The stories could fill several books. And they have. The 2001 season will likely be remembered the same way. The Deacons really never recovered from Brendan Haywood s fortuitous put-back in the final second of the game in Chapel Hill. A last second Chris Duhon floater in Winston-Salem dashed any hope the Deacons had for a late season rally.
Tough bounces happen.
The four teams in Minneapolis this weekend all had tough, last-second losses this season. Good teams recover and adjust. The Deacons were bounced hard. At the end of the day, the harsh reality is that they never recovered. Brown is a 1999 graduate of Wake Forest.