Wake Forest Athletics
Wake Forest Announces 1998-99 Men's Basketball Schedule
6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
August 13, 1998
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Wake Forest's 1998-99 basketball schedule, which includes the earliest opening date in school history, was announced today by the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Demon Deacons will meet Illinois in the opening game of the "Coaches versus Cancer" tournament in Madison Square Garden on November 10th. Other teams in the two-day event are Temple and Georgetown.
That opening contest against the Illini is one of 22 regular season Deacon games that will be televised, including 12 that are scheduled on national networks (ABC, ESPN or ESPN2).
Wake Forest's non-conference schedule also features a matchup with Arkansas on December 23rd in Joel Coliseum and a trip to Salt Lake City to meet last year's NCAA runner-up Utah on December 28th.
The Deacons open ACC play at Maryland on December 3rd, then face 15 consecutive league opponents beginning with a home date against Virginia on January 2nd.
Here is the complete 1998-99 schedule:
November 10-11 -- Coaches vs Cancer (N.Y.)
18 -- UNC Greensboro
21 -- Mercer
24 -- William & Mary
27 -- Davidson
30 -- at VMI
December 3 -- at Maryland
12 -- at Virginia Tech
16 -- Coastal Carolina
19 -- East Tennessee State
23 -- Arkansas
28 -- at Utah
January 2 -- Virginia
9 -- at Clemson
13 -- Duke
16 -- at Georgia Tech
20 -- at Florida State
23 -- North Carolina
28 -- at NC State
31 -- Maryland
February 3 -- at Virginia
10 -- Clemson
13 -- at Duke
16 -- Georgia Tech
20 -- Florida State
23 -- at North Carolina
28 -- NC State
March 4-7 -- ACC Tournament (Charlotte)
