2015–16 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team

2015–16 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball
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

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.

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

^[2]

Date time, TV	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

References

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

[1] "Dennis Wolff fired after five seasons as Virginia Tech's women's basketball coach". OregonLive.com. Retrieved March 16, 2016.

[hokiesports-2] "hokiesports.com :: Women's Basketball Schedule". hokiesports.com. Retrieved October 21, 2015.

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