The 2016–17 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team represented Wake Forest University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Demon Deacons were led by third-year head coach Danny Manning. The team played their home games at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 19–14, 9–9 in ACC play to finish in tenth place. They defeated Boston College in the first round of the ACC tournament to advance to the second round where they lost to Virginia Tech. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a No. 11 seed in the South region. There they lost in the First Four to Kansas State.
Previous season The Demon Deacons finished 2015–16 season 11–20, 2–16 in ACC play to finish in 14th place. They lost to NC State in the first round of the ACC tournament.
Offseason
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason left Codi Miller-McIntyre 0 G 6'3" 205 Senior Concord, NC Graduated Madison Jones 1 G 6'1" 165 Senior Raleigh, NC Suspended; transferred to Seton Hall Devin Thomas 2 F 6'9" 255 Senior Harrisburg, PA Graduated Rondale Watson 23 G 6'3" 190 Sophomore Lewisburg, WV Transferred to Marshall Cornelius Hudson 25 F 6'6" 180 Sophomore Dallas, TX Dismissed from the team due to team violations Andre Washington 31 C 7'0" 240 Senior Roanoke, VA Graduate transferred to East Carolina Stephen Prendergast 35 G 6'1" 175 Senior Mahwah, NJ Walk-on; graduated Gilbert McGregor 42 F 6'4" 195 RS Junior New Orleans, LA Walk-on; didn't return Britton ANderson 52 G 6'4" 190 Freshman Great Falls, VA Walk-on; didn't return
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Austin Arians 34 F 6'6" 200 RS Senior Stoughton, WI Transferred from Milwaukee. Will be eligible to play immediately since Arians graduated from UW–Milwaukee.
2016 recruiting class
2017 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=9 style=| ACC tournament
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References