A December glance at the 2011 Wake Forest men's basketball squad sparked immediate curiosity about teams with the fewest wins in ACC history, a matter we visited here earlier. The Demon Deacons, 1-12 in the conference with three regular season games remaining, have lived down to those expectations.
| L-EVATED Most Losses By Teams As ACC Members |
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| (Listed By Year, Record In ACC During Regular Season) | ||||
| Overall | Year | School | ACC | Coach |
| 2-21 | 1955 | Clemson | 0-14 | Banks McFadden |
| 4-20 | 1959 | South Carolina | 2-12 | Walt Hambrick |
| 3-23 | 1961 | Virginia | 2-12 | Billy McCann |
| 5-20 | 1963 | Virginia | 3-11 | Billy McCann |
| 4-20 | 1968 | Clemson | 3-11 | Bobby Roberts |
| 5-21 | 1968 | Wake Forest | 3-11 | Jack McCloskey |
| 4-23 | 1981 | Georgia Tech | 0-14 | Dwane Morrison |
| 11-20 | 1983 | Clemson | 2-12 | Bill Foster |
| 8-21 | 1986 | Wake Forest | 0-14 | Bob Staak |
| 9-20 | 1989 | Maryland# | 1-13 | Bob Wade |
| 10-20 | 2000 | Clemson | 4-12 | Larry Shyatt |
| 9-21 | 2001 | Florida State | 4-12 | Steve Robinson |
| 8-20 | 2002 | North Carolina | 4-12 | Matt Doherty |
| 12-20 | 2007 | Miami# | 4-12 | Frank Haith |
| 8-20* | 2011 | Wake Forest | 1-12* | Jeff Bzdelik |
| * Still playing. # Won a game in ACC Tournament. |
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Now, with an 8-20 record overall, Wake's inclusion in another category of futility has caught our attention.
This year's Deacs are only the 15th team in the ACC's 58 seasons that lost at least 20 games. They have four games left on their schedule, including at least one game in the ACC Tournament. That gives Jeff Bzdelik's first Wake squad a shot at losing more games than any other club in league history.
Only two ACC teams lost more than 21 times in the same season - UVa in 1961 and Georgia Tech, a new league member, in 1981.
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