2012–13 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team

The 2012–13 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team represented Wake Forest University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Jeff Bzdelik, who was coaching in his third season at Wake Forest. The team played its home games at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 13–18, 6–12 in ACC play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They lost in the first round of the ACC tournament to Maryland.

2012–13 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	13–18 (6–12 ACC)
Head coach	Jeff Bzdelik (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Jeff Battle Rusty LaRue Walt Corbean
Home arena	LJVM Coliseum

2012–13 ACC men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 5 Miami (FL) †	15	–	3		.833			29	–	7		.806
No. 6 Duke	14	–	4		.778			30	–	6		.833
North Carolina	12	–	6		.667			25	–	11		.694
Virginia	11	–	7		.611			23	–	12		.657
NC State	11	–	7		.611			24	–	11		.686
Florida State	9	–	9		.500			18	–	16		.529
Maryland	8	–	10		.444			25	–	13		.658
Boston College	7	–	11		.389			16	–	17		.485
Georgia Tech	6	–	12		.333			16	–	15		.516
Wake Forest	6	–	12		.333			13	–	18		.419
Clemson	5	–	13		.278			13	–	18		.419
Virginia Tech	4	–	14		.222			13	–	19		.406
† 2013 ACC tournament winner As of April 2, 2013 Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

Wake finished the 2011–12 season 13–18, 4–12 in ACC play tied for 9th place and lost in the first round of the ACC tournament. The end of the season was highlighted by the sudden outgoing transfer of 3 players off the Wake Forest Men's Basketball team following Athletic Director Ron Wellman's announcement that Head Coach Jeff Bzdelik would be returning for another season.

Recruiting

Wake Forest has a 7-man recruiting class for 2012.

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Tyler Cavanaugh Forward	Dewitt, New York	Jamesville-Dewitt HS	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (100 kg)	Sep 24, 2011
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 89
Madison Jones Guard	Raleigh, North Carolina	Ravenscroft School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Apr 6, 2012
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 88
Codi Miller-McIntyre Guard	Concord, North Carolina	First Assembly Christian School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Mar 3, 2011
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 92
Arnaud Moto Forward	Alexandria, Virginia	Episcopal HS	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Oct 1, 2011
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 92
Aaron Rountree Forward	Wilson, North Carolina	Greenfield School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Mar 6, 2011
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 89
Devin Thomas Forward	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	Central Dauphin SHS	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (110 kg)	Sep 3, 2011
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 89
Andre Washington Center	Roanoke, Virginia	Roanoke Catholic School	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Mar 23, 2011
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 86
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: "2012 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved October 20, 2012.

Roster

2012–13 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Codi Miller-McIntyre 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Hargrave Military Acad. Concord, NC G 1 Madison Jones 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Fr Ravencroft School Raleigh, NC F 2 Devin Thomas 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Fr Central Dauphin HS Harrisburg, PA F 4 Daniel Green 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So Grapevine HS Colleyville, TX G 10 Chase Fischer 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Ripley HS Ripley, WV G 11 C. J. Harris 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Mount Tabor HS Winston-Salem, NC F 30 Travis McKie 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr John Marshall HS Richmond, VA C 31 Andre Washington 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fr Hargrave Military Acad. Roanoke, VA F 33 Aaron Rountree III 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Greenfield School Wilson, NC F 34 Tyler Cavanaugh 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Fr Jamesville-Dewitt HS Dewitt, NY G 42 Spencer Jennings 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Herbert Henry Dow HS Midland, MI F 45 Arnaud William Adala Moto 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Fr Episcopal HS Yaoundé, Cameroon F 52 Doug Niedrich 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Adlai E. Stevenson HS Kildeer, IL	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: 2012-10-19

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Exhibition
October 19* 7:00 p.m.		at Brock	W 84–79		Davis Gymnasium  St. Catharines, Ontario
October 20* 7:00 p.m.		at Ryerson	W 88–80		Mattamy Athletic Centre  Toronto, Ontario
November 2* 7:00 p.m.		Rollins	W 73–66		LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Regular season
November 9* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		Radford	W 79–67	1–0	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
November 16* 6:30 p.m., CBSSN		vs. No. 23 Connecticut Paradise Jam Tournament Quarterfinal	L 71–77	1–1	Sports and Fitness Center  Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
November 17* 5:00 p.m.		vs. Iona Paradise Jam Tournament Consolation	L 68–94	1–2	Sports and Fitness Center  Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
November 19* 2:30 p.m.		vs. Mercer Paradise Jam Tournament Seventh Place Game	W 74–71	2–2	Sports and Fitness Center  Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
November 23* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		William & Mary	W 63–57	3–2	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
November 27* 9:15 p.m., ESPNU		Nebraska ACC–Big Ten Challenge	L 63–79	3–3	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
December 1* 6:00 p.m.		at Richmond	L 60–62	3–4	Robins Center  Richmond, Virginia
December 5* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		High Point	W 71–60	4–4	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
December 8* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		Seton Hall	L 67–71	4–5	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
December 18* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		Furman	W 79–55	5–5	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
December 22* 2:30 p.m., ESPN3		at UNC Greensboro	W 84–70	6–5	Greensboro Coliseum  Greensboro, North Carolina
January 2* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		Xavier	W 66–59	7–5	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
January 5 12:00 p.m., ESPNU		at No. 1 Duke	L 62–80	7–6 (0–1)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
January 9 9:00 p.m., RSN/ESPN3		Virginia	W 55–52	8–6 (1–1)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
January 12 4:00 p.m., RSN/ESPN3		Boston College	W 75–72	9–6 (2–1)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
January 15 7:00 p.m., ESPNU		at Clemson	L 44–60	9–7 (2–2)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
January 19 2:00 p.m., ACCN/ESPN3		at Virginia Tech	L 65–66	9–8 (2–3)	Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, Virginia
January 22 7:00 p.m., RSN/ESPN3		No. 18 NC State	W 86–84	10–8 (3–3)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
January 26 3:00 p.m., ACCN/ESPN3		at Georgia Tech	L 62–82	10–9 (3–4)	Hank McCamish Pavilion  Atlanta, Georgia
January 30 8:00 p.m., ACCN/ESPN3		No. 5 Duke	L 70–75	10–10 (3–5)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
February 2 2:00 p.m., RSN/ESPN3		at Maryland	L 60–86	10–11 (3–6)	Comcast Center  College Park, Maryland
February 5 7:00 p.m., ESPNU		at North Carolina	L 62–87	10–12 (3–7)	Dean Smith Center  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
February 9 12:00 p.m., ESPN2		Florida State	W 71–46	11–12 (4–7)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
February 13 7:00 p.m., RSN/ESPN3		at Boston College	L 63–66	11–13 (4–8)	Conte Forum  Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
February 16 2:00 p.m., RSN/ESPN3		Georgia Tech	L 56–57	11–14 (4–9)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
February 23 1:00 p.m., RSN/ESPN3		No. 2 Miami (FL)	W 80–65	12–14 (5–9)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
February 26 9:00 p.m., ESPNU		at Florida State	L 62–76	12–15 (5–10)	Donald L. Tucker Center  Tallahassee, Florida
March 2 12:00 p.m., ACCN/ESPN3		Maryland	L 57–67	12–16 (5–11)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
March 6 9:00 p.m., ACCN/ESPN3		at NC State	L 66–81	12–17 (5–12)	PNC Arena  Raleigh, North Carolina
March 10 2:00 p.m., ACCN/ESPN3		Virginia Tech	W 90–79	13–17 (6–12)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
ACC tournament
March 14 7:00 p.m., ESPNU/ACC Network		vs. Maryland First Round	L 62–75	13–18	Greensboro Coliseum  Greensboro, North Carolina
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Leaders by Game

