NBA and overseas. In 2002, Darius Songaila was taken in the second round of the NBA Draft by the Boston Celtics. During his tenure as Xavier s head coach, six of Prosser s players went on to star on the professional level. James Posey (Denver Nuggets) and Torraye Braggs (Detroit Pistons) are in the NBA. Michael Hawkins, Gary Lumpkin, Lenny Brown and Darnell Williams are also enjoying pro basketball careers. As an assistant at Xavier, Prosser helped recruit future NBA players such as Derek Strong, Aaron Williams, Larry Sykes, Tyrone Hill, Brian Grant and Michael Hawkins. In Prosser s final season at Xavier in , the Musketeers posted a 21-8 record with just one senior in the starting lineup, earning an NCAA Tournament bid. The previous season, , Xavier finished Mark, Skip and Scott Prosser David Rosen photo 21-12, securing its fourth straight 20-win season and its fifth 20-win season in six years under Prosser. In , XU earned an 11-5 mark in the Atlantic 10 and went on to capture the league s postseason tournament. In , Xavier won the first of two consecutive Atlantic 10 Conference West Division titles by going 13-3 in the league despite having no seniors among its top six players. For his efforts, Prosser was named the Basketball Times Mideast Coach of the Year and the NABC District 10 Coach of the Year. In , Xavier jumped from the MCC to the Atlantic 10 and many critics doubted the move. The Musketeers lost five of their top six players from the team, but managed to finish with an 8-8 Atlantic 10 regular season record. But Prosser s teams went on to silence those critics by going in Atlantic 10 play from Prosser s first Xavier team in won the Midwestern Collegiate Conference regular season title with a perfect 14-0 mark (23-5 overall). Prosser was named the MCC Coach of the Year that season. Prior to taking over as head coach at Xavier, Prosser spent one season ( ) as the head coach at Loyola (Md.) College and enjoyed a true Cinderella season. He took over a squad that finished 2-25 the previous season. But Prosser led Loyola to a mark in , making the NCAA Tournament for the only time in that school s history. It marked the biggest turnaround in NCAA Division I basketball in The underdog Greyhounds won three MAAC Tournament games en route to winning the championship and capturing the automatic NCAA bid. Before his stop at Loyola, Prosser spent eight years as the top assistant under Gillen. Prosser was a member of Gillen s first staff at Xavier in During Prosser s time as a Xavier assistant, the Musketeers compiled a record of , capturing five Midwestern Collegiate Conference Tournament championships and five MCC regular season titles while earning seven NCAA Tournament berths. Xavier advanced to at least the second round of the NCAA Tournament in four of seven appearances, 66 WAKE FOREST BASKETBALL

4 u Quotes They play with passion, energy and fire. Coach Prosser pushes these guys on the floor, but more importantly in the classroom. -- Dick Vitale "Skip Prosser is one of the finest coaches and one of the greatest teachers in college basketball. Prosser has spent his entire life dedicated to teaching and coaching. He has done a magnificent job as a head coach Prosser gets the most out of his players. There is not a coach out there who I admire more than Skip Prosser - He's one of the good guys." -- Jay Bilas "The game plan for a Skip Prosser coached team is out there for everyone to see in all its raw, splendid athleticism. They stuff the opponent in a spin dryer and they don't let them out until they are thoroughly disoriented. -- Ray Parillo (Philadelphia Inquirer) He s a great coach and a class guy. He has no weaknesses. He s a terrific recruiter. He ll do a great job at Wake. Wake s fortunate to have him. - - Pete Gillen (Virginia Head Coach) As far as I m