# 2003–04 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team

The 2003–04 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team represented Wake Forest University during the 2003–04 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| November 20* | No. 20 | vs. Memphis Coaches vs. Cancer Classic | W 85–76 | 1–0 | Madison Square Garden New York, NY |
| November 22* | No. 18 | Elon | W 97–55 | 2–0 | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC |
| November 29* | No. 18 | at Yale | W 86–61 | 3–0 | Bridgeport, CT |
| December 2* | No. 18 | Indiana ACC–Big Ten Challenge | W 100–67 | 4–0 | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC |
| December 6* | No. 18 | Richmond | W 81–66 | 5–0 | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC |
| December 15* | No. 14 | at SMU | W 78–66 | 6–0 | Dallas, TX |
| December 20 | No. 14 | at No. 4 North Carolina | W 119–114 $^{3OT}$ | 7–0 (1–0) | Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC |
| December 30* | No. 6 | North Carolina A&T | W 91–67 | 8–0 | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC |
| January 3* | No. 6 | New Mexico | W 70–61 | 9–0 | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC |
| January 6* | No. 5 | Brown | W 86–47 | 10–0 | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC |
| January 10 | No. 5 | Clemson | W 78–63 | 11–0 (2–0) | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC |
| January 13* | No. 4 | at No. 18 Texas | L 81–94 | 11–1 | Austin, TX |
| January 17 | No. 4 | at No. 2 Duke | L 72–84 | 11–2 (2–1) | Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC |
| January 20 | No. 10 | No. 11 Georgia Tech | L 66–73 | 11–3 (2–2) | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC |
| January 25 | No. 10 | at Florida State | L 70–75 | 11–4 (2–3) | Tallahassee, FL |
| January 29 | No. 19 | Maryland | W 93–85 | 12–4 (3–3) | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC |
| January 31 | No. 19 | Virginia | W 91–78 | 13–4 (4–3) | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC |
| February 4 | | at NC State | L 68–73 | 13–5 (4–4) | Raleigh, NC |
| February 7 CBS | No. 16 | No. 17 North Carolina | L 73–79 | 13–6 (4–5) | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC |
| February 12 | No. 20 | at Clemson | W 82–67 | 14–6 (5–5) | Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC |
| February 15* | No. 20 | No. 13 Cincinnati | W 91–85 | 15–6 | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC |
| February 18 | No. 15 | No. 3 Duke | W 90–84 | 16–6 (6–5) | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC |
| February 22 | No. 15 | at No. 18 Georgia Tech | W 80–76 | 17–6 (7–5) | Atlanta, GA |
| February 25 | No. 11 | Florida State | W 90–87 $^{OT}$ | 18–6 (8–5) | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC |
| February 28 | No. 11 | at Maryland | W 91–83 | 19–6 (9–5) | College Park, MD |
| March 2 | No. 11 | at Virginia | L 82–84 | 19–7 (9–6) | Charlottesville, VA |
| March 6 | No. 11 | No. 16 NC State | L 70–81 | 19–8 (9–7) | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC |
| ACC tournament ||||||
| March 12* | No. 15 | vs. Maryland ACC tournament | L 86–87 | 19–9 | Greensboro, NC |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| March 18* CBS | (4) No. 17 | vs. (13) VCU First Round | W 79–78 | 20–9 | Raleigh, NC |
| March 20* CBS | (4) No. 17 | vs. (12) Manhattan Second Round | W 84–80 | 21–9 | Raleigh, NC |
| March 25* 10:00 p.m., CBS | (4) No. 17 | vs. (1) No. 5 St. Joseph's Sweet Sixteen | L 80–84 | 21–10 | East Rutherford, NJ |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Standard Time. ||||||