2016–17 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Men's Basketball Team
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The 2016–17 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team represented
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during the
2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 11, 2016. The first early-season tournaments were the 2K Sports Classic, Charleston Classic, and Puerto Rico Tip-Off. The season ended with the 2017 NCAA Division I men' ...
. The Demon Deacons were led by third-year head coach
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. The team played their home games at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in
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as a member of the
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. They finished the season 19–14, 9–9 in ACC play to finish in tenth place. They defeated
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in the first round of the ACC tournament to advance to the second round where they lost to
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. 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


Incoming transfers


2016 recruiting class


2017 recruiting class


Roster


Schedule and results

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References

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