The 2020–21 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's basketball team represented

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during the

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. The Demon Deacons, were led by ninth year head coach

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, are members of the

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and played their home games at the

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. The Demon Deacons finished the season 12–13 and 8–10 in ACC play to finish in a tie for ninth place. As the ninth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated

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in the Second Round before losing to

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in the Quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the nine seed in the Alamo Region. In the tournament, they lost in the First Round to eight seed .

Previous season

They finished the season 16–16 and 7–11 in ACC play to finish in a tie for eleventh place. As the thirteenth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated

in the First Round and

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in the Second Round before losing to

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in the Quarterfinals. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the

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Off-season

Departures

Recruiting Class

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Roster

Schedule

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Rankings

Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll and AP does not release a final poll.

References

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