2015–16 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team

2015–16 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball
WNIT, Second Round
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
2015–16 record 18–14 (5–11 ACC)
Head coach Dennis Wolff (5th year)
Assistant coach Bill Dooley
Assistant coach Heather Vulin
Assistant coach Britney Anderson
Home arena Cassell Coliseum
2015–16 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#2 Notre Dame 16 0   1.000     33 2   .943
#8 Louisville 15 1   .938     26 8   .765
#14 Syracuse 13 3   .813     30 8   .789
#17 Florida State 13 3   .813     25 8   .758
#19 Miami (FL) 10 6   .625     24 9   .727
NC State 10 6   .625     20 11   .645
Duke 8 8   .500     20 12   .625
Georgia Tech 8 8   .500     20 13   .606
Virginia 6 10   .375     18 16   .529
Wake Forest 6 10   .375     17 16   .515
Virginia Tech 5 11   .313     18 14   .563
North Carolina 4 12   .250     14 18   .438
Pittsburgh 4 12   .250     13 18   .419
Boston College 2 14   .125     15 16   .484
Clemson 0 16   .000     4 26   .133
2016 ACC Tournament winner
As of April 5, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team will represent Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Hokies, led by fifth year head coach Dennis Wolff. The Hokies are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference and play their home games at the Cassell Coliseum. They finished the season 18–14, 5–11 in ACC play to finish in eleventh place. They lost in the first round of the ACC Women's Tournament to Boston College. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Elon in the first round before losing to Ohio in the second round.

On March 22, 2016, the school fired head coach Dennis Wolff.[1] He finished at Virginia Tech with a 5 year record of 62–93.

2015–16 media

Virginia Tech Hokies Sports Network

The Virginia Tech Hokies IMG Sports Network will broadcast Hokies games on WNMX. Andrew Allegretta will provide the call for the games and for select ESPN3 games. All WNMX games and games not on WNMX can be heard online through HokiesXtra.

Roster

2015–16 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Home town
F 1 Brooks, ErinnErinn Brooks 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Franklin County Union Hall, VA
F 2 Cook, SidneySidney Cook 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr South View
Seton Hall
Parkton, NC
F 4 Young, HannahHannah Young 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr St. Francis Xavier College Newcastle, Australia
G 5 Panousis, VanessaVanessa Panousis 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Brigidine College Randwick Sydney, Australia
F 11 Magarity, ReganRegan Magarity 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Fr Igelstavikens Gymnasium Norrköping, Sweden
G 12 Hicks, ChanetteChanette Hicks 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Maury Norfolk, VA
F 20 Brown, HeidiHeidi Brown 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Sherando Winchester, VA
F 22 Gilmer, AlanaAlana Gilmer 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Archbishop Williams North Easton, MA
G 23 Camp, RachelRachel Camp 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So East Rutherford Forest City, NC
F 24 Campbell, TaijahTaijah Campbell 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Pickering Toronto, ON
G 25 Hill, SamanthaSamantha Hill 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Eastern Commerce Toronto, ON
F 33 Koshuta, KellyKelly Koshuta 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr James Madison Vienna, VA
C 35 Nahodil, TaraTara Nahodil 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Tri-Valley Pine Grove, PA
F 40 Powell, DominiqueDominique Powell 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Archbishop Carroll/Gulf Coast State Washington, D.C.
F/C 45 Croker, KhadedraKhadedra Croker 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So King's Fork Suffolk, VA
Head coach

Dennis Wolff (Connecticut)

Assistant coach(es)

Bill Dooley (Richmond)
Heather Vulin (University of Minnesota Morris)
Britney Anderson (Virginia Tech)


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: 2014-09-13

Schedule

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Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Non-conference regular season

11/13/2015*
7:00 PM
Presbyterian W 58–44  1–0
Cassell Coliseum (1,611)
Blacksburg, VA

11/15/2015*
5:00 PM
George Mason W 80–63  2–0
Cassell Coliseum (1,172)
Blacksburg, VA

11/18/2015*
7:00 PM
at Georgetown L 56–73  2–1
McDonough Gymnasium (781)
Washington, D.C.

