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If you weren’t concerned with which team won, that was probably an incredibly entertaining game to watch. This was a back and forth affair that went right down to the wire, with both Miami and Wake trading baskets and leads for nearly the entire game. Unfortunately, we do care who won, so none of that […]
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Time: 7 PM Wednesday, January 7th, 2026 Location: Winston-Salem, NC | LJVM Coliseum, 12,799 capacity TV: ESPNU Streaming: ESPN App Radio: Wake Forest Learfield Sports Network, Demon Deacons App (IOS | Android) Live Stats: Stat Broadcast Twitter: @WakeMBB | @BloggerSoDear | @EssexThayer7 | @Les_Johns | @ConorONeill_DI Instagram: @WakeBasketball Spread: Wake -1.5 Over/Under: 155.5 Wake’s Rating: KenPom: 63 | NET: 60 Opponent’s Rating: KenPom: 37 | NET: 36 Quad: […]
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After an impressive 9-4 season that ended with a win over Mississippi State in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl, we have officially reached the offseason. That means its time for what I think many would consider the worst part of the current era of college sports—the transfer portal. We clearly have a problem with the sports […]
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This one was big for the Deacs. I said after the NC State game that the next game was crucial for a team that looked like it was losing its confidence, and Wake was up for the challenge. The game went right down to the final possession, but the Deacs were able to pull it […]
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Time: 12 PM Saturday, January 3rd, 2026 Location: Winston-Salem, NC | LJVM Coliseum, 12,799 capacity TV: ACC Netork Streaming: ESPN App Radio: Wake Forest Learfield Sports Network, Demon Deacons App (IOS | Android) Live Stats: Stat Broadcast Twitter: @WakeMBB | @BloggerSoDear | @EssexThayer7 | @Les_Johns | @ConorONeill_DI Instagram: @WakeBasketball Spread: Wake -5.5 Over/Under: 153.5 Wake’s Rating: KenPom: 61 | NET: 69 Opponent’s Rating: KenPom: 62 | NET: 56 […]
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The Wake Forest Demon Deacons are Duke’s Mayo Bowl Champs! Led by a career night from senior QB Robby Ashford, the Deacs took down the Mississippi State Bulldogs 43-29 to claim one of the most coveted rewards in all of college football—4.5 gallons of mayonnaise. This game started off fast. The Bulldogs won the coin […]
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Game Info Time: 8:00 PM Friday, January 2nd, 2026 Location: Charlotte, NC | Bank of America Stadium (75,000 capacity, FieldTurf) TV: ESPN Streaming: ESPN App Radio: Wake Forest Learfield Sports Network, Demon Deacons App (IOS | Android) Live Stats: Wake Forest Sports Twitter: @WakeFB | @BloggerSoDear | @Les_Johns | @ConorONeill_DI Instagram: @WakeFootball Uniforms: Gold Helmets, White Jerseys, White Pants Spread: Wake +3 Over/Under: 53.5 ESPN Matchup Predictor: 41% […]
7 days ago | 0 reads
It seems the 10 days off for the holidays did not fix very much for the Deacons—in their first game since getting blown out at home by Vanderbilt, Wake Forest lost by double digits yet again, falling to NC State by a score of 57-70. The Deacs repeated many of the same mistakes they did […]
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Time: 12 PM Wednesday, December 31st, 2026 Location: Raleigh, NC | Lenovo Center (19,119 capacity) TV: ESPN2 Streaming: ESPN App Radio: Wake Forest Learfield Sports Network, Demon Deacons App (IOS | Android) Live Stats: Stat Broadcast Twitter: @WakeMBB | @BloggerSoDear | @EssexThayer7 | @Les_Johns | @ConorONeill_DI Instagram: @WakeBasketball Spread: Wake +9.5 Over/Under: 160.5 Wake’s Rating: KenPom: 59 | NET: 67 Opponent’s Rating: KenPom: 27 | NET: 32 Quad: […]
9 days ago | 0 reads
I said after the last game that if the Deacs didn’t play better against Vanderbilt, the game was going to get ugly in a hurry. Unfortunately, that is exactly what happened in this one, as the Commodores completed blew Wake off their own home court and handed the Deacs their worse home loss since 2019 […]
19 days ago | 0 reads
Time: 1 PM Sunday, December 21st, 2025 Location: Winston-Salem, NC | LJVM Coliseum, 12,977 capacity TV: CW Streaming: Broadcast only Radio: Wake Forest Learfield Sports Network, Demon Deacons App (IOS | Android) Live Stats: Stat Broadcast Twitter: @WakeMBB | @BloggerSoDear | @EssexThayer7 | @Les_Johns | @ConorONeill_DI Instagram: @WakeBasketball Spread: Wake +4.5 Over/Under: 159.5 Wake’s Rating: KenPom: 55 | NET: 59 Opponent’s Rating: KenPom: 10 | NET: 8 Quad: […]
19 days ago | 0 reads
Whatever happened between Sunday’s game against Queens and tonight’s game against Longwood, Wake Forest should make sure they never do it again. Tonight’s game was basically a completely 180 from the blowout win over Queens, and the Deacs were honestly lucky that they were able to come out of that game unscathed. On Sunday, the […]
