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The road to Indianapolis continues for the Deacs, as Wake Forest defeated Navy 82-72 in the Joel to advance to the next round. Let’s make this one a rapid recap since it is the NIT and the Deacs only trailed for a whole 15 seconds in this one. Wake got another pretty balanced scoring effort […]
2 days ago | 1 read
Time: 7:00 PM Wednesday March 18th, 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 -12.5 Over/Under: 148.5 Wake’s Rating: KenPom: 74 | NET: 66 Opponent’s Rating: KenPom: 142 | NET: 137 Quad: […]
2 days ago | 2 reads
March Madness is here and that means it’s time for the Blogger So Dear Bracket Challenge. I have run out of ways to say that this will be the last year Wake misses the tournament, so just click the link and join the bracket. CLICK HERE to go to the official BSD group, or search […]
4 days ago | 2 reads
The men’s Basketball team is not the only team that is still playing, as the Wake Forest Women’s Basketball Team has also been selected to play in the postseason. After starting the season 12-3 with a win over Pittsburgh on January 1st, the Deacs struggled for the remainder of the year and finished at just […]
5 days ago | 0 reads
The Deacs aren’t done playing basketball. Despite finishing the season in 13th place in the ACC with a 17-16 record, Wake Forest was not only invited to play in the NIT, but they are a 1 seed. In the opening round, the Deacs will take on Navy on Wednesday at 7pm. Navy finished the season […]
5 days ago | 0 reads
Outside of a very unlikely NIT invitation, Wake Forest’s season officially came to an end tonight with a 62-71 loss to Clemson in the ACC Tournament. For the 20th season in a row, Wake Forest failed to win more than 1 game at the ACC Tournament, meaning that the Deacs will miss the first round […]
9 days ago | 4 reads
Time: 9:30 PM Wednesday, March 11th, 2026 Location: Charlotte, NC | Spectrum Center, 19,444 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 +5.5 Over/Under: 141.5 Wake’s Rating: KenPom: 72 | NET: 63 Opponent’s Rating: KenPom: 38 | NET: 36 Quad: […]
9 days ago | 4 reads
The miracle run is still alive. Wake Forest survived a late push from the Hokies and held on to move onto the next round of the ACC Tournament, 95-89. The Deacs will face Clemson tomorrow night at 9:30 for a chance to win 2 ACC Tournament games in the same season for the first time […]
10 days ago | 4 reads
Time: 7 PM Tuesday, March 10th, 2026 Location: Charlotte, NC | Spectrum Center, 19,444 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 +2.5 Over/Under: 151.5 Wake’s Rating: KenPom: 75 | NET: 64 Opponent’s Rating: KenPom: 56 | NET: 53 […]
10 days ago | 2 reads
Wake Forest sophomore guard Juke Harris has been named the ACC’s Most Improved Player as well as 2nd Team All-ACC. In his second season at Wake Forest, Harris improved his scoring output from 6.1 points per game in 2025 to 21.7 points per game—the 3rd highest average in the conference. On top of improving his […]
11 days ago | 3 reads
St. Louis, Missouri guard Quentin Coleman, who committed and signed with Wake Forest last year, has been granted his release from Wake Forest. The 6-4 guard is a 4-star prospect and was originally rated as the 92nd best player in the 2026 when he committed to Wake Forest. In his senior season, Coleman averaged 22.6 […]
13 days ago | 4 reads
The 2025-26 regular season has officially come to an end, and the Deacs are heading to the ACC Tournament with a win. After overcoming a terrible start to the game, Wake got hot in the 2nd half and dropped 51 points on the Golden Bears to win the game 80-73. I’m not sure the start […]
13 days ago | 2 reads
Time: 4:00 PM, Saturday, March 7th, 2026 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 -6.5 Over/Under: 150.5 Wake’s Rating: KenPom: 76 | NET: 67 Opponent’s Rating: KenPom: 70 | NET: 64 […]
14 days ago | 4 reads
The Deacs had a shot at this one. Despite being on the road against the #13 team in the country, Wake never let this one get away and had their chances down the stretch to tie the game. It was a valiant effort, but, in the end, the Deacs just never could get a stop […]
17 days ago | 3 reads
Time: 7:00 PM, Tuesday March 3rd, 2026 Location: Charlottesville, VA | John Paul Jones, 14,623 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 +14.5 Over/Under: 148.5 Wake’s Rating: KenPom: 78 | NET: 69 Opponent’s Rating: KenPom: 17 | NET: […]
17 days ago | 3 reads
After losing to Boston College in of the worst losses of the Forbes era, there was really only 2 ways things were going to go: the team was either going to fold and fall apart, or use that game as motivation and bounce back. Thankfully, we got the latter—the Deacs put together one of their […]
20 days ago | 4 reads
Time: 5:45 PM Saturday, February 28th, 2026 Location: Winston-Salem, NC | LJVM Coliseum 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: 151.5 Wake’s Rating: KenPom: 79 | NET: 68 Opponent’s Rating: KenPom: 76 | NET: 78 Quad: 3 Kenpom […]
20 days ago | 3 reads
There is no way to sugar coat this one—that was a very bad loss to a very bad Boston College team. On a night where Juke Harris goes off for 38 points, the Deacs got nothing from basically everyone else and lost on a last second tip in to the second worst (by NET) major […]
23 days ago | 3 reads
Time: 6 PM Wednesday, February 25th, 2026 (Weather Permitting) Location: Chestnut Hill, MA | Conte Forum, 8,606 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 -3.5 Over/Under: 140.5 Wake’s Rating: KenPom: 76 | NET: 65 Opponent’s Rating: KenPom: 160 […]
23 days ago | 3 reads
Per Jeff Goodman of Field of 68, Steve Forbes has the support of AD John Currie, and is fully expected to return next season to coach at Wake Forest. Forbes is 106-78 (0.576) in his 6 years as the head coach at Wake Forest and has won over 20 games in 3 of his 5 […]
25 days ago | 4 reads
That was certainly not what we wanted to see. On the back of one of the worst shooting games of the season, the Deacs were blown out on the road by the Virginia Tech Hokies for their first loss in 2 weeks. Wake simply could not buy a 3-pointer in this one, and the result […]
27 days ago | 3 reads
Time: 12:00 PM Saturday, February 21st, 2026 Location: Blacksburg, VA | Cassell Coliseum, 9,275 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: 151.5 Wake’s Rating: KenPom: 69 | NET: 64 Opponent’s Rating: KenPom: 59 | NET: 56 […]
28 days ago | 231 reads
The streak continues! With a nearly wire-to-wire win over a very good Clemson Tiger team, the Deacs have now won 3 straight games in ACC play. After starting the season just 2-8 in the conference, Wake is now 5-8 and is potentially 1 win away from jumping all the way up to 9th place in […]
about 1 month ago | 4 reads
Time: 7 PM Wednesday February 18th, 2026 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 +3.5 Over/Under: 139.5 Wake’s Rating: KenPom: 71 | NET: 65 Opponent’s Rating: KenPom: 33 | NET: 31 […]
about 1 month ago | 3 reads
The 2026 Wake Forest Baseball season officially got underway last weekend, with Wake Forest going 2-1 in the 2026 Puerto Rico Challenge. The Deacs dropped their opening game against Houston, but bounced back to beat both Washington and Indiana State. The season got off to a tough start on Friday morning with an 8-2 loss […]
about 1 month ago | 3 reads