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Hunter Sallis (23) attempts to drive the ball on Duke’s Cooper Flagg (2) in a matchup earlier this year. Flagg, a National Player of the Year candidate, has Duke as an expected top seed in March.

2025 NCAA Tournament Preview

Alex Gendron, Contributing Writer March 6, 2025

We are officially less than a month away from Selection Sunday, meaning the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament is quickly approaching. The bracket is starting to take shape, but when conference tournaments...

Wake Forest’s Hunter Sallis (23) and Tre’Von Spillers (25) run back on defense at SMU’s Moody Coliseum. (Photo Courtesy of Wake Forest Athletics)

Men’s Basketball bounces back, beats SMU

Sean Kennedy, Sports Editor February 19, 2025

After last week’s loss to Florida State, Wake Forest Men’s Basketball needed to bounce back quickly to keep up NCAA Tournament hopes — and they did, traveling to Dallas and beating the Southern Methodist...

Duke’s Cooper Flagg (2) gets met at the rim by 6’7” forward TreVon Spillers (25). The Deacon faithful fed off of Spillers’s lockdown defending all afternoon.

Weathering a tie-dye storm

Matt Postman and James Lombardo February 10, 2025

Last February, the court inside the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum was flooded by a storm shortly after Wake Forest Men’s Basketball’s 83-79 victory over the Duke Blue Devils. It was a...

Juke Harris (2), Trevon Spillers (25), and Ty-Laur Johnson (8) come together to help Efton Reid III (4) up after a Pitt foul.

Men’s Basketball outlasts Pittsburgh in thrilling battle

Blake Robison, Assistant Sports Editor February 10, 2025

“We overcame a lot of adversity this week, and I thought our team handled the adversity with a lot of class and a lot of toughness,” said Wake Forest Head Coach Steve Forbes. “You have to give...

Hunter Sallis (23) looks to drive against Duke star Cooper Flagg (2). Sallis had 12 points in the contest, continuing a streak of nine-straight games with double-digit points.

Men’s Basketball comes up short against No. 2 Duke

Sean Kennedy, Sports Editor January 27, 2025

After an up-and-down matchup between Wake Forest Men’s Basketball (15-5, 7-2 ACC) and No. 2 Duke (17-2, 9-0 ACC), the Blue Devils prevailed 63-56. The Demon Deacons started the game off shooting poorly...

Hunter Sallis and Tre’Von Spillers meet after the Demon Deacons’ 67-66 win over the North Carolina Tar Heels.

Wake Forest rallies, defeats in-state rival North Carolina

Blake Robison, Assistant Sports Editor January 22, 2025

Wake Forest Men’s Basketball (15-4, 7-1 ACC) is all too familiar with sluggish starts and heroic endings. Their Tobacco Road rivalry against the North Carolina Tar Heels (12-8, 5-3 ACC) was no different....

Parker Friedrichsen (7) looks to drive on Florida’s Walter Clayton Jr. (1). Clayton Jr. led the ESPN Events Invitational’s semifinal game in scoring with 21 points. (Courtesy of Wake Forest Athletics)

Men’s Basketball struggle to split ESPN Events Invitational

Andrew Braun, Sports Editor December 4, 2024

Wake Forest men’s basketball split their two-game series in the ESPN Events Invitational, losing to No. 13 Florida (8-0) before narrowly beating Big Ten opponent Minnesota (5-3). While the Demon Deacons...

Freshman Juke Harris (2) drives to the basket against a Western Carolina defender. With an injury to center Efton Reid III, Head Coach Steve Forbes adjusted lineups and used Harris in a new role at power forward.

Men’s Basketball defeats Western Carolina

Sean Kennedy, Sports Editor November 20, 2024

Wake Forest Men’s Basketball has their fifth win of the season, defeating the Western Carolina Catamounts handily at home, 82-69. Offensively, Wake Forest found a familiar duo producing in their normal...

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