10 Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo!, Inc. All rights reserved. en-us 126 15 http://sports.yahoo.com http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/b/ysp_logo_rss.gif Latest news and information about the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/teams/wad Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:56:00 PST ncaab urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,rivals:20050301:ncaab,article,rivals-334301:1 <p><p>Wake Forest is counting on the old philosophy of "addition by subtraction" as the Demon Deacons prepare for the upcoming season.</p> <p>They lose their top two scorers, Jeff Teague and James Johnson, who opted to enter the NBA draft, but that could open the way for returnees such as forward Al-Farouq Aminu, Chas McFarland, L.D. Williams and Ish Smith to step up.</p> <p>At least their roles should be more defined.</p> <p>It seemed at times last year that the Deacons were winning in spite of themselves. They won on sheer talent for a while, into January in fact, when they climbed to No. 1 in the polls, but the tendency for some players to go it alone sometimes cost them down the stretch.</p> <p>It should be clear this season that it's Smith's job to run the club; most of the time it... Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:40:58 PDT ncaab urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,sportsxchange:20080101:ncaab,article,teamreports-2009-ncaab-wad:1 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:29:57 PDT ncaab urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,ap:20050301:ncaab,article,ap-wakeforest-mediaday:1 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:56:00 PST