concerned, he s as good a coach as there is in America. He s an unbelievable choice for Wake Forest. He won t take a back seat to anybody. -- Phil Martelli (St. Joseph s Head Coach) He received his master s degree in secondary education from West Virginia in Prosser attended Carnegie (Pa.) High School, where he was a standout football and basketball player. George Edward Skip Prosser, who was born on Nov. 3, 1950 in Pittsburgh (Pa.), is married to the former Nancy Franklin. He has two sons, Scott (25) and Mark (23). Mark played basketball at Marist College and is in his first year as an assistant coach at Wofford. Prosser is the 19th head coach in Wake Forest history and just the fourth since Carl Tacy coached 13 seasons, from Bob Staak was the Deacon coach for four years, from Dave Odom took over in 1990 and coached 12 seasons before resigning April 10 to take the head coaching position at the of South Carolina. Coaching isn t wins and losses, Prosser said. It s teaching. That s the reason I got into coaching and the reason I ve stayed in coaching. I still think of myself as an educator. including the Sweet 16 in Xavier s recruiting efforts enjoyed great growth during Prosser s time as an assistant. Prosser spent his final six seasons as the recruiting coordinator in addition to being the top assistant. As an assistant coach, he concentrated his efforts on the guards including Byron Larkin, Stan Kimbrough, Jamal Walker, Michael Davenport, Jamie Gladden and Michael Hawkins, all of whom scored more than 1,000 career points. Prosser came to Xavier as an assistant coach in 1985 after an illustrious coaching career on the high school level in Wheeling (WV). He took over as head coach at Central Catholic High School in Wheeling in His six-year ledger read , including a state AA championship in The 1982 team set a school record for victories, finishing Prosser s state championship team included Doug Wojcik, who is currently an assistant coach in the ACC at North Carolina. His last team, in , made it to the state finals. In all, Prosser guided the Maroon Knights to one state title (1982), five regional championships ( ) and three conference crowns ( ). Dino Gaudio, an assistant at Xavier under Gillen from and currently a Wake Forest assistant, was Prosser s top assistant coach for four years at Central Catholic. Prosser began his coaching career at Linsly Institute in Wheeling, spending time as the freshman coach ( ) and junior varsity coach ( ) before being promoted to head varsity coach ( ). Linsly compiled a record of 33-9 with Prosser as the varsity coach. A 1972 graduate of the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point (NY), with a degree in Nautical Science, Prosser played three years of basketball as a guard and one year of rugby as a collegian. Opponent Last Xavier Loyola WFU Total Akron American Arizona Arkansas Butler Cal St. Northridge Canisius Central Michigan Chicago State Cincinnati Clemson Cleveland State Colorado Dayton Delaware Delaware State DePaul Detroit Duke Duquesne Eastern Kentucky East Tennessee St Elon Fairfield Florida A&M Florida State Fordham Fresno State George Washington Georgetown Georgia Tech Hartford Hofstra Illinois-Chicago Iona IUPUI Kansas Kansas State Kent La Salle Long Island Louisiana-Monroe Louisville Loyola (IL) Loyola (MD) Loyola Marymount Maine Manhattan Marquette Maryland MD-Baltimore Co Prosser Vs. All Opponents Opponent Last Xavier Loyola WFU Total MD-Eastern Shore Massachusetts Miami (OH) Minnesota Morgan State Mount St. Mary s Navy Niagara North Carolina NC State NC-Wilmington Northeast Louisiana Northern Illinois Notre Dame Ohio Oregon Pepperdine Pittsburgh Princeton Purdue Rhode Island Richmond St. Bonaventure St. Francis (PA) St. John s St. Joseph s St. Mary s (CA) St. Peter s Samford San Francisco Siena SC State Syracuse Temple Toledo Towson State Tulane UCLA Vanderbilt Virginia VCU Virginia Tech Wake Forest Washington Western Kentucky William & Mary Wisconsin Wis.-Green Bay Wis.-Milwaukee Wright State TOTALS WAKE FOREST BASKETBALL

