NCAA Tournament March Madness

#54 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 Univ234W88-74
11/7Morehead St323W81-65
11/11(N)Michigan1L85-84
11/16MA Lowell310W109-75
11/20(N)Texas Tech32L84-83
11/21(N)Memphis74W69-68
11/25Campbell215W99-51
11/28Northeastern229W86-73
12/2Oklahoma46L86-68
12/6(N)West Virginia6954%
12/14Queens NC18991%
12/17Longwood29497%
12/21Vanderbilt627%
12/31@NC State3429%
1/3Virginia Tech7267%
1/7Miami FL3852%
1/10@North Carolina2625%
1/17@Florida St9355%
1/20SMU4256%
1/24@Duke49%
1/27@Pittsburgh9555%
1/31NC State3450%
2/7Louisville1433%
2/11@Georgia Tech13867%
2/14Stanford8071%
2/18Clemson2145%
2/21@Virginia Tech7245%
2/24@Boston College12464%
2/28Syracuse6363%
3/3@Virginia2325%
3/7California7066%