Wake Forest Scouting Report

Wake Forest Demon Deacon Basketball Scouting Report 2015-2016:

Current Record: 2-1

Record last season: 13-19 (Conference Record: 5-13)

Conference: ACC

Nickname: Demon Deacon

Head Coach: Danny Manning

Series History: Wake Forest has won both previous meetings with Indiana, both in Winston-Salem as part of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The Demon Deacons downed the Hoosiers 100-67 in 2003-04 and 83-58 in 2008-09, Coach Crean’s first year with the Hoosiers.

Roster: *Starters highlighted and bold

miller-mcintyre codi
0 Codi Miller-McIntyre
Guard
75
6-3
205
7
SR
Concord, N.C.
Hargrave Military Academy
2

thomas devin
Devin Thomas
Forward
81
6-9
245
7
SR
Harrisburg, Pa.
Central Dauphin HS

4

moore doral
Doral Moore
Center
85
7-1
265
1
FR
Locust Grove, Ga.
Montverde Academy (Fla.)

10

wilbekin mitchell
Mitchell Wilbekin
Guard
74
6-2
175
3
SO
Gainesville, Fla.
The Rock School

11

mcclinton greg
Greg McClinton
Forward
79
6-7
200
4
RS SO
Winston-Salem, N.C.
Hargrave Military Academy

13

crawford bryant
Bryant Crawford
Guard
75
6-3
200
1
FR
Silver Spring, Md.
Gonzaga College HS

20

collins john
John Collins
Forward
82
6-10
225
1
FR
West Palm Beach, Fla.
Cardinal Newman HS

23

watson rondale
Rondale Watson
Guard
75
6-3
195
3
SO
Lewisburg, W.Va.
Greenbrier East HS

25

hudson cornelius
Cornelius Hudson
Forward
79
6-7
195
3
SO
Dallas, Texas
Mansfield Timberview HS

30

woods keyshawn
Keyshawn Woods
Guard
75
6-3
195
3
SO
Gastonia, N.C.
Northside Christian Academy

31

washington andre
Andre Washington
Center
84
7-0
235
7
SR
Rocky Mount, Va.
Hargrave Military Academy

35

prendergast stephen
Stephen Prendergast
Guard
73
6-1
180
7
SR
Mahwah, N.J.
Don Bosco Prep

40

bilas anthony
Anthony Bilas
Guard
74
6-2
165
1
FR
Charlotte, N.C.
Charlotte Latin School

42

mcgregor gilbert
Gilbert McGregor
Forward
76
6-4
210
6
RS JR
New Orleans, La.
Lusher Charter School

43

vanhorn trent
Trent VanHorn
Guard
75
6-3
215
5
JR
Fort Wayne, Ind.
Canterbury School

44

mitoglou konstantinos
Konstantinos Mitoglou
Forward
82
6-10
245
3
SO
Thessaloniki, Greece
Aristoteleio College of Thessaloniki

45

rike troy
Troy Rike
Forward
79
6-7
205
3
SO
San Francisco, Calif.
St. Ignatius College Prep

51

o'brien grant
Grant O'Brien
Forward
79
6-7
210
7
SR
North Andover, Mass.
The Governor's Academy

52

anderson britton
Britton Anderson
Guard
76
6-4
185
1
FR
Great Falls, Va.
Flint Hill School

Strengths:

1. Rebounding: Coach Crean during media availability yesterday said the following: "Very, very physical. Relentless on the glass, Outrebounding teams by +17, +18. Wake Forest is large on the front line starting Mitoglou at 6’10”, Thomas 6’9” and McClinton 6’7”.
2. Getting to the Free Throw Line: Coach Crean also during his media availability shed light on how aggressive and physical Wake Forest is on the offensive end of floor with the following comment: “Shooting almost 34 free throws per game." Coach Manning from Wake Forest reiterated his team’s ability to get to the free throw line: "Any team I coach we're going to throw the ball inside. I'm a big guy," Manning said. "Our philosophy is built around inside-out basketball. We're going to try to collapse the defense and then kick it back out from there." The sample size is small at only 3 games thus far but Wake Forest is going to get the ball inside to their bigs or try to draw fouls by driving to the basket.
   

Weaknesses:

1. Valuing the basketball: Wake Forest last time out in their loss at home to Richmond committed 20 turnovers. This is due to inexperience at the guard position with Crawford and Wilbekin still being relatively young (Freshman and Sophomore), as well as an injury to the team’s leading returning scorer, Codi Miller-McIntyre (14.5 ppg last season). Currently as a team Wake Forest has 40 assists compared to 45 turnovers.
2. Outside Shooting: Currently Wake Forest as a team is shooting 14-47 from the 3 point line which is a 2 9.8% rate. Due to the injury of Miller-McIntyre and the inexperience of Crawford and Wilbekin don’t expect Wake Forest to light the Hoosiers up from the 3 point line, considering their philosophy is to get the ball inside the paint.
   

Season Outlook:

The Demon Deacons were selected 11th in the ACC during the poll of media attending ACC Basketball Pre-Season Meetings; last season Wake Forest finished 12th in the ACC last season at 5-13.

Wake Forest has two of the six active 1,000 point career scorers in the ACC: Codi Miller-McIntyre (1,112 points) and Devin Thomas (1,085 points), to be noted Codi Miler-McIntyre is currently injured and will not play against the Hoosiers.

Wake Forest returns 13 letter winners from last year’s squad that account for a majority of the 2014-15 production:

• Wake Forest returns 80% (128 of 160) of its starts in 2014-15
• Wake Forest return 73.9% (4,785 of 6,475) of their minutes
• Wake Forest return 80.1% (1,770 of 2,209) of their scoring
• Wake Forest return 72.3% (868 of 1,200) of their rebounding
• Wake Forest return 69.4% (313 of 451) of their assists
• Wake Forest return 83.0% (171 of 206) of their 3-pointers