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ACC Basketball: Preseason power rankings for 2020-21 season

By Matthew Travis

GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA - MARCH 12: A general view of center court prior to the quarterfinals round of the 2020 Men's ACC Basketball Tournament at Greensboro Coliseum on March 12, 2020 in Greensboro, North Carolina. The remainder of the tournament will be played with only essential tournament personnel, limited school administrators and student-athlete guests, broadcast television and credentialed media members in attendance due to concerns over the possible spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA - MARCH 12: A general view of center court prior to the quarterfinals round of the 2020 Men's ACC Basketball Tournament at Greensboro Coliseum on March 12, 2020 in Greensboro, North Carolina. The remainder of the tournament will be played with only essential tournament personnel, limited school administrators and student-athlete guests, broadcast television and credentialed media members in attendance due to concerns over the possible spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) /
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GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA – MARCH 10: Andrien White #13 of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA – MARCH 10: Andrien White #13 of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) /

. Demon Deacons . 15. team. 448. .

Wake Forest is coming off a 2019-20 season where they went 6-14 in the ACC and 13-18 overall, good enough to finish at the bottom of the ACC heading into the ACC Tournament. Not only did they have a horrid 2019-20 season, but they lost their top four scorers, top two rebounders, and top assist-man.

All that being said, the Demon Deacons are in for yet another long season that could potentially be worse than their last. Wake Forest lost seven players to the transfer portal, and three to graduation, making for an entirely new 2020-21 roster.

The good news for the Demon Deacons is they added four transfers and two freshmen, who they hope will fill the roles of the players that left following the 2019-20 season.

Here is what Wake Forest’s roster will look like for 2020-21:

  • Quadry Adams, Freshman, Guard
  • Emmanuel Okpomo, Freshman, Center
  • Tariq Ingraham, Redshirt Freshman, Forward
  • Jahcobi Neath, Sophomore, Guard
  • Ismael Massoud, Sophomore, Forward
  • Ody Oguama, Sophomore, Forward
  • Grant Van Beveren, Sophomore, Forward
  • Isaiah Mucius, Junior, Forward
  • Daivien Williamson, Junior, Guard
  • Isaiah Wilkins, Junior, Guard
  • Blake Buchanan, Junior, Forward
  • Miles Lester, Redshirt Junior, Guard
  • Sunday Okeke, Senior, Forward
  • Anthony Mathis jr., Senior, Guard
  • Ian Dubose, Graduate Student, Guard
  • Jonah Antonio, Graduate Student, Guard
  • Jalen Johnson, Graduate Student, Guard

Wake Forest has a HUGE roster with 17 total players, four of which are walk-ons. Unfortunately for the Demon Deacons, only four of those 17 players were in the top-10 for scoring last season for Wake Forest, and none of those four averaged 7.5 points or more per game.

This being said, a lot of Wake Forest’s points will be coming from different outlets in 2020-21, such as Tennessee transfer, Jalen Johnson. Johnson didn’t play a huge role with the Volunteer,s averaging only 15.6 minutes per game with 3.5 points, 2.0 rebounds, and 1.0 assists, but I would expect him to step into a bigger role in Winston Salem.

In addition to that, the only returning player who was one of Wake Forest’s top-five scorers last season is Isaiah Mucius, who will likely step into an expanded role this season.

Overall, things don’t really look up for Wake Forest, and I would fully expect them to be at the bottom of the ACC once again in 2020-21.