Mitchell Wilbekin has been around Wake Forest long enough to know he had never won an ACC game on the road, but he had no idea how long it had actually been since the Deacons did. So he asked a trainer.
“He couldn’t tell me,” the junior guard said.
The answer, apparently lost in the hazy fog of the past, was Jan. 22, 2014, before either Wilbekin or third-year coach Danny Manning were on campus. Now, after this 93-88 win over N.C. State, Manning can claim tangible progress having broken the 25-game skid, even if there’s still a long way to go.