2015–16 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team

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.

2015–16 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball
WNIT, Second Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
2015–16 record18–14 (5–11 ACC)
Head coachDennis Wolff (5th season)
Assistant coaches
Home arenaCassell Coliseum
2015–16 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 2 Notre Dame †16–0 1.000  33–2  .943
No. 8 Louisville15–1 .938  26–8  .765
No. 14 Syracuse13–3 .813  30–8  .789
No. 17 Florida State13–3 .813  25–8  .758
No. 19 Miami (FL)10–6 .625  24–9  .727
NC State10–6 .625  20–11  .645
Duke8–8 .500  20–12  .625
Georgia Tech8–8 .500  20–13  .606
Virginia6–10 .375  18–16  .529
Wake Forest6–10 .375  17–16  .515
Virginia Tech5–11 .313  18–14  .563
North Carolina4–12 .250  14–18  .438
Pittsburgh4–12 .250  13–18  .419
Boston College2–14 .125  15–16  .484
Clemson0–16 .000  4–26  .133
† 2016 ACC Tournament winner
As of April 5, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
F 1 Erinn Brooks 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) FrFranklin County Union Hall, VA
F 2 Sidney Cook 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) JrSouth View
Seton Hall		 Parkton, NC
F 4 Hannah Young 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SrSt. Francis Xavier College Newcastle, Australia
G 5 Vanessa Panousis 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) JrBrigidine College Randwick Sydney, Australia
F 11 Regan Magarity 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS FrIgelstavikens Gymnasium Norrköping, Sweden
G 12 Chanette Hicks 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) FrMaury Norfolk, VA
F 20 Heidi Brown 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrSherando Winchester, VA
F 22 Alana Gilmer 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrArchbishop Williams North Easton, MA
G 23 Rachel Camp 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SoEast Rutherford Forest City, NC
F 24 Taijah Campbell 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SrPickering Toronto, ON
G 25 Samantha Hill 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) JrEastern Commerce Toronto, ON
F 33 Kelly Koshuta 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FrJames Madison Vienna, VA
C 35 Tara Nahodil 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) JrTri-Valley Pine Grove, PA
F 40 Dominique Powell 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SrArchbishop Carroll/Gulf Coast State Washington, D.C.
F/C 45 Khadedra Croker 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SoKing'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

[2]

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 No. 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 No. 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		 No. 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 No. 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
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
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
PollPre-
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19		Final
AP NR NR NR NR RV RV RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Coaches NR NR NR NR RV RV RV RV RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR N/A
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also

References
  1. "Dennis Wolff fired after five seasons as Virginia Tech's women's basketball coach". OregonLive.com. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
  2. "hokiesports.com :: Women's Basketball Schedule". hokiesports.com. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
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