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Wake Forest to Host Compelling Conference Action as ACC Announces 2025-26 Men's Basketball Opponents
5/28/2025 3:57:00 PM | Men's Basketball
The Demon Deacons will host nine ACC contests in Winston-Salem including a Big Four matchup with NC State.
CHARLOTTE - Wake Forest men's basketball will host nine ACC contests at LJVM Coliseum during the 2025-26 season including exciting matchups against Big Four rival NC State along with Clemson and Louisville, both of which finished last year ranked in the top-25. Times, dates and television designations will be announced in September.
2025-26 Home ACC Opponents
Earlier this month, the ACC announced an 18-game conference schedule after previously running a 20-game model from 2019-20 to 2024-25. The 18-game schedule features teams starting league play in late December and ending on the first Saturday of March. Each team will play one primary partner both home and away as well as one variable partner home and away.
Wake Forest's primary partner is NC State while this year's variable partner is Virginia Tech. The Demon Deacons will not face Notre Dame during the 2025-26 regular season.
This year's squad features talented returners in Tre'Von Spillers, Juke Harris, Omaha Biliew and Marqus Marion along with a strong group of incoming transfers and freshmen.
Secure Your Spot Now At LJVM Coliseum
In the continued effort to provide a World Class Student-Athlete Experience, the Best Fan Experience in North Carolina and bringing Value to Wake Forest, Winston-Salem and the Triad Communities, Wake Forest Athletics is offering seat rights options again for men's basketball season ticket holders for the 2025-26 season.
Fans who participate in the Annual Seat Rights Program have the ability to lock in their seating location on an annual basis, rather than having their seats reassigned each season. Annual Seat Rights provides fans more flexibility and the assurance that fans can renew their existing seat location, or receive first priority to upgrade into the best seating options available, ahead of each men's basketball season.
Men's Basketball Season Ticket Seating Assignment Timeline:
Key Dates
As fans evaluate the best options for attending Demon Deacons home men's basketball games in 2025-26, here are some key dates to keep in mind:
May 14, 2025
Following July 7, Wake Forest Athletics will continue to take Annual Seats Rights memberships ahead of the 2025 season, but only for five-year commitment terms that will apply to the 2026-27 through 2030-31 season.
The Homecourt Advantage In Winston-Salem
Since the 2021-22 season, LJVM Coliseum and Deacon Nation have made it difficult on opponents as the Demon Deacons have earned 61 home wins over the last four years.
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.
2024-25 Season Review
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.
2025-26 Home ACC Opponents
- NC State, Virginia Tech, Cal, Stanford, SMU, Miami, Clemson, Louisville, Syracuse
- NC State, Virginia Tech, Pitt, Florida State, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Duke, Virginia, Boston College
Earlier this month, the ACC announced an 18-game conference schedule after previously running a 20-game model from 2019-20 to 2024-25. The 18-game schedule features teams starting league play in late December and ending on the first Saturday of March. Each team will play one primary partner both home and away as well as one variable partner home and away.
Wake Forest's primary partner is NC State while this year's variable partner is Virginia Tech. The Demon Deacons will not face Notre Dame during the 2025-26 regular season.
This year's squad features talented returners in Tre'Von Spillers, Juke Harris, Omaha Biliew and Marqus Marion along with a strong group of incoming transfers and freshmen.
Secure Your Spot Now At LJVM Coliseum
In the continued effort to provide a World Class Student-Athlete Experience, the Best Fan Experience in North Carolina and bringing Value to Wake Forest, Winston-Salem and the Triad Communities, Wake Forest Athletics is offering seat rights options again for men's basketball season ticket holders for the 2025-26 season.
Fans who participate in the Annual Seat Rights Program have the ability to lock in their seating location on an annual basis, rather than having their seats reassigned each season. Annual Seat Rights provides fans more flexibility and the assurance that fans can renew their existing seat location, or receive first priority to upgrade into the best seating options available, ahead of each men's basketball season.
Men's Basketball Season Ticket Seating Assignment Timeline:
Key Dates
As fans evaluate the best options for attending Demon Deacons home men's basketball games in 2025-26, here are some key dates to keep in mind:
May 14, 2025
- The early sign-up window for the Annual Seat Rights Program and the seat selection opt-in period opens.
- The early sign-up window for the Annual Seat Rights Program and the seat selection opt-in period closes.
- The season ticket renewal process begins with the start of the seat selection window. Fans who signed up for the Annual Seat Rights Program from May 13 - June 6 will receive first priority in choosing seat locations, including the opportunity to renew their existing location if returning as a season ticket holder.
- The seat selection period ends for the 2025-26 men's basketball season.
- The final date to purchase Annual Seat Rights on a one-year basis.
- All remaining seating inventory not claimed through the Annual Seat Rights Program or priority assignment windows will be made available to the general public.
Following July 7, Wake Forest Athletics will continue to take Annual Seats Rights memberships ahead of the 2025 season, but only for five-year commitment terms that will apply to the 2026-27 through 2030-31 season.
The Homecourt Advantage In Winston-Salem
Since the 2021-22 season, LJVM Coliseum and Deacon Nation have made it difficult on opponents as the Demon Deacons have earned 61 home wins over the last four years.
| 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 |
2024-25 Season Review
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 |
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