🐻⬇️🏀

Wake Forest Demon Deacons

Season: 2026 2025 2024
Also known as: Wake Forest
Program History

2026 Team Stats (63 games)

72.5
PPG
63.7
Opp
-0.3
Margin
45.1%
FG%
34.2%
3P%
74.3%
FT%
33.9
RPG
15.7
APG
14.0
TO
79.2
Pace
66.5
AdjO
61.1
AdjD
#109
Rank

Model Outputs

2025-2026

Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.

Model Output Notes
Elo 829 (#287) -
Bradley-Terry 1017 (#167) -
Bradley-Terry Recency 890 (#542) -
Margin +5.2 (#111) HCA +2.3
Margin Recency +13.8 (#152) HCA +2.8
Pythagorean 0.487 (#174) -
Efficiency 0.624 (#135) NetEff +4.0
Adjusted Efficiency 0.720 (#112) AdjO 104.1 | AdjD 95.9
Log Adjusted 0.733 (#110) AdjO 103.4 | AdjD 94.7
Points Off/Def 0.621 (#109) AdjO 66.5 | AdjD 61.1
Points Off/Def Recency 0.436 (#386) AdjO 62.7 | AdjD 65.6
Core Ensemble 0.732 (#183) Blend of elo, bradley_terry_recency, margin_recency, pythagorean_log_adjusted, points_off_def
Recency Ensemble 0.666 (#203) Blend of elo, bradley_terry_recency, margin_recency, pythagorean_log_adjusted, points_off_def_recency
KenPom Kitchen Sink 0.941 (#143) -
Dynamic BT 912 (#364) HCA +45.0

Player Elo Leaders

1 modeled players of 12 linked

For = creates the stat, Against = suppresses it, Net = combined edge. Turnovers split into ball security, turnover forcing, and overall margin.

Points
For
-0.12
#2324 · 901 min · 30 g
Against
-1.17
#3750 · 901 min · 30 g
Net
-1.29
#3280 · 901 min · 30 g
Rebounds
For
-0.91
#3947 · 901 min · 30 g
Against
-0.68
#3753 · 901 min · 30 g
Margin
-1.59
#3913 · 901 min · 30 g
Off Reb
For
-1.28
#4241 · 901 min · 30 g
Against
-0.78
#4132 · 901 min · 30 g
Net
-2.06
#4252 · 901 min · 30 g
Def Reb
For
+0.37
#934 · 901 min · 30 g
Against
+0.10
#1673 · 901 min · 30 g
Net
+0.47
#1024 · 901 min · 30 g
Assists
For
+1.61
#90 · 901 min · 30 g
Against
-1.45
#4255 · 901 min · 30 g
Net
+0.16
#1702 · 901 min · 30 g
Threes
For
+0.26
#826 · 901 min · 30 g
Against
-0.56
#4178 · 901 min · 30 g
Net
-0.29
#3386 · 901 min · 30 g
Stocks
For
-0.48
#3687 · 901 min · 30 g
Against
-0.25
#3497 · 901 min · 30 g
Net
-0.73
#3860 · 901 min · 30 g
Turnovers
Security
-0.60
#3916 · 901 min · 30 g
Force
-0.65
#3804 · 901 min · 30 g
Margin
-1.25
#4100 · 901 min · 30 g

2026 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2025-11-03 vs Radford W 71 - 64
2025-11-06 vs Presbyterian W 78 - 41
2025-11-09 vs Hampton W 77 - 48
2025-11-13 vs Mercer W 66 - 61
2025-11-20 vs N.C. Central W 68 - 65
2025-11-23 vs Western Caro. W 60 - 49
2025-11-26 @ Morgan St. W 93 - 35
2025-11-27 @ UCF W 65 - 60
2025-11-28 @ Illinois St. W 57 - 44
2025-12-03 vs William & Mary L 64 - 67
2025-12-07 vs Georgetown L 56 - 58
2025-12-14 vs Georgia Tech W 57 - 56
2025-12-18 vs Miami (FL) L 61 - 64
2025-12-22 vs Gardner-Webb W 78 - 66
2026-01-01 @ Pittsburgh W 74 - 55
2026-01-04 vs Syracuse L 58 - 73
2026-01-08 @ Stanford L 43 - 55
2026-01-11 @ California L 52 - 61
2026-01-15 vs NC State L 77 - 95
2026-01-18 @ Clemson L 71 - 78
2026-01-24 vs Virginia Tech L 57 - 85
2026-01-29 vs Virginia L 103 - 109
2026-02-01 @ Duke L 44 - 80
2026-02-05 @ SMU W 70 - 65
2026-02-08 vs North Carolina L 0 - 0
2026-02-12 @ Louisville L 67 - 86
2026-02-19 vs Notre Dame L 54 - 78
2026-02-22 @ Boston College W 79 - 65
2026-02-26 @ NC State L 56 - 65
2026-03-01 vs Florida St. L 74 - 77
2026-03-04 @ California L 52 - 75
2026-03-19 vs UMES L 48 - 59

2026 Roster

Minutes by Position

The surface stays filled across the five on-court roles, with four dividers separating the position buckets.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
G. Oliver F 27 31.0 14.6 6.2 1.7 1.2 0.5 1.9 9.7 12.4 - - - 61.2 40.3 75.0 - 68.3 66.7
M. Carter G 30 31.6 10.7 4.7 1.2 0.9 0.6 1.5 10.0 6.7 - - - 40.5 34.2 85.0 - 52.3 51.0
R. Preston G 7 21.4 9.4 6.0 2.6 2.6 0.4 1.3 6.9 12.9 - - - 47.9 14.3 67.9 - 54.7 49.0
M. Brown G 29 25.3 9.0 6.2 2.6 1.0 0.2 3.1 8.4 7.5 - - - 44.0 44.4 58.2 - 47.9 45.7
C. Jones G 26 20.8 8.5 2.4 2.6 0.7 0.0 2.3 6.5 5.4 - - - 52.7 37.5 66.1 - 57.1 54.4
A. Sorbye G 30 30.0 7.2 1.9 3.0 0.8 0.0 2.5 5.6 4.8 - - - 43.7 37.4 74.0 - 57.4 53.9
O. Bird F 30 25.5 5.3 3.2 2.9 0.8 0.7 2.1 4.9 5.9 - - - 36.7 30.2 66.0 - 46.7 42.2
E. Johns F 27 11.2 3.7 1.1 1.3 0.6 0.0 1.5 3.5 1.7 - - - 38.3 23.8 81.5 - 46.8 41.0
K. Moore F 30 12.6 2.8 2.5 1.1 0.3 0.3 0.9 3.1 3.0 - - - 35.1 33.3 70.0 - 42.7 41.0
G. Galbavy G 20 9.2 2.4 1.2 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.7 2.1 2.2 - - - 40.5 33.3 83.3 - 52.6 50.0
M. Jordan G 30 11.3 2.1 1.2 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.6 2.5 1.0 - - - 28.4 26.3 38.9 - 39.1 38.5
S. Metcalfe F 14 5.1 1.6 1.1 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.6 1.3 1.5 - - - 50.0 0.0 50.0 - 51.1 50.0

Advanced: Numbers = PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA, PM = total +/-, PM/G = per game, PM/40 = per 40 minutes, RAPM = Regularized Adj Plus-Minus, TS% = True Shooting, eFG% = Effective FG