1980–81 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team

{{short description|American college basketball season}}

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{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1980–81

| team = Wake Forest Demon Deacons

| sport = basketball

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| image = Wake Forest University Athletic logo.svg

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| conference = Atlantic Coast Conference

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| short_conf = ACC

| CoachRank = 14

| APRank = 11

| record = 22–7

| conf_record = 9–5

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| head_coach = Carl Tacy

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| arena = Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum

| champion =

| tourney = NCAA Tournament

| tourney_result = Second Round

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{{1980–81 ACC men's basketball standings}}

The 1980–81 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team represented Wake Forest University during the 1980–81 NCAA men's basketball season.