NCAA Tournament March Madness

#46 Wake Forest

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Projection: likely out

Wake Forest’s profile is a mix of encouraging, high-leverage performances and a few results that undercut its case; the Deacons have shown they can compete with the nation’s best with a neutral-site victory over Memphis and razor-thin neutral losses to Michigan and Texas Tech, yet a heavy defeat at Oklahoma and the scarcity of true road résumé wins dilute those highlights. With a defense that has delivered in tough spots but an offense that has produced uneven showings, the team still has meaningful chances to change the narrative in league play at Duke, North Carolina, NC State, Virginia and Florida State and in winnable but consequential home dates against Louisville and Vanderbilt. Strong results in those games and clean wins over solid midweek opponents such as Stanford, Syracuse and California would flip the conversation, while further bad losses on the road would cement the current perception, so the remaining slate is where Wake Forest’s whole tourney argument will be decided.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3American Univ225W88-74
11/7Morehead St323W81-65
11/11(N)Michigan1L85-84
11/16MA Lowell308W109-75
11/20(N)Texas Tech19L84-83
11/21(N)Memphis67W69-68
11/25Campbell209W99-51
11/28Northeastern207W86-73
12/2Oklahoma58L86-68
12/6(N)West Virginia7762%
12/14Queens NC18993%
12/17Longwood29998%
12/21Vanderbilt829%
12/31@NC State3734%
1/3Virginia Tech6668%
1/7Miami FL3654%
1/10@North Carolina2227%
1/17@Florida St9759%
1/20SMU3956%
1/24@Duke410%
1/27@Pittsburgh10963%
1/31NC State3756%
2/7Louisville1535%
2/11@Georgia Tech13871%
2/14Stanford9076%
2/18Clemson2549%
2/21@Virginia Tech6646%
2/24@Boston College14372%
2/28Syracuse6367%
3/3@Virginia2126%
3/7California7270%