2011–12 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team

2011–12 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball
2011–12 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	13–18 (4–12 ACC)
Head coach	Jeff Bzdelik (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Jeff Battle; Rusty LaRue; Walt Corbean;
Home arena	LJVM Coliseum
	Seasons ← 2010–11 2012–13 →

2011–12 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 6 North Carolina	14	–	2	.875	32	–	6	.842
No. 14 Duke	13	–	3	.813	27	–	7	.794
No. 15 Florida State†	12	–	4	.750	25	–	10	.714
Virginia	9	–	7	.563	22	–	10	.688
No. 20 NC State	9	–	7	.563	24	–	13	.649
Miami (FL)	9	–	7	.563	20	–	13	.606
Clemson	8	–	8	.500	16	–	15	.516
Maryland	6	–	10	.375	17	–	15	.531
Virginia Tech	4	–	12	.250	16	–	17	.485
Wake Forest	4	–	12	.250	13	–	18	.419
Georgia Tech	4	–	12	.250	11	–	20	.355
Boston College	4	–	12	.250	9	–	22	.290

† 2012 ACC tournament winner As of April 3, 2012 Rankings from Coaches Poll

The 2011–12 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team represented Wake Forest University in the 2011–2012 NCAA college basketball season. The head coach was Jeff Bzdelik, who was coaching in his second season at Wake Forest. The team played its home games at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. After another below .500 season, Athletic Director Ron Wellman reaffirmed with an, "Oh, Heavens Yes" that his longtime close friend Head Coach Jeff Bzdelik would continue to be the coach of the Wake Forest men's basketball team for the foreseeable future. In Bzdelik's first 2 seasons, 7 players transferred from the program, while Bzdelik managed to win only 5 ACC games.

Previous season

Wake finished the 2010–11 season 8–24, 1–15 in ACC play and lost in the first round of the ACC tournament.

Recruiting

Wake Forest has a 3-man recruiting class for 2011.

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Anthony Fields Guard	Detroit, Michigan	Quality Education Academy (NC)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jan 5, 2011
Anthony Fields Guard	Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 88
Chase Fischer Guard	Ripley, West Virginia	Ripley High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	May 5, 2010
Chase Fischer Guard	Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 90
Daniel Green Forward	Colleyville, Texas	Grapevine High School	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Nov 2, 2010
Daniel Green Forward	Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 89
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2011 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved July 8, 2011.

Roster

2011–12 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Tony Chennault	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Neumann-Goretti High School	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
C	33	Carson Desrosiers	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	So	Central Catholic High School (MA)	Windham, New Hampshire
G	2	Anthony Fields	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	Quality Education Academy (NC)	Detroit, Michigan
G	10	Chase Fischer	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Ripley High School	Ripley, West Virginia
F	35	Ryan Glass	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	Summit Country Day School	Cincinnati, Ohio
F	41	Brooks Godwin	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Mount Tabor High School	Winston-Salem, North Carolina
F	4	Daniel Green	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Grapevine High School	Colleyville, Texas
G	11	C. J. Harris	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Mount Tabor High School	Winston-Salem, North Carolina
G	43	Aaron Ingle	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sr	Christ School	Weaverville, North Carolina
G	42	Spencer Jennings	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jr	Herbert Henry Dow High School	Midland, Michigan
F	45	Ryan Keenan	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Westbury Christian School	Bellaire, Texas
F	30	Travis McKie	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	John Marshall High School	Richmond, Virginia
F	25	Nikita Mescheriakov	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	RS Sr	St. John's Prospect Hall	Minsk, Belarus
F	52	Doug Niedrich	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Adlai E. Stevenson HS	Kildeer, Illinois

Head coach

Jeff Bzdelik (Illinois-Chicago)

Assistant coach(es)

Jeff Battle (Marshall)
Rusty LaRue (Wake Forest)
Walt Corbean (Xavier)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2012-03-08

