NCAA Tournament March Madness

#45 Wake Forest

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Projection: likely out

Wake Forest’s profile feels like a borderline résumé that has meaningful flashes yet enough blemishes to keep the committee cautious. Neutral-site wins over Memphis and West Virginia and tight neutral losses to Michigan and Texas Tech demonstrate the team can compete away from home, but a damaging home loss to Oklahoma and inconsistent results in conference undercut that promise. Nonconference blowouts against lesser opponents pad the ledger without supplying the signature wins the committee prizes, and upcoming road trips to Duke, North Carolina and Virginia are the clearest opportunities to shift perception. Home dates with Vanderbilt and Louisville and league matchups with NC State, Miami and Virginia Tech provide chances to separate themselves from the pack, yet unless Wake converts those opportunities into high-profile victories the lingering bad results will keep the résumé on the wrong side of the ledger.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3American Univ225W88-74
11/7Morehead St324W81-65
11/11(N)Michigan1L85-84
11/16MA Lowell312W109-75
11/20(N)Texas Tech19L84-83
11/21(N)Memphis64W69-68
11/25Campbell212W99-51
11/28Northeastern210W86-73
12/2Oklahoma56L86-68
12/6(N)West Virginia73W75-66
12/14Queens NC18993%
12/17Longwood29898%
12/21Vanderbilt830%
12/31@NC State2829%
1/3Virginia Tech6268%
1/7Miami FL3454%
1/10@North Carolina2427%
1/17@Florida St9659%
1/20SMU4057%
1/24@Duke410%
1/27@Pittsburgh10863%
1/31NC State2851%
2/7Louisville1436%
2/11@Georgia Tech13671%
2/14Stanford9077%
2/18Clemson2649%
2/21@Virginia Tech6246%
2/24@Boston College14473%
2/28Syracuse6769%
3/3@Virginia2327%
3/7California7170%