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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- When Danny Manning took his Wake Forest team to the Bahamas for three exhibition games, he didnt bother on some nights to set a curfew.And the legal age is 18 there, Manning quipped Monday.Consider that an indication of how much trust he has in a young team that has only two fourth-year players on scholarship.While the Demon Deacons are once again a popular pick to finish near the bottom of the Atlantic Coast Conference standings, theyre confident that a three-year, patience-testing rebuilding process will pay off -- if not now, then soon.Its always tough to lose like we did last year, but then again, Im very understanding that we play in the ACC and Coach Manning is a new coach, rebuilding the team, rebuilding Wake, so I understand the fact that its going to take time, sophomore big man John Collins said. No one likes losing, but it comes with an understanding that its all for the future. Coach Manning has a plan. Weve stuck to it.I think its going to take time to pull everything together, he added, but when it pulls together, its going to be big-time.It hasnt come easy thus far for Manning, who knew almost nothing but winning -- both as one of the best players in college basketball history in the 1980s at Kansas, and as an assistant coach with the Jayhawks and a head coach at Tulsa. His record is 24-39 in two sub-.500 seasons at Wake Forest, with just seven ACC victories.But in those two seasons, the roster has almost entirely turned over, and now is almost exclusively populated by players he recruited.Redshirt junior Greg McClinton and senior Trent VanHorn, a former walk-on, are the only holdovers from the Jeff Bzdelik era. Eight of the 13 players on scholarship are either freshmen or sophomores.To give the team a jolt of experience, Manning brought in one graduate transfer -- forward Austin Arians of Milwaukee -- and had announced the addition of another one -- Matt Williams of Central Florida, who opted to return to the Knights. Another transfer, guard Keyshawn Woods, sat out last season after coming in from Charlotte.A three-game run in the Bahamas in August gave the young players a jump-start on learning both Mannings system and each other, and Manning said before the teams fourth preseason practice that this team is much further along than it was at this stage of the last two preseasons.So were young, but when youre building, thats how you have to build, Manning said. We think were going to have a chance to do some really big, really special things this year.Next year, too. While nobodys writing off the upcoming season by any means, Manning acknowledged that this team will be a work in progress. But the future is certainly bright with the core -- guards Mitchell Wilbekin and Bryant Crawford, and big men Doral Moore, Dinos Mitoglou and Collins -- all in line to be back next year, too.Its definitely good to know that the guys, were all building together, Collins said.---Follow Joedy McCreary at http://twitter.com/joedyap . His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/joedy-mccrearyCheap Retro Jordan . Dukurs winning time was 1 minute, 45.76 seconds, a quarter-second better than Russias Alexander Tretiakov. Lativas Tomass Dukurs was third, 1.41 seconds off the pace. Jon Montgomery of Eckville, Alta. Discount Air Jordan . The Masters champion and winner of last weeks Australian PGA has a three-round total of 14-under 199 at Royal Melbourne. "Im in a really good position for tomorrow," Scott said. https://www.wholesalejordanshoeschina.com/ . Coach Mike Munchak says Fokou stretched ligaments in his left knee Oct. 13 against Seattle, which could keep out up to five weeks even though the linebacker didnt need surgery. Wholesale Air Jordan . -- Ohio States Urban Meyer has never had any issue acclimating to the biggest stages in college football. Air Jordan Sale . The veteran safety was a starter for the Bengals from 2008-2012. He totaled 41 tackles and three interceptions while starting all but four of the 13 games he played last season.LEXINGTON, Va. -- Julian Eleby scored 18 points, QJ Peterson added 17 and VMI beat Division III Southern Virginia 78-47 on Tuesday night.Eleby and Peterson hit four 3-pointers apiece and Peterson moved past Ramon Williams into ninth on VMIs career scoring list.Eleby hit three 3s and scored 11 points during an 18-2 run that made it 30-16 with 3:57 left in the first half and the Keydets (1-1) led by double figures the rest of the way. Two free throws by Garrettt Gilkeson gave VMI its biggest lead at 74-44 with 3:16 to play.ddddddddddddRashay Douglas led the Knights with 16 points.VMI converted 19 Southern Virginia turnovers into 23 points and outscored the Knights 40-18 in the paint.Southern Virginia made just 17 of 49 (34.7 percent) from the field, including 1 of 9 from 3-point range. ' ' '