2007–08 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team

The 2007–08 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team represented Wake Forest University in the 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Demon Deacons, led by first-year head coach Dino Gaudio, played their games at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, and were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2007–08 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	17–13 (7–9 ACC)
Head coach	Dino Gaudio
Assistant coaches	Jeff Battle Pat Kelsey Mike Muse
Home arena	LJVM Coliseum

2007–08 ACC men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 North Carolina †	14	–	2		.875			36	–	3		.923
No. 9 Duke	13	–	3		.813			28	–	6		.824
No. 22 Clemson	10	–	6		.625			24	–	10		.706
Virginia Tech	9	–	7		.563			21	–	14		.600
Miami (FL)	8	–	8		.500			23	–	11		.676
Maryland	8	–	8		.500			19	–	15		.559
Georgia Tech	7	–	9		.438			15	–	17		.469
Wake Forest	7	–	9		.438			17	–	13		.567
Florida State	7	–	9		.438			19	–	15		.559
Virginia	5	–	11		.313			17	–	16		.515
Boston College	4	–	12		.250			14	–	17		.452
NC State	4	–	12		.250			15	–	16		.484
† 2008 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

In first season under their new head coach (who replaced former coach Skip Prosser, who died in the off-season), the Deacons lost leading scorer from 2006 to 2007, Kyle Visser, but brought in a good recruiting class (ranked 28th nationally by Scout.com), including guards Jeff Teague and Gary Clark, and forward James Johnson.

Roster

#	Name	Position	Height	Class	Hometown
2	Gary Clark	G	6'4"	Freshman	Sarasota, Florida
35	Kyle Fowler	G	6'2"	Freshman	Wheaton, Illinois
4	Harvey Hale	G	6'2"	Junior	Albuquerque, New Mexico
52	Bobby Hoekstra	F	6'7"	Junior	Lewisville, North Carolina
23	James Johnson	F	6'8"	Freshman	Cheyenne, Wyoming
20	Mike Lepore	G	6'1"	Junior	Flemington, New Jersey
13	Chas McFarland	C	6'11"	Sophomore	Lovington, Illinois
30	Matt Smith	G	6'2"	Junior	Advance, North Carolina
45	Jason Philippe	G	6'3"	Freshman	South Ozone Park, New York
31	Jamie Skeen	F	6'8"	Sophomore	Charlotte, North Carolina
10	Ishmael Smith	G	6'0"	Sophomore	Concord, North Carolina
11	Cameron Stanley	F	6'6"	(RS) Junior	Raleigh, North Carolina
0	Jeff Teague	G	6'2"	Freshman	Indianapolis, Indiana
44	David Weaver	F/C	6'10"	(RS) Sophomore	Black Mountain, North Carolina
42	L. D. Williams	G	6'4"	Sophomore	Yadkinville, North Carolina

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Nov 9, 2007*		Fairfield	W 85–60	1–0	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
Nov 19, 2007*		NC Central	W 75–58	2–0	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
Nov 23, 2007*		Winston-Salem	W 73–53	3–0	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
Nov 26, 2007*		at Iowa	W 56–47	4–0	Carver–Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
Nov 29, 2007*		at Charlotte	L 59–63	4–1	Dale F. Halton Arena  Charlotte, NC
Dec 1, 2007*		USC Upstate	W 72–48	5–1	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
Dec 5, 2007*		at No. 23 Vanderbilt	L 80–83	5–2	Memorial Gymnasium  Nashville, TN
Dec 8, 2007*		at Georgia	L 50–72	5–3	Stegeman Coliseum  Athens, GA
Dec 16, 2007		Bucknell	W 72–56	6–3	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
Dec 19, 2007*		South Florida	W 74–61	7–3	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
Dec 23, 2007		Virginia Tech	W 77–75	8–3 (1–0)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
Dec 30, 2007*		Air Force	W 78–67	9–3	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
Jan 2, 2008*		Presbyterian	W 70–58	10–3	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
Jan 8, 2008*		BYU	W 79–62	11–3	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
Jan 12, 2008		at Boston College	L 73–112	11–4 (1–1)	Conte Forum  Boston, MA
Jan 15, 2008		at Maryland	L 64–71	11–5 (1–2)	Comcast Center  College Park, MD
Jan 20, 2008		Florida State	W 74–57	12–5 (2–2)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
Jan 22, 2008*		Clemson	L 75–80 OT	12–6 (2–3)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, SC
Jan 29, 2008		Miami (FL)	W 70–68	13–6 (3–3)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
Feb 3, 2008		at NC State Rivalry	L 65–67	13–7 (3–4)	RBC Center  Raleigh, NC
Feb 6, 2008		Georgia Tech	L 83–89	13–8 (3–5)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
Feb 9, 2008		Virginia	W 80–64	14–8 (4–5)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
Feb 14, 2008		at Florida State	W 78–70	15–8 (5–5)	Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center  Tallahassee, FL
Feb 17, 2008		No. 2 Duke	W 86–73	16–8 (6–5)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
Feb 24, 2008		at No. 3 North Carolina Rivalry	L 73–89	16–9 (6–6)	Dean Smith Center  Chapel Hill, NC
Feb 28, 2008		Maryland	L 70–74	16–10 (6–7)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
Mar 1, 2008		at Georgia Tech	L 79–87 OT	16–11 (6–8)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum  Atlanta, GA
Mar 4, 2008		at Virginia Tech	L 58–80	16–12 (6–9)	Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, VA
Mar 8, 2008		NC State Rivalry	W 78–67	17–12 (7–9)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
ACC tournament
Mar 13, 2008	(8)	vs. (9) Florida State First Round	L 60–70	17–13	Charlotte Bobcats Arena  Charlotte, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.