Wake Forest Athletics
Deacon Basketball Notes
9/22/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Sept. 22, 2003
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TheWake Forest-Duke men's basketball game, scheduled for Feb. 18 at Lawrence Joel Coliseum, will tip at 9 p.m. -- a change from the previous starting time of 7 p.m. The game will be televised by ESPN.
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Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook has selected Connecticut as its preseason No. 1 team. With the formidable Emeka Okafor at center, the excellent guard tandem of Taliek Brown and Ben Gordon, plenty of depth and a quality recruiting class that includes Charlie Villanueva, the Huskies were the unanimous choice of Blue Ribbon?s editors as the nation?s best team.
Wake Forest checks in at No. 18 in the preseason poll.
Behind UConn is Duke, with its young nucleus of talent and point guard Chris Duhon, followed by Michigan State, Florida, Missouri, Texas, Gonzaga, Kansas, Arizona and Illinois in the Top 10. The Big 12, Big East and ACC are represented in the poll by four teams each. Three teams from the Southeastern Conference, the Pac-10 and the Big Ten are ranked, along with two from Conference USA.
The poll:
1. Connecticut 2. Duke 3. Michigan State 4. Florida 5. Missouri 6. Texas 7. Gonzaga 8. Kansas 9. Arizona 10. Illinois 11. Syracuse 12. North Carolina 13. Kentucky 14. Oklahoma 15. St. Joseph?s 16. Stanford 17. Notre Dame 18. Wake Forest 19. Marquette 20. Pittsburgh 21. LSU 22. Louisville 23. Maryland 24. Wisconsin 25. California
