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Winston-Salem Wolves And The ECBL Playoff Landscape

Winston-Salem Wolves 2024 Antonio Robinson Jahlil Rawley

If the season ended today, the Wolves would hold the #1 seed in the ECBL playoffs for the second season in a row – but of course, the season isn’t over.

With a record of 8-2 overall, the Wolves definitely control their own destiny in playoff seeding; however, with a few weeks left in the regular season, nothing has been settled – so let’s take a moment and review the playoff landscape before the final push.

Close on the heels of the Wolves are the Fayetteville Panthers – with a record of 8-3, the Panthers are one of only two teams to hand the Wolves a loss this season. There were a few contributing factors in the loss – the Wolves were short handed, on the road and playing the second game of a back-to-back when they last lost to the Panthers. However, the Panthers have proven to be a quality team this season, winning their last 6 games. The Wolves travel again to play Fayetteville on April 11, so this matchup could create a tie at the top of the division and the tiebreaker would go to the Panthers.

The Wolves have one home game remaining on the schedule – May 19th against Kingdom Life Basketball Club, who have yet to secure a win in the 2024 season and suffered a loss to the Wolves earlier in the season. Following that, the Wolves hit the road again to face another playoff contender, the Petersburg Cavaliers, who won the conference title in both the last two seasons.

Elsewhere in the conference, the DC Heat have been a force, compiling a 7-2 record with only one loss on the court, to the Wolves. The other loss on their record was by forfeit, so the lone loss to Winston-Salem is significant and puts them in a position where they need to win out the remainder of their season and hope for a loss from other teams.

The playoff seedings in the Northern Conference may not be set, but several teams seem to have a spot secured: Winston-Salem, Fayetteville, DC, Rowan County and Petersburg. Where those teams are positioned is still up in the air. Rowan County could be the dark horse, being the only other team to defeat Winston-Salem this season, and despite a slow start, have built a 7-4 record.

For full details in the remaining schedule, be sure to check out the Schedule & Results page.

Winston-Salem Wolves Game Postponed

As a reminder, Sunday’s scheduled game (March 15, 2020) against the Hickory Hoyas has been postponed, due to the current ongoing COVID-19 outbreak and additionally, to comply with the Executive Order from North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, limiting groups of 100 persons or more to gather. While we are incredibly thankful that the size of our fan base has continued to grow, that size of fan base, combined with both facility availability and ongoing concerns about exposing fellow citizens to illness led to the decision to postpone the event.

It is our hope to reschedule this game in the future, however at this time we are simply postponing until further details are made available; additionally, we urge all of our Winston-Salem neighbors, fans and North Carolina residents to visit NCDHHS.gov for the latest updates and information.

As to next steps, as of now we have no further details regarding upcoming games or the season, and we are monitoring the situation as best we can, as are many of you. While we are, like you, disappointed that the sports world has come to a halt, we also are aware that we are part of a society that is much larger than sports and we must be mindful of that. Thanks so much to the Triad community, Winston-Salem, Clemmons, Kernersville and all of the surrounding areas that have supported us during our first two seasons.