Wake Forest visits the NC State Wolfpack after Hunter Sallis scored 20 points in the Demon Deacons' 77-66 win over the SMU Mustangs.

With five games to play and its routes to the ACC tournament in Charlotte dwindling to nothing, the Wolfpack is about to go from the pinnacle of the basketball postseason to missing it entirely.

A couple of years ago, I wrote that Nate Oats' 2022-23 Alabama basketball team had the deepest ... Bulldogs fans can forgive the Georgia defense for not being in his face 22 feet from the basket ...

Alabama basketball ... and then I'm not going to talk (further) about playing time stuff," Oats said. "We went with the guys in the second half who we thought gave us the best chance to win ...