1993–94 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team

The Demon Deacons finished tied for third in the ACC regular season with an 10–6 conference record. They lost to Virginia in the quarterfinal round of the ACC tournament, but received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as No. 5 seed in the Southeast region. Making their third consecutive appearance in the NCAA tournament, Wake Forest beat Chattanooga and Iowa to advance to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 1984. The Demon Deacons were eliminated by No. 1 seed Kentucky in the regional semifinals round to finish with a 21–9 record (10–6 ACC).

Junior Rodney Rogers was ACC Player of the Year, a consensus second-team All-American, and was selected by the Denver Nuggets with the 9th overall pick in the 1993 NBA draft.

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| date = Nov 25, 1993

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| site_cityst = Anchorage, Alaska

| gamename = Great Alaska Shootout

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| overtime = OT

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{{CBB schedule entry

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{{CBB schedule entry

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{{CBB schedule entry

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{{CBB schedule entry

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| site_stadium = Memorial Gymnasium

| site_cityst = Nashville, Tennessee

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| overtime = 2OT

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| site_cityst = Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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| overtime =

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| record = 7–3

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{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Jan 3, 1994

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| record = 8–3

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| record = 10–3

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| site_cityst = Durham, North Carolina

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| record = 11–3

| conference = 2–0

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| conference = 2–1

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| site_cityst = Clemson, South Carolina

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| record = 12–5

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| site_cityst = Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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| site_cityst = Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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| conference = 3–4

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{{CBB schedule entry

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| site_cityst = Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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| record = 15–7

| conference = 5–4

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| site_stadium = LJVM Coliseum

| site_cityst = Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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| score = 78–69{{cite news |title=Guess What Happened On the Way to No. 1? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/14/sports/college-basketball-guess-what-happened-on-the-way-to-no-1.html |newspaper=New York Times |date=February 14, 1994 |access-date=March 21, 2020}}

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{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Feb 16, 1994

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| site_cityst = College Park, Maryland

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| site_cityst = Atlanta, Georgia

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{{CBB schedule entry

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| site_cityst = Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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|-

!colspan=9 style={{NCAA color cell|Wake Forest Demon Deacons|color=white}}| ACC Tournament

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| date = Mar 11, 1994

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| seed = 3

| opponent = Georgia Tech

| opprank =

| oppseed = 6

| site_stadium = Bojangles Coliseum

| site_cityst = Charlotte, North Carolina

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| score = 74–49

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{{CBB schedule entry

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| site_cityst = Charlotte, North Carolina

| gamename = ACC Tournament Semifinal

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| overtime = OT

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| record = 20–11

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|-

!colspan=9 style={{NCAA color cell|Wake Forest Demon Deacons|color=white}}| NCAA Tournament

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| date = Mar 17, 1994

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| away =

| neutral = yes

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| seed = 5 SE

| opponent = College of Charleston

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| oppseed = 12 SE

| site_stadium = Rupp Arena

| site_cityst = Lexington, Kentucky

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| score = 68–58

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| record = 21–11

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Mar 19, 1994

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| away =

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| seed = 5 SE

| opponent = Kansas

| opprank = 13

| oppseed = 4 SE

| site_stadium = Rupp Arena

| site_cityst = Lexington, Kentucky

| gamename = Second round

| score = 58–69

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| record = 21–12

}}

{{CBB schedule end

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| timezone = Eastern

| region = SE

| regionname = Southeast

| notes =

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