| Year: | 2016–17 |
| Team: | Wake Forest Demon Deacons |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Conference: | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Short Conf: | ACC |
| Record: | 19–14 |
| Conf Record: | 9–9 |
| Hc Year: | 3rd |
| Asst Coach3: | Brett Ballard |
| Tourney Result: | First Four |
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.
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.
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason left | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | G | 6'3" | 205 | Senior | Graduated | |||
| Madison Jones | 1 | G | 6'1" | 165 | Senior | Suspended; transferred to Seton Hall[1] | ||
| 2 | F | 6'9" | 255 | Senior | Graduated | |||
| Rondale Watson | 23 | G | 6'3" | 190 | Sophomore | Transferred to Marshall | ||
| Cornelius Hudson | 25 | F | 6'6" | 180 | Sophomore | Dismissed from the team due to team violations[2] | ||
| Andre Washington | 31 | C | 7'0" | 240 | Senior | Graduate transferred to East Carolina | ||
| Stephen Prendergast | 35 | G | 6'1" | 175 | Senior | Walk-on; graduated | ||
| Gilbert McGregor | 42 | F | 6'4" | 195 | RS Junior | Walk-on; didn't return | ||
| Britton ANderson | 52 | G | 6'4" | 190 | Freshman | Walk-on; didn't return |
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