The 2016–17 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team represented
Wake Forest University
Wake Forest University (WFU) is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1834, the university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina. The R ...
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
Danny Manning
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. The team played their home games at the
Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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as a member of the
Atlantic Coast Conference
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. They finished the season 19–14, 9–9 in
ACC play to finish in tenth place. They defeated
Boston College
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in the first round of the
ACC tournament to advance to the second round where they lost to
Virginia Tech
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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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ACC tournament
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NCAA tournament
References
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