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Exhibition
November 4* 7:00 pm	Ferrum College	W 82–43		LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
Regular season
November 13* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Loyola (MD)	W 75–63	1–0	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
November 16* 7:00 pm, RSN	Georgia Southern	W 81–72	2–0	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
November 20* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	NC Central	W 93–79	3–0	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
November 24* 7:00 pm, ESPN2	vs. Dayton Old Spice Classic	L 76–80	3–1	HP Field House Orlando, FL
November 25* 7:30 pm, ESPN2	vs. Arizona State 2011 Old Spice Classic	L 56–84	3–2	HP Field House Orlando, FL
November 27* 11:30 am, ESPN3	vs. Texas Tech 2011 Old Spice Classic	W 70–61	4–2	HP Field House Orlando, FL
November 30* 9:15 pm, ESPNU	at Nebraska ACC – Big Ten Challenge	W 55–53	5–2	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, NE
December 3* 1:00 pm, ESPN3	Richmond	L 62–70	5–3	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
December 7* 7:00 pm	at High Point	W 87–83	6–3	Millis Athletic Convocation Center High Point, NC
December 10* 8:00 pm, ESPN3	at Seton Hall	L 54–68	6–4	Prudential Center Newark, NJ
December 18* 1:00 pm, theACC.com	Gardner–Webb	W 67–59	7–4	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
December 21* 7:00 pm, theACC.com	UNC Wilmington	W 87–78	8–4	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
December 29* 7:00 pm, theACC.com	Yale	W 72–71	9–4	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
January 2* 7:00 pm, RSN	Wofford	L 52–56	9–5	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
January 7 12:00 pm, ACC Network	Virginia Tech	W 58–55	10–5 (1–0)	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
January 11 7:00 pm, RSN	at Maryland	L 64–70	10–6 (1–1)	Comcast Center College Park, MD
January 14 1:00 pm, ACC Network	North Carolina State	L 40–76	10–7 (1–2)	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
January 19 7:00 pm, ESPN	at No. 4 Duke	L 73–91	10–8 (1–3)	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
January 21 12:00 pm, ACC Network	at Boston College	W 71–56	11–8 (2–3)	Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, MA
January 25 7:00 pm, RSN	Florida State	L 52–75	11–9 (2–4)	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
January 28 12:00 pm, ACC Network	at Clemson	L 60–71	11–10 (2–5)	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
January 31 9:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 6 North Carolina	L 53–68	11–11 (2–6)	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
February 4 1:00 pm, ACC Network	at North Carolina State	L 76–87	11–12 (2–7)	RBC Center Raleigh, NC
February 8 7:30 pm, RSN	at No. 20 Virginia	L 44–68	11–13 (2–8)	John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA
February 11 4:00 pm, RSN	Clemson	L 58–78	11–14 (2–9)	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
February 15 7:30 pm, RSN	Georgia Tech	W 59–50	12–14 (3–9)	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
February 18 1:00 pm, RSN	at Miami	L 56–74	12–15 (3–10)	BankUnited Center Coral Gables, FL
February 25 1:00 pm, RSN	Boston College	W 85–56	13–15 (4–10)	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
February 28 9:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 3 Duke	L 71–79	13–16 (4–11)	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
March 3 1:00 pm, ACC Network	at Georgia Tech	L 62–69	13–17 (4–12)	Philips Arena Atlanta, GA
ACC tournament
March 8 12:00 pm, ESPNU/ACC Network	vs. Maryland First Round	L 60–82	13–18 (4–12)	Philips Arena Atlanta, GA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time^[1].

Leaders by Game

Team Season Highs in Bold.

