NCAA Tournament March Madness

#46 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 Univ232W88-74
11/7Morehead St317W81-65
11/11(N)Michigan1L85-84
11/16MA Lowell302W109-75
11/20(N)Texas Tech24L84-83
11/21(N)Memphis74W69-68
11/25Campbell214W99-51
11/28Northeastern209W86-73
12/2Oklahoma48L86-68
12/6(N)West Virginia69W75-66
12/14Queens NC18292%
12/17Longwood31398%
12/21Vanderbilt1134%
12/31@NC State2830%
1/3Virginia Tech6268%
1/7Miami FL3755%
1/10@North Carolina2728%
1/17@Florida St10763%
1/20SMU4259%
1/24@Duke410%
1/27@Pittsburgh11765%
1/31NC State2851%
2/7Louisville1033%
2/11@Georgia Tech13371%
2/14Stanford9077%
2/18Clemson3152%
2/21@Virginia Tech6246%
2/24@Boston College13872%
2/28Syracuse7571%
3/3@Virginia2327%
3/7California7671%