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After Lone ACC Win, Wake Forest Falls Back into Losing Ways

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Wake Forest quietly filed into its locker room Tuesday night. The door that shut behind the Demon Deacons didn't open for nearly 25 minutes. While an occasional raised voice was heard, the conversation between coach Jeff Bzdelik and his team was a mixture of constructive criticism and honesty. Wake...

Stetson Spoils Jeff Bzdelik's Debut, but Hatters Once Beat Duke, Krzyzewski Too

Cheer up, Jeff Bzdelik. Losing to Stetson early in your ACC coaching career may be no way to spend a Friday night, but it isn't necessarily a career-killer. Ask Mike Krzyzewski. Although Stetson's sports information department listed the Hatters' win over Wake Forest Friday night as the school's first victory over an ACC...

Jeff Bzdelik Faces Plenty of Skeptics in First Season at Wake Forest

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Jeff Bzdelik ticks off the accomplishments of his career almost by rote, a résumé he no doubt has been compelled to deliver all too often in the last few months when asked why he deserved to be the new head coach of Wake Forest's men's basketball team. "I'm getting tired of answering it, to be...

Despite Preparing to Leave Big 12, Nebraska and Colorado Stay Grounded

The idea – at least in college basketball circles – that the Big 12 suddenly became an even better basketball league with last month's announced departures of Colorado and Nebraska hasn't been a well kept secret. That is unless you are Nebraska coach Doc Sadler. "I haven't heard those things but if that is...

Wake Forest's Bzdelik Hits Ground Running, Recruiting

Jeff Bzdelik has demonstrated nice closing speed during his first week on the job. Word coming from Winston-Salem, N.C., is that Wake Forest's heralded recruiting class has remained intact and will play next season for Bzdelik. Bzdelik stressed that task was his No. 1 priority following his hiring, one that drew raised...

Jeff Bzdelik News From the Web

05/24/12 Wake Forest (SID): Gold Rush: Q&A With Jeff Bzdelik Source: The Mid-Majority This article was originally published in the May 2012 issue of Gold Rush. The men's basketball team took a step forward in 2011-12, improving from eight wins to 13 in Jeff Bzdelik's second year at the helm and grabbing four conference wins.
04/15/12 Wake Forest basketball still in flux, but solid pieces... Source: Fayetteville Observer - Fayetteville NC Coach Jeff Bzdelik likes to cite the continual - albeit gradual - improvement Wake Forest has made.
04/13/12 Interview with Jeff Bzdelik: Part I Source: Winston-Salem Journal - Winston-Salem NC For the past several years I've let the dust settle from a basketball season and then gone to sit down with the coach to ask where he feels the program is and where it's headed.
04/13/12 Despite setbacks, Bzdelik remains optimistic Source: Winston-Salem Journal - Winston-Salem NC Going into his first two seasons as Wake Forest's basketball coach, Jeff Bzdelik had little recourse but to preach patience.
03/30/12 Solution May Lie Outside the Box Source: Winston-Salem Journal - Winston-Salem NC One solution to the pickle the Wake Forest basketball program has found itself in might be found in the Masters Programs and PhD Tracks offered by the university.