5 Prosser s Record Year-By-Year u overall AT LOYOLA (MD) Nov. 29 at William & Mary..W Dec. 1 Towson State.....W Dec. 4 St. Joseph s l Dec. 8 at American......L Dec. 11 at Mount St. Mary s W Jan. 3 at Delaware L Jan. 5 Iona W Jan. 8 Maine W Jan. 10 Navy W Jan. 12 UMBC W Jan. 15 Siena L Jan. 17 at St. Peter s.....w Jan. 22 at Canisius L Jan. 24 at Niagara W Jan. 27 at Fairfield L Jan. 30 William & Mary....W Feb. 2 St. Peter s l Feb. 5 Niagara W Feb. 7 Canisius L Feb. 9 at Siena L Feb. 13 at Manhattan.....L Feb. 14 at Iona W Feb. 19 at Maryland L Feb. 21 at Fordham......W Feb. 23 Manhattan L Feb. 27 Fairfield W Mar. 5 vs. St. Peter s.....w Mar. 6 vs. Canisius W Mar. 7 vs. Manhattan....W Mar. 18 *vs. Arizona L *-NCAA Tournament AT XAVIER u 23-5 overall, 14-0 Midwest Collegiate Conference Nov. 25 IUPUI W Nov. 30 Miami (OH) W Dec. 3 Loyola (MD)......W Dec. 5 at Virginia Tech....L Dec. 10 at Hartford W Dec. 17 Ohio W Dec. 19 Dayton W Dec. 21 Cal St. Northridge..W Dec. 28 UMBC W Jan. 5 at Cleveland State.W Jan. 7 at Detroit W Jan. 9 at Cincinnati......L Jan. 14 La Salle W Jan. 18 at Wright State....W Jan. 21 at Notre Dame....L Jan. 26 Wis.-Milwaukee....W Jan. 28 at Northern Illinois.W Jan. 30 at Loyola (IL)......W Feb. 2 Cleveland State...W Feb. 4 Detroit W Feb. 9 at La Salle W Feb. 11 Wis.-Green Bay....W Feb. 15 Wright State......W Feb. 18 at G. Washington..W Feb. 23 Illinois-Chicago....W Feb. 25 Butler W Mar. 4 *Wright State.....L Mar. 17 **Georgetown.....L *-MCC Tournament (Dayton, OH) **-NCAA Tournament (Tallahassee, FL) u overall, 8-8 Atlantic 10 Nov. 25 St. Francis (PA)....W Nov. 30 at VCU L Dec. 2 Long Island W Dec. 6 at Miami (OH).....L Dec. 9 at Ohio L Dec. 16 Delaware State....W Dec. 20 at Kansas State....L Dec. 23 Notre Dame......L Dec. 30 Morgan State.....W Jan. 6 at La Salle W Jan. 9 at Temple L Jan. 13 Fordham W Jan. 17 Cincinnati L Jan. 20 at St. Bonaventure.W Jan. 25 La Salle W Jan. 27 at Dayton L Jan. 31 St. Joseph's......W Feb. 4 Massachusetts.....L ot Feb. 7 at G. Washington...L Feb. 10 Virginia Tech......L Feb. 17 at Rhode Island....L Feb. 20 Dayton W Feb. 24 Duquesne W ot Feb. 26 George Washington.L Feb. 29 at Virginia Tech....L Mar. 3 at Duquesne......W Mar. 6 *Fordham W Mar. 7 *Temple L u 23-6 overall, 13-3 Atlantic 10 Nov. 23 Western Kentucky.W Nov. 26 at Cincinnati......W Nov. 30 Miami (OH) W Dec. 2 Florida A&M......W Dec. 5 at Loyola Marymount.W Dec. 10 Long Island W Dec. 14 Hofstra W Dec. 21 at Akron W ot Dec. 29 Kansas State......W Jan. 4 Virginia Tech......W Jan. 7 at Dayton L Jan. 11 at Fordham......W Jan. 16 Tulane L Jan. 19 Temple W ot Jan. 23 at G. Washington..W Jan. 25 Duquesne L Jan. 28 Rhode Island.....W Feb. 1 at Massachusetts..W ot Feb. 3 at La Salle W Feb. 8 at St. Joseph's.....L Feb. 12 Dayton W Feb. 15 George Washington W Feb. 20 at Duquesne......W Feb. 22 La Salle W Feb. 27 St. Bonaventure...W Mar. 2 at Virginia Tech....W Mar. 6 *Temple L ot Mar. 13 **Vanderbilt......W Mar. 15 **UCLA L **-NCAA Tournament (Auburn Hills, MI) u 22-8 overall, 11-6 Atlantic 10 Nov. 19 Toledo W Nov. 22 Akron W Nov. 24 NE Louisiana......W Dec. 2 Central Michigan...W Dec. 6 at W. Kentucky....W Dec. 9 at Miami (OH).....L Dec. 13 Cincinnati W Dec. 20 ^Purdue L Dec. 27 #DePaul W Dec. 30 Butler W Jan. 3 at St. Bonaventure.L Jan. 7 La Salle W Jan. 10 Fordham W Jan. 14 at G. Washington...L Jan. 17 Virginia Tech......W Jan. 20 St. Joseph's......W Jan. 24 at Dayton L Jan. 27 Duquesne W Jan. 31 at Temple W Feb. 2 at La Salle W Feb. 8 Massachusetts.....L Feb. 14 at Virginia Tech....W Feb. 16 George Washington W Feb. 21 at Duquesne......W