11/20/2015*
5:00 PM
Providence W 62–46  3–1
Cassell Coliseum (1,253)
Blacksburg, VA

11/22/2015*
5:00 PM
College of Charleston W 81–47  4–1
Cassell Coliseum (1,136)
Blacksburg, VA

11/25/2015*
7:00 PM
Wofford W 73–42  5–1
Cassell Coliseum (1,077)
Blacksburg, VA

12/03/2015*
8:00 PM, BTN
at Penn State
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
W 64–59  6–1
Bryce Jordan Center (2,897)
University Park, PA

12/06/2015*
2:00 PM, SECN
at #8 Tennessee W 57–43  7–1
Thompson–Boling Arena (9,431)
Knoxville, TN

12/09/2015*
7:00 PM
Morgan State W 77–33  8–1
Cassell Coliseum (1,004)
Blacksburg, VA

12/13/2015*
12:00 PM
Coppin State W 72–39  9–1
Cassell Coliseum (1,093)
Blacksburg, VA

12/19/2015*
3:00 PM
Mount St. Mary's W 59–42  10–1
Cassell Coliseum (1,239)
Blacksburg, VA

12/21/2015*
1:00 PM
Radford W 47–40  11–1
Cassell Coliseum (1,547)
Blacksburg, VA

12/30/2015*
3:00 PM
Furman W 59–30  12–1
Cassell Coliseum (1,415)
Blacksburg, VA
ACC regular season

01/03/2016
2:00 PM
Boston College W 58–33  13–1
(1–0)
Cassell Coliseum (1,433)
Blacksburg, VA

01/07/2016
7:00 PM, ESPN3
at Louisville L 45–56  13–2
(1–1)
KFC Yum! Center (7,891)
Louisville, KY

01/10/2016
2:00 PM
at Syracuse L 39–60  13–3
(1–2)
Carrier Dome (1,961)
Syracuse, NY

01/18/2016
7:00 PM, RSN
Clemson W 79–49  14–3
(2–2)
Cassell Coliseum (1,565)
Blacksburg, VA

01/21/2016
7:00 PM, RSN
NC State L 61–72  14–4
(2–3)
Cassell Coliseum (1,475)
Blacksburg, VA

01/24/2016
1:00 PM
at #3 Notre Dame L 41–80  14–5
(2–4)
Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,958)
South Bend, IN

01/28/2016
7:00 PM
#17 Miami (FL) L 45–57  14–6
(2–5)
Cassell Coliseum (1,447)
Blacksburg, VA

01/31/2016
2:00 PM
at Florida State L 50–68  14–7
(2–6)
Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (3,017)
Tallahassee, FL

02/04/2016
7:00 PM
Georgia Tech L 34–51  14–8
(2–7)
Cassell Coliseum (1,818)
Blacksburg, VA

02/07/2016
2:00 PM
at Virginia
Commonwealth Classic
W 66–46  15–8
(3–7)
John Paul Jones Arena (4,052)
Charlottesville, VA

02/11/2016
7:00 PM
at North Carolina L 67–71  15–9
(3–8)
Carmichael Arena (1,752)
Chapel Hill, NC

02/14/2016
2:00 PM
Pittsburgh L 48–59  15–10
(3–9)
Cassell Coliseum (2,143)
Blacksburg, VA

02/18/2016
7:00 PM, ESPN3
Duke L 62–66  15–11
(3–10)
Cassell Coliseum (1,264)
Blacksburg, VA

02/21/2016
4:00 PM, ESPN3
at #18 Miami (FL) L 56–67 OT 15–12
(3–11)
BankUnited Center (2,180)
Coral Gables, FL

02/25/2016
7:00 PM
Wake Forest W 54–48  16–12
(4–11)
LJVM Coliseum (679)
Winston-Salem, NC

02/28/2016
2:00 PM, ESPN3
Virginia
Commonwealth Classic
W 60–55  17–12
(5–11)
Cassell Coliseum (2,710)
Blacksburg, VA
<span style=""background:#721227; color:#F77318;">ACC Women's Tournament

03/02/2016
6:30 PM, RSN
vs. Boston College
First Round
L 37–49  17–13
Greensboro Coliseum (1,123)
Greensboro, NC
<span style=""background:#721227; color:#F77318;">WNIT

03/17/2016*
7:00 PM
Elon
First Round
W 68–59  18–13
Cassell Coliseum (657)
Blacksburg, VA

03/20/2016*
2:00 PM
at Ohio
Second Round
L 57–64  18–14
Convention Center (1,131)
Athens, OH
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
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Legend
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(RV)   Received Votes

See also

References

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