# 2000–01 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team

The 2000–01 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team represented Wake Forest University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference during the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Dave Odom, the team played their home games at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The Demon Deacons finished tied for fifth in the ACC regular season standings. They lost to Maryland in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament. Wake Forest received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 7 seed in the Midwest region. The Demon Deacons were defeated by No. 10 seed Butler in the opening round, to end the season with a record of 19–11 (8–8 ACC).

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Regular Season ||||||
| Nov 16, 2000* | No. 18 | Mount St. Mary's | W 108–61 | 1–0 | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| Nov 17, 2000* | No. 18 | Air Force | W 84–44 | 2–0 | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| Nov 20, 2000* | No. 17 | at Richmond | W 69–61 | 3–0 | Robins Center Richmond, Virginia |
| Nov 25, 2000* | No. 17 | Campbell | W 86–47 | 4–0 | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| Nov 28, 2000* | No. 12 | at Michigan ACC–Big Ten Challenge | W 71–60 | 5–0 | Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| Dec 2, 2000* | No. 12 | South Carolina State | W 66–55 | 6–0 | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| Dec 7, 2000* | No. 11 | No. 3 Kansas | W 84–53 | 7–0 | LJVM Coliseum (12,143) Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| Dec 16, 2000* | No. 6 | Georgia | W 75–57 | 8–0 | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| Dec 18, 2000* | No. 6 | Radford | W 92–52 | 9–0 | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| Dec 21, 2000* | No. 6 | at Temple | W 73–65 | 10–0 | Liacouras Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Dec 29, 2000* | No. 4 | Navy | W 90–58 | 11–0 | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| Jan 2, 2001 | No. 4 | No. 8 Virginia | W 96–73 | 12–0 (1–0) | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| Jan 6, 2001 | No. 4 | at No. 13 North Carolina | L 69–70 | 12–1 (1–1) | Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
| Jan 9, 2001 | No. 6 | Florida State | W 76–53 | 13–1 (2–1) | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| Jan 13, 2001 | No. 6 | at Georgia Tech | L 89–95 $^{OT}$ | 13–2 (2–2) | Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia |
| Jan 17, 2001 | No. 10 | at No. 12 Maryland | L 71–81 | 13–3 (2–3) | Cole Fieldhouse College Park, Maryland |
| Jan 21, 2001 | No. 10 | Clemson | W 71–63 | 14–3 (3–3) | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| Jan 24, 2001 | No. 9 | at No. 2 Duke | L 62–85 | 14–4 (3–4) | Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, North Carolina |
| Jan 27, 2001* | No. 9 | at Cincinnati | L 72–78 $^{OT}$ | 14–5 | Myrl H. Shoemaker Center Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Jan 31, 2001 | No. 16 | NC State | W 74–69 $^{OT}$ | 15–5 (4–4) | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| Feb 3, 2001 | No. 16 | at No. 11 Virginia | L 71-82 | 15–6 (4–5) | University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia |
| Feb 6, 2001 | No. 19 | No. 1 North Carolina | L 74-80 | 15–7 (4–6) | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| ACC Tournament ||||||
| Mar 9, 2001* | No. 22 | vs. No. 11 Maryland Quarterfinals | L 53–71 | 19–10 | Georgia Dome (40,083) Atlanta, Georgia |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| Mar 16, 2001* | (7 MW) No. 23 | vs. (10 MW) Butler First round | L 63–79 | 19–11 | Kemper Arena (13,550) Kansas City, Missouri |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. All times are in Eastern Standard Time. ||||||