2024–25 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team
The 2024–25 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team will represent Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hokies will be led by first-year head coach Megan Duffy and will play their home games at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Virginia as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Duffy will enter her first season after being hired to replace Kenny Brooks on April 3, 2024.[1]
2024–25 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball | |
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Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Record | 0–0 (0–0 ACC) |
Head coach |
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Associate head coach | Itoro Coleman (1st season) |
Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Cassell Coliseum |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston College | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 Duke | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 Florida State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Tech | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 17 Louisville | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami (FL) | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 NC State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 15 North Carolina | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 Notre Dame | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stanford | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syracuse | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia Tech | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2025 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll |
Previous season
editThe Hokies finished the season 25–8 overall and 14–4 in ACC play to finish as regular season champions. As the first seed in the ACC tournament, they earned a bye into the Quarterfinals where they defeated ninth seed Miami before losing to eventual champions Notre Dame. They received an at-large invitation to the NCAA Tournament, marking the fourth straight time the Hokies qualified for the tournament. As the fourth seed in the Portland 3 they defeated thirteenth seed Marshall in the First Round before losing to fifth seed Baylor in the Second Round to end their season. After the loss, head coach Kenny Brooks announced that he was stepping down from the team in order to accept the head coaching position at Kentucky.[2]
Off-season
editDepartures
editName | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
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Gabby Brooks | 2 | G | 5'10" | Freshman | Harrisonburg, Virginia | Transferred to Kentucky[3] |
Georgia Amoore | 5 | G | 5'6" | Senior | Ballarat, Australia | Transferred to Kentucky[4] |
Clara Strack | 13 | C | 6'5" | Freshman | Buffalo, New York | Transferred to Kentucky[5] |
Olivia Summiel | 20 | G/F | 6'2" | Graduate Student | Dayville, Connecticut | Graduated |
Cayla King | 22 | G | 6'0" | Graduate Student | Greensboro, North Carolina | Graduated |
Elizabeth Kitley | 33 | C | 6'6" | Graduate Student | Summerfield, North Carolina | Graduated; drafted 24th overall in the 2024 WNBA draft |
Incoming transfers
editName | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
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Lani White | 0 | G | 5'11" | Junior | Irvine, California | Utah[6] |
Recruiting class
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Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Myah Hazelton F |
Baltimore, Maryland | Sparrows Point | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | N/A | Sep 5, 2022 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: NR | ||||||
Kayl Petersen G/F |
Waupun, Wisconsin | Waupun | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | N/A | Apr 29, 2024 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 93 | ||||||
Leila Wells G |
Chelsea, Michigan | Chelsea | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | N/A | Apr 21, 2024 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: NR | ||||||
Ramiya White C |
Louisville, Kentucky | Butler Traditional | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | N/A | May 1, 2024 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: NR | ||||||
Overall recruiting rankings: | ||||||
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Roster
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Schedule
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Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
November 4, 2024* 5:00 p.m., ACCNX |
UNC Wilmington | Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA | |||||||||
November 10* 5:30 p.m., ESPN |
vs. Iowa Ally Tipoff |
Spectrum Center Charlotte, NC | |||||||||
November 13* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX |
UNC Asheville | Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA | |||||||||
November 16* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX |
Coppin State | Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA | |||||||||
November 19* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX |
Rutgers | Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA | |||||||||
November 23* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX |
Elon | Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA | |||||||||
November 29* 4:30 p.m., Women's Sports Network |
vs. Davidson Fort Myers Tip-Off Shell Division semifinals |
Suncoast Credit Union Arena Fort Myers, FL | |||||||||
November 29* TBA, Women's Sports Network |
vs. Belmont/Michigan Fort Myers Tip-Off Shell Division |
Suncoast Credit Union Arena Fort Myers, FL | |||||||||
December 4* 5:00 p.m. |
at Georgia ACC–SEC Challenge |
Stegeman Coliseum Athens, GA | |||||||||
December 15* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX |
Radford | Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA | |||||||||
December 21* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX |
Campbell | Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA | |||||||||
ACC regular season | |||||||||||
ACCNX |
Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA | ||||||||||
ACC tournament | |||||||||||
vs. | Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC | ||||||||||
Rankings
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Final |
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Coaches |
References
edit- ^ "Virginia Tech hires Marquette's Megan Duffy as new coach". espn.com. Associated Press. April 3, 2024. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
- ^ Michael Voepel; Alexa Philippou (March 26, 2024). "What Kenny Brooks' Virginia Tech exit means for Kentucky". ESPN. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
- ^ Makauskas, Caroline (August 1, 2024). "'A no-brainer.' Why Georgia Amoore, Amelia Hassett and others followed Kenny Brooks to UK". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
- ^ Philippou, Alexa (April 4, 2024). "Ex-Virginia Tech G Georgia Amoore transferring to Kentucky". ESPN. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
- ^ Makauskas, Caroline (April 5, 2024). "Kentucky women's basketball lands 6-foot-5 freshman center in transfer portal". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
- ^ Berman, Mark (May 1, 2024). "Virginia Tech women add Utah transfer Lani White". heraldcourier.com. The Roanoke Times. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
- ^ "Virginia Tech Hokies". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
- ^ "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics. Retrieved September 4, 2024.