Feb. 24 at Rhode Island....L Mar. 1 Dayton W Mar. 5 *St. Bonaventure..W Mar. 6 *Rhode Island.....W Mar. 7 *George Washington W Mar. 12 **Washington.....L ^-Indianapolis, IN #-Cleveland, OH *-Philadelphia, PA **-Washington, DC u overall, 12-4 Atlantic 10 Nov. 17 at Butler W Nov. 21 Chicago State.....W Nov. 23 Morgan State.....W Nov. 26 ^Pittsburgh......L Nov. 27 ^Colorado W Nov. 28 ^San Francisco....L Dec. 2 Miami (OH) W Dec. 5 Purdue L Dec. 9 at Toledo L Dec. 19 Canisius W Dec. 21 Loyola Marymount.W Dec. 28 at St. Mary's (CA)...W Jan. 3 Rhode Island.....W Jan. 6 at Virginia Tech....W Jan. 9 at Duquesne......W Jan. 13 St. Bonaventure...W Jan. 17 George Washington W Jan. 20 at Fordham......W Jan. 23 Virginia Tech......W Jan. 28 at Cincinnati......L Jan. 30 at Dayton L Feb. 4 at St. Joseph's....W Feb. 6 at La Salle L Feb. 9 Duquesne W Feb. 14 Temple W Feb. 16 La Salle W Feb. 20 at Massachusetts...L ot Feb. 24 Dayton W Feb. 27 at G. Washington...L Mar. 4 *Massachusetts...W Mar. 5 *Temple L Mar. 10 **at Toledo W Mar. 15 **Wake Forest....W Mar. 17 **Princeton......W Mar. 23 ***Clemson L Mar. 25 ***Oregon W ^-American (San Juan, PR) **-NIT ***-NIT (New York) u overall, 9-7 Atlantic 10 Nov. 20 MD-Eastern Shore..W Nov. 25 ^Louisville W Nov. 26 ^Kansas L Nov. 27 ^Washington.....W Dec. 4 East Tennessee St..W Dec. 8 at Miami (OH).....L Dec. 11 at Central Michigan.W Dec. 18 Cincinnati W Dec. 21 St. Mary's (CA).....W Dec. 27 Princeton W Dec. 30 Toledo W Jan. 2 at Marquette......L Jan. 6 Virginia Tech......W Jan. 9 at Rhode Island...W Jan. 11 at Dayton L Jan. 15 at Duquesne......L Jan. 23 La Salle L Jan. 25 at Temple L Jan. 30 Fordham W Feb. 2 Dayton W ot Feb. 5 at G. Washington...L Feb. 9 at Canisius W Feb. 12 Massachusetts....W Feb. 15 Duquesne W Feb. 19 at Virginia Tech....L Feb. 22 George Washington W Feb. 27 at La Salle W Mar. 1 at St. Bonaventure.L Mar. 5 St. Joseph's......W Mar. 8 *Rhode Island.....W Mar. 9 *St. Joseph's......L Mar. 15 **Marquette......W Mar. 20 **at Notre Dame..L ^-Great Alaska Shootout (Anchorage, AK) **-NIT u 21-8 overall, 12-4 Atlantic 10 Nov. 18 Miami (OH) W Nov. 22 Eastern Kentucky..W Nov. 28 Samford W Nov. 30 Louisiana-Monroe..W Dec. 2 at Wisconsin......L Dec. 5 San Francisco.....W Dec. 9 at Princeton......L Dec. 14 at Cincinnati......W Dec. 16 Marquette W Dec. 23 at Toledo W Dec. 30 ^Kent W Jan. 3 at Fordham......W Jan. 7 La Salle W Jan. 9 Massachusetts.....L Jan. 13 at Rhode Island...W Jan. 16 at G. Washington..W Jan. 20 St. Joseph's......W Jan. 27 at Duquesne......W Jan. 30 Dayton W Feb. 3 George Washington W ot Feb. 7 at St. Joseph's.....L Feb. 10 Temple W Feb. 14 at Massachusetts...L Feb. 17 Rhode Island.....W Feb. 21 St. Bonaventure...W Feb. 25 at La Salle W Mar. 4 at Dayton L Mar. 8 *George Washington.L Mar. 16 **Notre Dame.....L ^-Cleveland, OH **-NCAA Tournament (Kansas City, MO) AT WAKE FOREST u overall, 9-7 ACC Nov. 12 * UNC-Wilmington.W Nov. 16 * at Arkansas.....W Nov. 18 Elon W Nov. 21 *! vs. Fresno State.W Nov. 23 *! vs. Syracuse.....L Nov. 27 Minnesota W Dec. 4 at Kansas L Dec. 7 S. Carolina State...W Dec. 16 Florida State......W Dec. 19 St. Francis (PA)....W Dec. 22! at St. John s.....l Dec. 29 Marquette W Jan. 2 Richmond W Jan. 5 at North Carolina..W Jan. 7 at Navy W Jan. 12 Clemson W Jan. 15 at Virginia L Jan. 19 at Duke L Jan. 23 Maryland L Jan. 26 Georgia Tech......W Jan. 30 at NC State W Feb. 2 at Florida State....W Feb. 6 North Carolina....W Feb. 9 Cincinnati L Feb. 13 at Clemson L ot Feb. 17 Virginia W Feb. 21 Duke L Feb. 24 at Maryland L Feb. 27 at Georgia Tech....L Mar. 2 NC State W Mar. 8 % Georgia Tech....W Mar. 9 % Duke L Mar. 14 # Pepperdine.....W Mar. 16 # Oregon L *-Preseason NIT!-Madison Square Garden (New York, NY) %-ACC Tournament (Charlotte, NC) #-NCAA Tournament (Sacramento, CA) 68 WAKE FOREST BASKETBALL