The 2021–22 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team represented Wake Forest University during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Demon Deacons were led by second-year head coach Steve Forbes and played their home games at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Demon Deacons finished the season 25–10 overall and 13–7 in ACC play, to finish in fifth place. They lost to Boston College in the Second Round of the ACC tournament. They received an at-large bid to the NIT, where they defeated Towson and VCU in the first two rounds. Their season then ended in a quarterfinal loss to Texas A&M.
Previous season The Demon Deacons finished 2020–21 season 6–16, 3–15 in ACC play, to finish in fourteenth place. They lost to Notre Dame in the First Round of the ACC tournament. They were not invited to either the NCAA tournament or NIT.
Offseason
Departures Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Jahcobi Neath 0 G 6'3" 200 Sophomore Toronto, ON Transferred to Wisconsin Jalen Johnson 2 G 6'6" 195 Graduate Student Durham, NC Graduated transferred to Mercer Ian DuBose 11 G 6'4" 225 Graduate Student Durham, NC Graduated Quadry Adams 13 G 6'3" 190 Freshman Piscataway, NJ Transferred to St. Bonaventure Jonah Antonio 20 G 6'5" 195 Graduate Student Perth, Australia Graduated Isaiah Wilikins 23 G 6'4" 220 Junior Winston-Salem, NC Transferred to Longwood Ismael Massoud 25 F 6'8" 220 Sophomore East Harlem, NY Transferred to Kansas State Emmanuel Okpomoy 30 C 6'10" 225 Freshman Jackson, MS Transferred to Temple Blake Buchanan 31 F 6'5" 205 Junior Durham, NC Transferred Ody Oguama 33 F 6'9" 225 Sophomore Raleigh, NC Transferred to Cincinnati Sunday Okeke 34 F 6'8" 250 Senior Lagos, Nigeria Walk-on; graduated
Incoming transfers Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Jake LaRavia 0 F 6'8" 235 Junior Indianapolis, IN Indiana State Dallas Walton 13 F/C 7'0" 230 Graduate Student Arvada, CO Colorado Khadim Sy 20 F 6'10" 240 Graduate Student Dakar, Senegal Ole Miss Damari Monsanto 30 G 6'6" 225 RS Sophomore Pembroke Pines, FL East Tennessee State Alondes Williams 31 G 6'5" 210 Graduate Student Milwaukee, WI Oklahoma
2021 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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Rankings
*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.
References