Wake Forest Demon Deacons

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons play at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, bringing ACC basketball to the smallest school in the conference. Under Steve Forbes, the Demon Deacons have rekindled the program's tradition of excellence. Wake Forest's black and gold colors and the intimate Joel Coliseum create a distinct home-court advantage. The program combines academic rigor with competitive basketball at one of the nation's top universities. The Demon Deacons' place in the ACC's Tobacco Road hierarchy adds significance to every conference matchup.

Wake Forest reached the 1962 Final Four and won the ACC tournament seven times under Bones McKinney and succeeding coaches. Tim Duncan led the Demon Deacons to prominence in the 1990s before becoming one of the greatest NBA players ever. Chris Paul, Josh Howard, and Jeff Teague are among the program's distinguished alumni. Skip Prosser's tragic death in 2007 galvanized the program and the Winston-Salem community. The Demon Deacons' rivalry with North Carolina, Duke, and NC State places them at the heart of Tobacco Road basketball.