Game	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Loyola (MD.)	Harris (20)	Desrosiers (10)	Fields (3)	McKie (3)	Desrosiers (8)
Georgia Southern	McKie (23)	McKie (7)	Chennault/Fields (4)	Chennault/Harris (4)	Desrosiers (3)
NC Central	McKie (25)	McKie (7)	Chennault (6)	Chennault/Fischer (2)	Desrosiers/Mescheriakov (1)
Dayton	McKie (20)	3 Tied (6)	Fields/Harris (4)	McKie (2)	Desrosiers/McKie (2)
Arizona State	Harris (17)	Harris (5)	Harris (2)	5 Tied (1)	Desrosiers (2)
Texas Tech	Harris/McKie (20)	McKie (9)	Harris (5)	Chennault (3)	Desrosiers/Green (2)
Nebraska	Desrosiers/Fischer (13)	Desrosiers (12)	Harris (5)	3 Tied (1)	Desrosiers (2)
Richmond	McKie (25)	McKie (7)	4 Tied (2)	Fischer (2)	Desrosiers (4)
High Point	Chennault/Harris (20)	Mescheriakov (7)	Chennault (6)	Fields/Harris (2)	Desrosiers (3)
Seton Hall	McKie (17)	McKie (7)	Chennault (2)	Desrosiers/Harris (1)	Desrosiers/Walker (1)
Gardner-Webb	Harris (18)	Walker (9)	Chennault/Mescheriakov (3)	Chennault/Fischer (2)	Desrosiers/Walker (1)
UNC-Wilmington	Harris (23)	Desrosiers (11)	Harris (4)	Harris/McKie (2)	3 tied (1)
Yale	Harris (23)	Desrosiers (10)	Chennault (6)	Harris (3)	Desrosiers (3)
Wofford	McKie (25)	Walker (12)	Mescheriakov/Walker (3)	McKie (2)	Desrosiers/Walker (3)
Virginia Tech	Harris (13)	McKie (15)	Harris (4)	3 tied (1)	Desrosiers (4)
Maryland	McKie (25)	Walker (9)	Chennault (4)	Chennault (1)	Walker (8)
NC State	Harris (10)	Walker (7)	Chennault (3)	Harris/Walker (1)	Walker (3)
Duke	Harris (20)	McKie (10)	Harris (3)	Chennault (3)	Walker (4)
Boston College	McKie (20)	Walker (11)	Chennault (6)	Harris (3)	Walker (6)
Florida State	Harris (16)	McKie (9)	Chennault (3)	4 tied (1)	Walker (4)
Clemson	Harris (19)	McKie (12)	3 tied (3)	McKie (2)	Walker (3)
North Carolina	Harris (19)	McKie (13)	Chennault/Mescheriakov (3)	Chennault/Harris (1)	Walker (3)
NC State	Harris (21)	Chennault (7)	Chennault (6)	Fischer (2)	Walker (2)
Virginia	McKie (16)	Desrosiers/McKie (6)	Chennault/Mescheriakov (3)	Desrosiers (2)	Desrosiers/McKie (1)
Clemson	Harris (18)	Chennault/McKie (4)	McKie (3)	3 tied (2)	Desrosiers (2)
Georgia Tech	McKie (23)	McKie (11)	Harris (6)	Chennault (3)	Walker (4)
Miami	Harris (14)	McKie (6)	Harris (5)	Fischer/Harris (2)	Walker (2)
Boston College	Harris (23)	Desrosiers (7)	3 tied (4)	Harris/McKie (2)	Walker (2)
Duke	Chennault/Mescheriakov (18)	Desrosiers/Mescheriakov (5)	Mescheriakov (4)	Harris (2)	Walker (2)
Georgia Tech	Harris (17)	Mescheriakov (5)	Mescheriakov (7)	Mescheriakov (1)	Desrosiers (4)
Maryland	McKie (22)	McKie (8)	Mescheriakov (4)	Harris (3)	Desrosiers (2)

References

^ "2011–12 Schedule." wakeforestsports.com. Retrieved on August 24, 2011.

[1] "2011–12 Schedule." wakeforestsports.com. Retrieved on August 24, 2011.

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