2008–09 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team


The 2008–09 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team represented Wake Forest University in the 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Dino Gaudio. he team played its home games in the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
On January 19, the Deacons took the top spot in both the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll and the Associated Press poll, making it the second time in program history a Wake Forest team was number one in the country.
Wake Forest finished the regular season with a record of 24–5, and 11–5 in the ACC, which tied them with Duke. The Demon Deacons received the number two seed in the 2009 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament in a tiebreaker over Duke because of their victory against number one seed North Carolina.

Preseason

In the preseason ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll the Demon Deacons were ranked #24.

Roster

Schedule

!colspan=12 style=| Regular Season
!colspan=12 style=|ACC Tournament
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Rankings

Leading scorer by game

GamePlayer
North Carolina CentralAminu
UNC WilmingtonTeague
Winston-Salem StateTeague
Cal State FullertonTeague
UTEPTeague
BaylorWilliams
IndianaJohnson
BucknellTeague
Wright StateHale
RichmondTeague
East CarolinaAminu
RadfordTeague
Brigham YoungTeague
North CarolinaTeague
Boston CollegeTeague
ClemsonTeague
Virginia TechTeague
DukeAminu
Georgia TechAminu
MiamiTeague
Boston CollegeTeague
North Carolina StateJohnson
Florida StateAminu
Georgia TechJohnson
DukeTeague
NC StateJohnson
VirginiaAminu, McFarland, and Teague
MarylandTeague
ClemsonAminu and Johnson
MarylandJohnson
Cleveland St.Johnson