The Deacs aren't quite there, but Danny Manning has firmly stamped his identity on his team.
Louisville certainly won the Wake Forest game, but there's no question that a different Wake team showed up from the sad sack bunch we've been used to in recent years.
But it was also clear that as improved as Wake Forest is, the Deacs didn't understand how to close out the game when the possibility presented itself.
Louisville was ahead throughout the second half, but the Cards couldn't pull away. And when Bryant Crawford hit a three to tie the game - a magnificently gutty shot for a freshman in his first ACC road game - he turned to the crowd with his finger on his lips.