• Team Season Highs in Bold.

Game	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Radford	Harris (19)	McKie (9)	Harris/Miller-McIntyre (3)	Adala Moto (3)	Adala Moto/Jones (2)
Connecticut	Miller-McIntyre (21)	McKie (8)	Miller-McIntyre (4)	4 tied (1)	Thomas (2)
Iona	McKie (13)	McKie/Thomas (7)	Fischer (3)	Jones (3)	Fischer/Jones (1)
Mercer	McKie (23)	McKie (15)	Miller-McIntyre (3)	McKie/Thomas (3)	Thomas (2)
William & Mary	Harris (18)	Rountree (7)	3 tied (2)	Rountree (2)	Rountree (5)
Nebraska	Jones (14)	McKie (7)	Miller-McIntyre (3)	Jones (2)	Rountree (3)
Richmond	Thomas (11)	McKie (8)	Harris (3)	Jones/Rountree (2)	Rountree (3)
High Point	Fischer (15)	McKie (10)	Jones/Miller-McIntyre (3)	Rountree (3)	McKie/Rountree (2)
Seton Hall	Harris (28)	McKie (7)	Miller-McIntyre (5)	McKie (4)	Thomas (4)
Furman	Harris (20)	Thomas (7)	Harris (5)	Jones (3)	Thomas (2)
UNC Greensboro	McKie (19)	Moto/Thomas (6)	Miller-McIntyre (5)	Rountree (3)	Jones (2)
Xavier	McKie (19)	Thomas (14)	Miller-McIntyre (3)	McKie/Thomas (2)	McKie (2)
Duke	McKie (22)	McKie/Thomas (12)	Harris (5)	McKie (2)	McKie (1)
Virginia	Harris (16)	Thomas (8)	McKie (3)	McKie (2)	Thomas (3)
Boston College	Harris (29)	Thomas (11)	Miller-McIntyre (5)	McKie/Rountree (4)	Thomas (2)
Clemson	McKie (12)	McKie (11)	3 tied (1)	Adala Moto (2)	McKie/Thomas (1)
Virginia Tech	McKie (20)	McKie (15)	Harris/Miller-McIntyre (4)	4 tied (1)	McKie (1)
NC State	Thomas (25)	Thomas (14)	Thomas (4)	Thomas (3)	Thomas (4)
Georgia Tech	Harris (18)	Thomas (13)	Harris/Miller-McIntyre (3)	Jones (2)	Thomas (5)
Duke	Thomas (15)	McKie (7)	Jones (5)	Jones (2)	McKie (2)
Maryland	McKie (15)	McKie (6)	Jones (4)	Harris (3)
North Carolina	Harris (12)	Thomas (13)	Jones (5)	Miller-McIntyre (2)	Rountree/Thomas (1)
Florida State	McKie (15)	Thomas (8)	Jones/Thomas (3)	Thomas (4)	Rountree/Thomas (2)
Boston College	Harris (23)	Thomas (9)	Harris/Miller-McIntyre (4)	5 tied (1)	Thomas (2)
Georgia Tech	Harris/McKie (15)	Thomas (12)	Miller-McIntyre (3)	Rountree (2)	Rountree (4)
Miami	Harris (23)	McKie (10)	Jones/Miller-McIntyre (3)	Jones (4)	McKie (5)
Florida State	McKie (15)	McKie (6)	Adala Moto/Jones (2)	Rountree (2)	McKie (2)
Maryland	Harris (19)	Thomas (7)	Harris/Miller-McIntyre (3)	Thomas (3)	McKie (2)
NC State	Thomas (13)	Thomas (11)	Jones (6)	Jones (2)	Thomas (2)
Virginia Tech	Harris (29)	Thomas (8)	3 tied (4)	McKie/Thomas (2)	3 tied (1)