1994–95 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team

1994–95 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball
1994–95 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball
ACC tournament champions; ACC regular season champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 3
Record	26–6 (12–4 ACC)
Head coach	Dave Odom;
Assistant coaches	Ricky Stokes; Russell Turner;
MVP	Travis Banks
Captain	Travis Banks; Randolph Childress
Home arena	LJVM Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1993–94 1995–96 →

The 1994–95 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team represented Wake Forest University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference during the 1994–95 men's college basketball season. Led by head coach Dave Odom, the Demon Deacons played their home games at LJVM Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

1994–95 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 Wake Forest †	12	–	4	.750	26	–	6	.813
No. 4 North Carolina	12	–	4	.750	28	–	6	.824
No. 10 Maryland	12	–	4	.750	26	–	8	.765
No. 13 Virginia	12	–	4	.750	25	–	9	.735
Georgia Tech	8	–	8	.500	18	–	12	.600
Florida State	5	–	11	.313	12	–	15	.444
Clemson	5	–	11	.313	15	–	13	.536
NC State	4	–	12	.250	12	–	15	.444
Duke	2	–	14	.125	13	–	18	.419

† 1995 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll^[1]

After entering the season with a No. 24 preseason ranking in both major polls, Wake Forest finished in a four-way tie for the ACC regular season title with a 12–4 conference record. The team defeated Duke, Virginia, and North Carolina (in OT) to win the ACC tournament and receive the No. 1 seed in the East region of the NCAA tournament. After defeating No. 16 seed North Carolina A&T and No. 9 seed Saint Louis to reach the Sweet Sixteen, Wake Forest was knocked off by No. 4 seed and eventual Final Four participant Oklahoma State, 71–66,^[2] to finish the season with a 26–6 record. The Demon Deacons were No. 3 in the final AP poll and No. 9 in the final Coaches poll.

Senior guard Randolph Childress was named a consensus second-team All-American and ACC Athlete of the Year. Coach Odom was named ACC Coach of the Year for the second season in a row and third time overall.

Previous season

Wake Forest finished third in the ACC regular season standings and reached the second round of the NCAA tournament. Head coach Dave Odom was named ACC Coach of the Year for the second time.

Roster

1994–95 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	3	Barry Canty	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jr	Independence	Charlotte, NC
G	4	Matt Burns	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Fr	—	Pully, Switzerland
G	5	Steve Goolsby	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	194 lb (88 kg)	Fr	Marietta HS	Marietta, GA
G	10	Rusty LaRue	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Northwest Guilford	Oak Ridge, NC
G	20	Marc Scott	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	—	Chapel Hill, NC
F/C	21	Tim Duncan	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	So	St. Dunstan's Episcopal	Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
G	22	Randolph Childress (C)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sr	Flint Hill School	Clinton, MD
F	23	Antonio Jackson	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Aliceville HS	Aliceville, AL
G	25	Jerry Braswell	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Randolph-Clay	Cuthbert, GA
G	30	Tony Rutland	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	Fr	Bethel	Hampton, VA
G	31	Matt Simpson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	Franklin Road Academy	Nashville, TN
F	34	Travis Banks	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	232 lb (105 kg)	Sr	Clinton HS	Clinton, NC
C	40	Sean Allen	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	So	—	Raleigh, NC
F	44	Ricky Peral	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	So	—	Valladolid, Spain
F	53	Ken Herbst	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	So	—	Winston-Salem, NC

Head coach

Dave Odom

Assistant coach(es)

