| Year: | 2020–21 |
| Team: | Wake Forest Demon Deacons |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Conference: | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Short Conf: | ACC |
| Record: | 6–16 |
| Conf Record: | 3–15 |
| Head Coach: | Steve Forbes |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Asst Coach1: | Randolph Childress |
| Asst Coach2: | BJ McKie |
| Asst Coach3: | Brooks Savage |
| Stadium: | LJVM Coliseum |
The 2020–21 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team represented Wake Forest University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Demon Deacons were led by first-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 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.
The Demon Deacons finished 2019–20 season 13–17, 6–14 in ACC play to finish in a tie for 13th place. They lost to Pittsburgh in the first round of the ACC tournament. The tournament was cancelled before the Quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The NCAA tournament and NIT were also cancelled due to the pandemic.[2]
After the season head coach Danny Manning was fired after six seasons, where he posted a 78–111 record.[3] [4] On April 30, 2020, the Demon Deacons hired Steve Forbes as his replacement.[5]
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | G | 6'0" | 195 | Senior | Graduated | |||
| Sharone Wright Jr. | 2 | G | 6'5" | 185 | Sophomore | Transferred to Morgan State | ||
| Torry Johnson | 11 | G | 6'3" | 175 | Graduate Student | Graduated | ||
| Andrien White | 13 | G | 6'3" | 200 | Senior | Graduated | ||
| Michael Wynn | 20 | G | 6'6" | 210 | Sophomore | Entered transfer portal | ||
| 23 | G | 6'5" | 220 | Junior | Transferred to Michigan | |||
| 30 | C | 7'0" | 255 | Junior | Transferred to Kentucky |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Johnson | 2 | G | 6'6" | 195 | Graduate Student | Tennessee | ||
| Daivien Williamson | 4 | G | 6'2" | 170 | Junior | ETSU | ||
| 11 | G | 6'4" | 225 | Graduate Student | Houston Baptist | |||
| Jonah Antonio | 20 | G | 6'5" | 195 | Graduate Student | UNLV | ||
| Isaiah Wilkins | 23 | G | 6'4" | 220 | Junior | Virginia Tech |
Source:[6]
|-!colspan=12 style=| Regular season|-!colspan=12 style=| ACC tournament
See also: 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.
*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.