23 days ago | 2 reads
Time: 7:00 PM Wednesday, December 17th, 2025 Location: Winston-Salem, NC | LJVM Coliseum, 12,977 capacity TV: ACC Network Extra Streaming: ESPN App Radio: Wake Forest Learfield Sports Network, Demon Deacons App (IOS | Android) Live Stats: Stat Broadcast Twitter: @WakeMBB | @BloggerSoDear | @EssexThayer7 | @Les_Johns | @ConorONeill_DI Instagram: @WakeBasketball Spread: Wake -22.5 Over/Under: 161.5 Wake’s Rating: KenPom: 42 | NET: 48 Opponent’s Rating: KenPom: 314 | NET: […]
23 days ago | 1 read
Mississippi State has been through a lot in the past few years—the tragic passing of Mike Leach in 2022 had a huge impact on the trajectory of the program, and the Bulldogs have been trying to get things back on track ever since. With the basketball program still trying to recover fully from Skip Prosser’s […]
24 days ago | 2 reads
Well, that was a quite a way to come out of the week off—the Deacs were on fire from deep from the opening tip and used 17 3-pointers to blow out Queens 111-73. This was game was pretty much over at halftime, so this is going to be a pretty quick recap. The story of […]
26 days ago | 1 read
Time: 5:00 PM Sunday, December 13th, 2025 Location: Winston-Salem, NC | LJVM Coliseum, 12,977 capacity TV: ACC Network Extra Streaming: ESPN App Radio: Wake Forest Learfield Sports Network, Demon Deacons App (IOS | Android) Live Stats: Stat Broadcast Twitter: @WakeMBB | @BloggerSoDear | @EssexThayer7 | @Les_Johns | @ConorONeill_DI Instagram: @WakeBasketball Spread: Wake -16.5 Over/Under: 161.5 Wake’s Rating: KenPom: 45 | NET: 59 Opponent’s Rating: KenPom: 183 | NET: […]
26 days ago | 1 read
Since the basketball team is off for the week and the football team doesn’t play until 2026, I figured we could fill the time by looking at the ACC bowl slate and just make a quick prediction on the outcome of each game. The conference bowl record has never really mattered to me that much […]
about 1 month ago | 2 reads
It looks like the Deacs will be finishing the season with a rematch of the 2011 Music City Bowl this year, taking on Mississippi State and their dreaded cowbells in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl. The game will take place in Charlotte on January 2nd at 8 PM. Mississippi State finished the season at 5-7, but […]
about 1 month ago | 1 read
The Deacs desperately needed to bounce back after losing to Oklahoma on their home court earlier this week, and bounce back they did. Behind 28 points from sophomore Juke Harris, Wake Forest defeated West Virginia by a score of 75-66 to pick up their 7th win of the season. After the loss on Tuesday, head […]
about 1 month ago | 2 reads
Time: 7:00 PM Saturday, December 5th, 2025 Location: Charleston, WV| Charleston Coliseum, 13,295 capacity TV: ESPN2 Streaming: ESPN App Radio: Wake Forest Learfield Sports Network, Demon Deacons App (IOS | Android) Live Stats: Stat Broadcast Twitter: @WakeMBB | @BloggerSoDear | @EssexThayer7 | @Les_Johns | @ConorONeill_DI Instagram: @WakeBasketball Spread: Wake +1.5 Over/Under: 141.5 Wake’s Rating: KenPom: 53 | NET: 79 Opponent’s Rating: KenPom: 68| NET: 95 Quad: 2 Kenpom […]
about 1 month ago | 1 read
Signing day is upon us once again, and Jake Dickert has done an absolutely incredible job on the recruiting trail in his first cycle as Wake Forest’s head coach. With 30 commits, the 2026 class currently ranks 42ndth overall, making it Wake’s highest ever ranked recruiting class by 247Sports. With 1 4-star and 29 3-star […]
about 1 month ago | 3 reads
That was a disaster. In Wake’s first meaningful game in front of the home fans, the Deacs were completely run out of the gym by the Oklahoma Sooners by a score of 86-68. Wake was just bad at every level in this one, and they fall to 1-3 in non-buy games this season. I don’t […]
about 1 month ago | 3 reads
Time: 7:00 PM Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025 Location: Winston Salem, NC | LJVM Coliseum, 12,799 capacity TV: ACC Network Streaming: ESPN App Radio: Wake Forest Learfield Sports Network, Demon Deacons App (IOS | Android) Live Stats: Stat Broadcast Twitter: @WakeMBB | @BloggerSoDear | @EssexThayer7 | @Les_Johns | @ConorONeill_DI Instagram: @WakeBasketball Spread: Wake -4.5 Over/Under: 159.5 Wake’s Rating: KenPom: 40 | NET: 54 Opponent’s Rating: KenPom: 62| NET: 96 […]
about 1 month ago | 2 reads
Everyone’s favorite basketball metric is back, as the NET rankings for the 2025-26 season have officially been released. The Deacs are currently ranked #56 and are likely being boosted by a 1-point overtime loss to the current #1 team in the NET, the Michigan Wolverines. Wake’s highest NET ranking in the 2024-25 season was #58, […]
about 1 month ago | 4 reads
That was not the ending to the regular season Wake Forest was hoping for. With a 10-win season still in the cards for the Deacs, Wake played maybe their worst game of the season, constantly shooting themselves in the foot to play themselves right out of what was a very winnable game. That simply did […]
about 1 month ago | 1 read