Wake Forest has targeted Colorado coach Jeff Bzdelik to replace Dino Gaudio.
Wake Forest athletic director Ron Wellman is en route to Colorado to meet with Bzdelik, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. Fox Sports is reporting that a deal is done, but that has been denied by both Wellman and Bzdelik.
Dino Gaudio's unceremonious exit from Wake Forest on Wednesday left him in a unique group of former ACC coaches.
Since 1986, 16 coaches have either been fired or forced out. Gaudio
tops the dubious group in ACC winning percentage (.562) and ranks
second in overall winning percentage (.663).
GREENSBORO -- After Wake Forest’s third straight ACC tournament collapse, and perhaps the worst of the three in a dismal 83-62 loss to last-place Miami on Thursday, the NCAA tournament is now officially a referendum on Dino Gaudio.
Put simply, there’s no excuse for losing to a Miami team that went winless on the road in the ACC, while playing at a so-called neutral site close enough that the Deacons stayed on campus this week.
Wake Forest coach Dino Gaudio and assistant Jeff Battle met with point guard Jeff Teague and his family in Indianapolis on Sunday night to discuss the plusses and minuses of leaving his name in the NBA draft.
Gaudio said he had "an inkling" when he left about what the sophomore would do. And at around 3:15 p.m. today, the player made it official.
MIAMI — One small positive note for Wake Forest in the wake of its shocking 84-69 loss to Cleveland State Friday night in the NCAA tourney's first round: head coach Dino Gaudio said early Saturday that he believed Wake would not lose any underclassmen to the NBA this season.
Some thoughts from No. 1-ranked Duke’s 70-68 loss at No. 6 Wake Forest on Wednesday night:
• There might not be a worse call in basketball than a traveling violation after a player grabs a rebound and then falls because there are people underneath him and he has no place to land.
ATLANTA — Wake Forest basketball coach Dino Gaudio wasn't the only ACC coach predicting great things for the ACC in the national picture this season on Sunday. He thinks it might be as good as the year that North Carolina won the national title 2005.
That year Chris Paul guided Wake to a No. 2 seed and Duke and Carolina were No. 1 seeds forced to compete in the same venue in the first and seconds rounds in Charlotte.
