WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Following the announcement of a competitive non-conference slate, Wake Forest men’s basketball’s 2025-26 ACC schedule has been unveiled beginning with a Big Four road contest against NC State on Tuesday Dec. 30/Wednesday Dec. 31. The Demon Deacons’ first home ACC contests will take place on Saturday, Jan. 3 against Virginia Tech and Tuesday, Jan. 6/Wednesday Jan. 7 against Miami. 

Wake Forest’s home ACC slate also features contests against SMU (Tuesday Jan. 20/Wednesday Jan. 21), NC State (Saturday, Jan. 31), Louisville (Saturday, Feb. 7), Stanford (Saturday, Feb. 14), Clemson (Tuesday Jan. 17/Wednesday, Jan. 18), Syracuse (Saturday, Feb. 28) and Cal (Saturday, March 7). 

Following the conference opener at NC State, the Deacs’ travel in the ACC features trips to North Carolina (Saturday, Jan. 10), Florida State (Saturday, Jan. 17), Duke (Saturday, Jan. 24), Pitt (Tuesday, Jan. 27/Wednesday, Jan. 28), Georgia Tech (Tuesday, Feb. 10/Wednesday Feb. 11), Virginia Tech (Saturday, Feb. 21), Boston College (Tuesday/Wednesday Feb. 25) and Virginia (Tuesday March 3/Wednesday March 4). 

 2025-26 ACC Schedule 







Date

Opponent

Location


Tuesday, Dec. 30/Wednesday, Dec. 31

NC State 

Lenovo Center


Saturday, Jan. 3

Virginia Tech

LJVM Coliseum


Tuesday, Jan. 6 /Wednesday, Jan. 7

Miami

LJVM Coliseum


Saturday, Jan. 10

North Carolina

Dean E. Smith Center


Saturday, Jan. 17

Florida State

Donald L. Tucker Civic Center


Tuesday, Jan. 20/Wednesday Jan. 21

SMU

LJVM Coliseum


Saturday, Jan. 24

Duke

Cameron Indoor Stadium


Tuesday, Jan. 27/Wednesday Jan. 28

Pitt

Petersen Events Center


Saturday, Jan. 31

NC State

LJVM Coliseum


Saturday Feb. 7

Louisville

LJVM Coliseum


Tuesday, Feb. 10/Wednesday, Feb. 11

Georgia Tech

McCamish Pavilion


Saturday, Feb. 14

Stanford

LJVM Coliseum 


Tuesday, Feb. 17/Wednesday, Feb. 18

Clemson

LJVM Coliseum 


Saturday, Feb. 21

Virginia Tech

Cassell Coliseum


Tuesday, Feb. 24/Wednesday, Feb. 25

Boston College 

Conte Forum


Saturday, Feb. 28

Syracuse

LJVM Coliseum


Tuesday, March 3/Wednesday, March 4

Virginia

John Paul Jones Arena


Saturday, March 7

Cal

LJVM Coliseum



Home Games In Bold

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Wake Forest Men’s Basketball Overview

Behind the passion of Deacon Nation and the tutelage of head coach Steve Forbes, Wake Forest men’s basketball has built one of college basketball’s premier home court advantages over the last four seasons, as the Demon Deacons have collected a 61-10 at LJVM Coliseum since 2021—tied nationally for the fourth-most home wins over that period. 







Rank

Program

Total Home Wins Since 2021-22


1.

Houston

65


2. 

Duke

63


3.

Saint Mary’s 

62


T4. 

Wake Forest

61


T4. 

Kentucky

61


T4.

Grand Canyon

61



Additionally, Wake Forest’s 29 home ACC wins and 72.5 home winning percentage over the last four seasons is tied for the third-most in the league. 
 







Rank

Program

ACC Home Wins Since 2021-22

ACC Home Winning Percentage Since 2021-22


1.

Duke

35

87.5%


2. 

North Carolina

32

80% 


T3. 

Wake Forest

29

72.5%


T3. 

Clemson

29

72.5%


5.

Virginia

28

70%



Wake Forest saw a resurgence in attendance numbers with 153,029 fans packing Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum during the 2024-25 season. This marked the highest total attendance since the 2014-15 season when Wake Forest hosted 174,336 fans. Average per-game attendance also grew to 9,564, the best average home attendance since 2010-2011.  

Highest Attended Home Games In Steve Forbes Era







Attendance

Opponent

Date


14,744

No. 8 Duke

Feb. 24, 2024


14,213

No. 8 Duke

Jan. 12, 2022


13,169

No. 2 Duke

Jan. 25, 2025


12,799

North Carolina

Jan. 21, 2025


12,571

NC State

Feb. 10, 2024


12,443

No. 10 Virginia

Jan. 21, 2023


11,898

North Carolina

Jan. 22, 2022


11,412

Syracuse

Feb. 3, 2024


11,318

North Carolina

Feb. 7, 2023


11,092

NC State

Jan. 28, 2023


10,812

No. 14 Duke

Dec. 20, 2022



In 2024-25, the Demon Deacons earned 21 victories and the program’s first-ever double bye in the ACC Tournament. With 13 ACC victories – tied for the most in a single season in school history and the second time in four seasons the Deacs have hit that mark – Wake Forest earned its highest regular-season finish since the 2008-09 campaign. 

Wake Forest matched the school record for road ACC victories with six and became the only ACC program to sweep the West Coast swing with victories at Stanford and Cal. Additionally, the Deacs set a new program record for ACC victories over a four-year span with 47 since the beginning of the 2021-22 campaign.






Most ACC Wins Over Four-Year Span 

Years


47

2021-25


46

1959-63


44

1993-97


44

2001-05









Rank

Program

Total Wins Since 2021-22


1.

Duke

121


2. 

North Carolina

101


3.

Clemson

91


4. 

Wake Forest

87


5.

Virginia

84



During that four-year span, Wake Forest is also the only ACC program with a first-team All-ACC selection every year while Alondes Williams and Tyree Appleby each earned an ACC Player of the Year selection. 

A Look At The Squad

The Deacs’ 2025-26 roster features a mixture of strong veteran returners along with a talented incoming class of transfers and freshmen. 

Following a season in which he started all 32 games and led the Demon Deacons in rebounding, graduate Tre’Von Spillers returns for his second season while sophomore Juke Harris and junior Omaha Biliew will look to build on their debut seasons in Winston-Salem. 

A strong group of incoming transfers include all-conference selections Cooper Schwieger and Nate Calmese, reigning Summit League Freshman of the Year Sebastian Akins, 2023 Conference USA All-Freshman Team honoree Mekhi Mason and Purdue standout Myles Colvin along with rising freshmen Isaac Carr, Jaylen Cross and Dimitrije Kovacevic