Joe Lunardi, the most prominent NCAA Tournament bracket guesser on the internet, had Wake Forest as one of the last four teams into the field of 68 in his projection last week. It’s a position […]
WINSTON-SALEM — For 19½ minutes on Wednesday, Wake Forest looked every bit the part of an up-and-coming basketball team ready to challenge the ACC’s best. Then in the blink of an eye, the Deacons suddenly […]
Two ACC teams from North Carolina will meet in a pivotal conference game, but it’s not those two teams. While the Duke-UNC rivalry garners most of the national attention focused on the area each college […]
Steve Forbes couldn’t help but chuckle as he listened to the hyperbole of players Isaiah Mucius and Alondes Williams during their postgame press conference following Wake Forest’s win against Charlotte last week. Mucius, who had […]
Every year, the sports staff of North State Journal (sports editor Cory Lavalette and reporters Brett Friedlander and Shawn Krest) look into our crystal balls and try and predict what some of the bigger news […]
The Wake Forest basketball team has improved to 12-1 overall and 2-0 in the ACC this season. And it didn’t have to play a game to do it. Under the ACC’s COVID protocols, which do […]
CHARLOTTE — Everyone in Spectrum Center knew what was coming on Wake Forest’s final possession with the game on the line Friday. Deacon star Alondes Williams, who was on the court for all but 46 […]
WINSTON-SALEM — Among the first things Steve Forbes set out to do after being hired as Wake Forest’s basketball coach in April 2020 was establish a winning identity for a program that had enjoyed only […]
Officially, Steve Forbes is entering his second season as Wake Forest’s basketball coach. But if you ask him, he’ll tell you that he’s still an ACC rookie. Given the obstacles he and his Deacons were […]
CHARLOTTE — A lot has been said and written about the transition from Hall of Famer Roy Williams to rookie head coach Hubert Davis at North Carolina. But junior center Armando Bacot may have provided […]
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