Ricky Stokes

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: March 24, 2020

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
November 26*	No. 24	UNC Greensboro	W 75–55	1–0	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
November 29*	No. 21	at Davidson	W 74–62	2–0	Belk Arena Davidson, NC
December 3*	No. 21	No. 6 Florida	L 70–81	2–1	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
December 5*	No. 25	at Canisius	W 74–60	3–1	Koessler Athletic Center Buffalo, NY
December 8*	No. 25	at Richmond	W 53–49	4–1	Robins Center Richmond, VA
December 17*	No. 21	Charleston	W 74–64	5–1	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
December 20*	No. 19	The Citadel	W 81–58	6–1	LVJM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
December 30*	No. 18	Marshall	W 95–59	7–1	LVJM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
January 7	No. 18	Florida State	W 72–64	8–1 (1-0)	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
January 11	No. 14	No. 11 Duke	W 74–64	9–1 (2-0)	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
January 14	No. 14	at No. 9 Maryland	L 66–76	9–2 (2-1)	Cole Field House College Park, MD
January 17	No. 15	at No. 22 Georgia Tech	L 65–67	9—3 (2-2)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA
January 21	No. 15	Clemson	W 69–60	10–3 (3-2)	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
January 25	No. 16	at No. 15 Virginia	W 71–70	11–3 (4-2)	University Hall Charlottesville, VA
January 28	No. 16	No. 3 North Carolina	L 61–62	11–4 (4-3)	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
January 29*	No. 16	Vanderbilt	W 63–51	12–4	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
February 1	No. 14	at NC State	W 69–61	13-4 (5-3)	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
February 4*	No. 14	at Winthrop	W 68–54	14-4	Winthrop Coliseum Rock Hill, SC
February 8	No. 11	at Florida State	L 67–69	14-5 (5-4)	Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL
February 11	No. 11	at Duke	W 62–61	15-5 (6-4)	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
February 15	No. 14	No. 7 Maryland	W 63–54	16-5 (7-4)	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
February 18	No. 14	No. 20 Georgia Tech	W 73–62	17-5 (8-4)	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
February 22	No. 10	at Clemson	W 64–52	18-5 (9-4)	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
February 26	No. 10	No. 11 Virginia	W 66–63	19-5 (10-4)	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
February 28	No. 9	at No. 2 North Carolina	W 79–70	20-5 (11-4)	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
March 4	No. 9	NC State	W 83–68	21-5 (12-4)	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
ACC Tournament
March 10* JP	No. 7	vs. Duke ACC tournament Quarterfinal	W 87–70	22-5	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
March 11*	No. 7	vs. No. 11 Virginia ACC Tournament semifinals	W 77–68	23-5	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
March 12*	No. 7	vs. No. 4 North Carolina ACC tournament championship	W 82–80 ^OT	24-5	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
NCAA Tournament
March 16*	(1 E) No. 3	vs. (16 E) North Carolina A&T NCAA tournament first round	W 79–47	25-5	Baltimore Arena Baltimore, MD
March 18*	(1 E) No. 3	vs. Saint Louis NCAA tournament second round	W 64–59	26-5	Baltimore Arena Baltimore, MD
March 24*	No. 3	vs. No. 14 Oklahoma State NCAA Tournament Regional semifinal	L 66–71	26-6	Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutherford, NJ
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Rankings

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Awards and honors

Randolph Childress – consensus second-team All-American, ACC Athlete of the Year
Dave Odom – ACC Coach of the Year

References

^ sports-reference.com 1994-95 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary
^ "Cowboys' Victory Is Childress Play". The Los Angeles Times. March 25, 1995. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
^ 2014-15 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball media guide Archived 2015-05-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Jun-20.
^ ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1031–1032. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

[1] sports-reference.com 1994-95 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary

[2] "Cowboys' Victory Is Childress Play". The Los Angeles Times. March 25, 1995. Retrieved July 4, 2023.

[3] 2014-15 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball media guide Archived 2015-05-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Jun-20.

[ESPN-4] ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1031–1032. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

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1994–95 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball

ACC tournament champions ACC regular season champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 3
Record	26–6 (12–4 ACC)
Head coach	Dave Odom
Assistant coaches	Ricky Stokes Russell Turner
MVP	Travis Banks
Captain	Travis Banks Randolph Childress
Home arena	LJVM Coliseum
Seasons ← 1993–94 1995–96 →