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
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	18–14 (5–11 ACC)
Head coach	Dennis Wolff (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Bill Dooley Heather Vulin Britney Anderson
Home arena	Cassell Coliseum
Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 ACC women's basketball standings

v t e	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

Virginia Tech Hokies Sports Network

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

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 Dennis Wolff (Connecticut) Assistant coach(es) Bill Dooley (Richmond) Heather Vulin (Minnesota Morris) Britney Anderson (Virginia Tech) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt 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

2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 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

• 2015–16 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team

References

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.