After Wake Forest beat North Carolina on Sunday, it appears more than ever that they are a team that will make a serious run at the school's second Final Four in school history (1962). Wake Forest boasts a talented and tall front court (5 players in the rotation that are 6'9" or taller) to go along with a killer PG in All-American candidate Jeff Teague (2nd in ACC in scoring, 7th in assists, 1st in 3PT%). They are extremely athletic at every position. All-everything freshman Al-Farouq Aminu is proving to be the real deal chipping in 12.7 ppg while cleaning the glass at 8.7 rbg (7th in ACC). They only potential roadblock to the Final Four is that they don't have a senior in their starting lineup (2 JR's, 2 SO's, and 1 FR). Look for Wake Forest to get a #1 or #2 seed and make a serious run in March. It should be exciting to watch this squad grow and get better and see if they can do something Tim Duncan and Randolph Childress couldn't do. I think they can and will do it.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Wake Forest...Final Four Bound?
After Wake Forest beat North Carolina on Sunday, it appears more than ever that they are a team that will make a serious run at the school's second Final Four in school history (1962). Wake Forest boasts a talented and tall front court (5 players in the rotation that are 6'9" or taller) to go along with a killer PG in All-American candidate Jeff Teague (2nd in ACC in scoring, 7th in assists, 1st in 3PT%). They are extremely athletic at every position. All-everything freshman Al-Farouq Aminu is proving to be the real deal chipping in 12.7 ppg while cleaning the glass at 8.7 rbg (7th in ACC). They only potential roadblock to the Final Four is that they don't have a senior in their starting lineup (2 JR's, 2 SO's, and 1 FR). Look for Wake Forest to get a #1 or #2 seed and make a serious run in March. It should be exciting to watch this squad grow and get better and see if they can do something Tim Duncan and Randolph Childress couldn't do. I think they can and will do it.
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Sports Chef hops on the bandwagon! It's about time.
Wake presents a difficult matchup with his size, athleticism, and depth. As you said, how many teams can throw 5-6 athletic bigs at you.
The team will go as far as Teague takes them. For his sake and the team's sake, he needs to learn how to dictate tempo and keep his turnovers down. If he does, he will be a special player at the next level. Wake will be a special team in March.
They have only been in ONE final four? In the 60's?
That's all I have to say...
This is not a history post. It's a post on 2009.
Randolph Childress, really? Why no love for CP3 or Rodney Rodgers?
Should be #1 come Monday...it looks like a #1-#2 face off next week at the Joel when Duke comes into town.
Hey sports chef did you get shut down due to a health inspection or what? Let's go! Write something!
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