2015–16 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Hokies, led by fifth year head coach Dennis Wolff, were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference and played 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
Record18–14 (5–11 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaCassell Coliseum
Seasons
2015–16 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Notre Dame 16 0   1.000 33 2   .943
No. 8 Louisville 15 1   .938 26 8   .765
No. 14 Syracuse 13 3   .813 30 8   .789
No. 17 Florida State 13 3   .813 25 8   .758
No. 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

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

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Virginia Tech Hokies Sports Network

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

Roster

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

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 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

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2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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Legend
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  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Dennis Wolff fired after five seasons as Virginia Tech's women's basketball coach". OregonLive.com. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  2. ^ "hokiesports.com :: Women's Basketball Schedule". hokiesports.com. Retrieved October 21, 2015.