NCAA Tournament March Madness

#59 Wake Forest

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Projection: likely out

Wake Forest’s résumé reads like a team that can compete with the best on a neutral floor but struggles to erase a few damaging results, with narrow neutral outings against blue-blood opponents and a resume-building neutral win at Memphis standing out as their best moments while a lopsided loss to Oklahoma and a heavy defeat to Vanderbilt loom as the worst blemishes; those neutral successes show they can play with quality teams but the lack of signature road wins and the presence of blowouts leave the committee worrying about consistency away from home. Remaining opportunities are clear and meaningful: trips to Duke, North Carolina, Virginia and NC State offer the kind of road victories that would change perceptions, while home games against Louisville, SMU, Stanford and California give them chances to add higher-quality wins without erasing the sting of earlier bad results.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3American Univ254W88-74
11/7Morehead St305W81-65
11/11(N)Michigan1L85-84
11/16MA Lowell307W109-75
11/20(N)Texas Tech21L84-83
11/21(N)Memphis67W69-68
11/25Campbell228W99-51
11/28Northeastern213W86-73
12/2Oklahoma53L86-68
12/6(N)West Virginia65W75-66
12/14Queens NC214W111-73
12/17Longwood302W71-68
12/21Vanderbilt8L98-67
12/31@NC State2621%
1/3Virginia Tech6864%
1/7Miami FL3747%
1/10@North Carolina2320%
1/17@Florida St10956%
1/20SMU4049%
1/24@Duke68%
1/27@Pittsburgh9048%
1/31NC State2641%
2/7Louisville1127%
2/11@Georgia Tech13464%
2/14Stanford9270%
2/18Clemson3546%
2/21@Virginia Tech6842%
2/24@Boston College15669%
2/28Syracuse7666%
3/3@Virginia2420%
3/7California7364%