Wake's first game in the ACC tournament will be Thursday at 2:30 and it could be against one of three teams -- Notre Dame, Pittsburgh or UNC.

Notre Dame and Pitt play in the first game of the tournament, which is tomorrow at 2 p.m. The winner will play UNC on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. -- and then the winner of that game will play WF on Thursday at the same time.

Wake Forest went 3-0 against ND/Pitt/UNC this season and all of them were tiiiiiight wins at home. As a refresher: Here are the stories on each of those three games:

Wake Forest notches 74-71 win over ND.

Wake Forest hangs on for 76-74 win against Pitt.

Wake Forest edges UNC for 67-66 win.

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I can't see Pitt winning twice, as their season has crashed without Damian Dunn and without much interior scoring. Notre Dame should win that game and then depending on how much Markus Burton has in the tank, he could power them past UNC.

But I think it'll most likely be a Wake Forest-UNC game on Thursday that has an elimination-game feel, as far as NCAA tournament hopes. The winner will probably still need to beat Duke in Friday night's first semifinal, but the loser between that potential WF-UNC game would have an understanding that it won't be dancing.

UNC has improved ... somewhere between significantly and minimal since it lost at WF. The Tar Heels won 6 straight before Saturday night's loss to Duke, but those 6 were against some of the worst the ACC has to offer (which is saying something these days). The most important thing you'll need to know ahead of that potential matchup is how much bigger UNC has been playing; when they came to Winston-Salem, they were guard HEAVY. They're still guard heavy, but they're getting better play from the frontcourt, meaning a little more balance.

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I'm not headed down to Charlotte until Thursday, so I'll remote track Tuesday and Wednesday's games and then have a preview up sometime later Wednesday for Wake's first game. I'll have some other coverage before then, though -- like the All-ACC awards coming out shortly.

Preview for tomorrow's game can be found here.

Programming note: I'll have remote coverage of this game.

Predictions:

- Hunter Sallis scores at least 25 points.

- Baye Ndongo has at least 15 points, 12 rebounds.

- GT makes eight 3-pointers.

Not exactly "one thread to rule them all" type of stuff here but this is where I'll attempt to track what Wake's roster looks like next season.

Here's the update on the eve of the regular-season finale:

Guaranteed departures
Cameron Hildreth (eligibility)
Hunter Sallis (eligibility)
Kevin Dunn (walk-on, eligibility)
RJ Kennah (walk-on, eligibility)

Exiting via transfer portal
Efton Reid III (senior, no eligibility without winning lawsuit against NCAA)
Ty-Laur Johnson (junior, announced 3/19)
Parker Friedrichsen (junior, announced 3/19 | committed to Davidson)
Davin Cosby Jr. (junior, announced 3/21 | committed to Kennesaw State)
Mason Hagedorn (r-freshman, announced 3/28)
Churchill Abass (junior, announced 3/31)

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There's going to be a lot of new things about Wake's football program moving forward. That much is obvious with a coaching change but probably worth reiterating every now and then before the season starts.

Here's a story on Wake's spring game (showcase) being open to the public but not televised.

As something of a programming note ... I met with Dickert last week and was encouraged to see how open he wants to make media access. That was always a burning question for me, post-Dave Clawson, was whether we'd get the same access to practices. There aren't a whole lot of programs left in the country that will let media see as much as Wake Forest allows.

So, we will. Which is great for coverage moving forward.

Obviously, it's going to be hard to get to spring practices (they start March 18) before basketball season ends. But I'll do my best once my schedule allows.

Quick recap of Wake's 14-6 win over App State found here.

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Preview for Monday night's game can be found here.

Programming: I'll be there with full coverage.

Predictions:

- Hunter Sallis scores at least 20 points.

- Wake Forest makes five 3s.

- Duke makes 10 3s.

Preview for tomorrow's game can be found here.

Programming: I'll have remote coverage from this one (struck out on finding a stringer).

Predictions:

- Hunter Sallis scores at least 25 points.

- Markus Burton scores at least 25, too.

- Juke Harris scores at least 10 points.

Rounding up several things here ...

First, a recap of Tuesday's comeback win over Elon.

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Preview will be up later today.

Programming note: I'll be at this game with full coverage.

In the meantime ... My Take on where this program is headed.

Covered my first baseball game of the season today -- and I'm not sure when the next time I'll be back is (just because of unpredictable schedule).

Story on Wake's win over St. John's.

I'll have a weekend recap up in the next couple of days.