Tim Duncan

What: NCAA East Regional semifinalWhere: Byrne Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, N.J.When: Tonight, 7:40TV: Channel 13Outlook: This contest matches up two teams with remarkably similar looks. Each squad is led by a great center, a great guard and a cast of solid role players. Wake Forest feeds off the inside strength of All-ACC center Tim Duncan (16.9 ppg, 12.2 rpg, 4.1 bpg) and the penetration and outside shooting of All-ACC guard Randolph Childress (20.1 ppg, 5.2 apg), who has recovered from the flu. The Cowboys counter with Big Eight Player of the Year Bryant Reeves (21.6 ppg, 9.5 rpg)

No. 1 Wake Forest (24-5)Head coach: Dave Odom.Career record: 152-107 in nine seasons.Record at Wake Forest: 114-65 in six seasons.Conference: Atlantic Coast.Conference tournament: Beat North Carolina, 82-80, in overtime to win the title.Best win: 82-80 over North Carolina in yesterday's ACC tournament championship.Worst loss: 67-65 at Georgia Tech on Jan. 17.NCAA tournament record: 16-12.Last NCAA appearance: 1994, beat College of Charleston, 68-58; lost to Kansas, 69-58.Probable starters: F Travis Banks, Sr., 6-6; G Randolph Childress, Sr., 6-2; C Tim Duncan, So., 6-10; F Ricardo Peral, So., 6-10; G Tony Rutland, Fr., 6-2.Scouting report: No one comes into the NCAA tournament hotter than Childress, who scorched the ACC tournament for 107 points over three days -- the most since North Carolina's Lennie Rosenbluth scored 106 in 1957 -- to lead the Demon Deacons to the championship.