2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hokies, led by first year head coach Kenny Brooks,[1] played their home games at Cassell Coliseum and were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 20–14, 4–12 in ACC play to finish in a tie for eleventh place. They lost in the first round of the ACC Women's Tournament to Clemson. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Rider, Navy and Penn State in the first, second and third rounds before losing to Michigan in the quarterfinals.

2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball
WNIT, Quarterfinals
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
2016–17 record20–14 (4–12 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Britney Anderson
  • Jennifer Brown
  • Shawn Poppie
Home arenaCassell Coliseum
2016–17 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 2 Notre Dame151 .938  334  .892
No. 9 Duke133 .813  286  .824
No. 10 Florida State133 .813  287  .800
No. 13 Louisville124 .750  298  .784
No. 17 NC State124 .750  239  .719
No. 21 Syracuse115 .688  2211  .667
No. 16 Miami (FL)106 .625  249  .727
Virginia79 .438  2013  .606
Wake Forest610 .375  1616  .500
Georgia Tech511 .313  2214  .611
Virginia Tech412 .250  2014  .588
Pittsburgh412 .250  1317  .433
Clemson313 .188  1516  .484
North Carolina313 .188  1516  .484
Boston College214 .125  921  .300
2017 ACC Tournament winner
As of March 29, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

2016–17 media

Virginia Tech Hokies Sports Network

The Virginia Tech Hokies IMG Sports Network will broadcast Hokies games on WNMX.[2] Andrew Allegretta will provide the call for the games and for select ESPN3 games.[2] All WNMX games and games not on WNMX can be heard online through HokiesXtra.

Roster

2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 1 Genesis Parker 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) FrStonewall Jackson Bristow, VA
F 2 Sidney Cook 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SrSouth View
Seton Hall
Parkton, NC
G 3 Diandra DaRosa 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) JrWilliam E. Tolman
ASA College
Pawtucket, RI
G 5 Vanessa Panousis 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) SrBrigidine College Randwick Sydney, Australia
G 10 Kendyl Brooks 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) FrSpotswood Harrisonburg, VA
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) SoMaury Norfolk, VA
F 13 Erin Garner (I)  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) JrTrenton Catholic Academy
Georgia Tech
Philadelphia, PA
G 14 Kaela Kinder 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) FrChrist the King Inwood, NY
F 15 Michelle Berry (I)  6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SoMiami Country Day
Cal State Fullerton
Miami, FL
F 20 Heidi Brown 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SoSherando Winchester, VA
G 23 Rachel Camp 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) JrEast Rutherford Forest City, NC
F 24 Jaiden McCoy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) FrFarragut Knoxville, TN
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) SoJames Madison Vienna, VA
F 40 Erinn Brooks 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SoFranklin County Union Hall, VA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016*
3:30 pm
UNC Asheville W 71–52  1–0
Cassell Coliseum (2,346)
Blacksburg, VA
11/13/2016*
4:00 pm
Georgetown W 73–63  2–0
Cassell Coliseum (2,285)
Blacksburg, VA
11/16/2016*
7:00 pm
Presbyterian W 67–36  3–0
Cassell Coliseum (1,084)
Blacksburg, VA
11/19/2016*
2:00 pm
at Central Florida W 67–64  4–0
CFE Arena (2,278)
Orlando, FL
11/22/2016*
6:30 pm
at College of Charleston W 71–61  5–0
TD Arena (330)
Charleston, SC
11/27/2016*
2:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 17 Tennessee W 67–63  6–0
Cassell Coliseum (3,159)
Blacksburg, VA
12/01/2016*
7:00 pm
Nebraska
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
W 76–67  7–0
Cassell Coliseum (2,292)
Blacksburg, VA
12/05/2016*
7:00 pm
No. 25 Gardner–Webb W 76–42  8–0
Cassell Coliseum (2,183)
Blacksburg, VA
12/07/2016*
6:00 pm
No. 25 Central Connecticut W 81–47  9–0
Cassell Coliseum (2,273)
Blacksburg, VA
12/11/2016*
3:30 pm
No. 25 Bowling Green W 98–51  10–0
Cassell Coliseum (2,449)
Blacksburg, VA
12/18/2016*
5:00 pm
No. 24 at Auburn W 92–87 OT 11–0
Auburn Arena (2,158)
Auburn, AL
12/21/2016*
1:00 pm
No. 23 Radford W 71–52  12–0
Cassell Coliseum (2,567)
Blacksburg, VA
12/30/2016*
7:00 pm
No. 19 Delaware State W 88–48  13–0
Cassell Coliseum (1,352)
Blacksburg, VA
ACC regular season
01/02/2017
7:00 pm
No. 17 North Carolina W 76–68  14–0
(1–0)
Cassell Coliseum (2,170)
Blacksburg, VA
01/08/2017
2:00 pm
No. 17 at Clemson W 78–69  15–0
(2–0)
Littlejohn Coliseum (306)
Clemson, SC
01/11/2017
7:00 pm
No. 15 at No. 14 Miami (FL) L 75–82  15–1
(2–1)
Watsco Center (685)
Coral Gables, FL
01/16/2017
1:00 pm, RSN
No. 17 Wake Forest W 72–70  16–1
(3–1)
Cassell Coliseum (1,789)
Blacksburg, VA
01/19/2017
1:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 17 at No. 15 Duke L 59–84  16–2
(3–2)
Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,755)
Durham, NC
01/22/2017
12:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 17 No. 7 Florida State L 54–82  16–3
(3–3)
Cassell Coliseum (2,092)
Blacksburg, VA
01/26/2017
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 19 at Virginia
Commonwealth Clash
L 27–76  16–4
(3–4)
John Paul Jones Arena (3,725)
Charlottesville, VA
01/29/2017
2:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 19 Syracuse L 72–82  16–5
(3–5)
Cassell Coliseum (2,033)
Blacksburg, VA
02/02/2017
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 7 Notre Dame L 59–76  16–6
(3–6)
Cassell Coliseum (8,325)
Blacksburg, VA
02/05/2017
2:00 pm
at Georgia Tech L 81–87  16–7
(3–7)
Hank McCamish Pavilion (1,023)
Atlanta, GA
02/09/2017
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 12 Louisville L 70–88  16–8
(3–8)
Cassell Coliseum (1,723)
Blacksburg, VA
02/12/2017
2:00 pm, ACCN Extra
at No. 17 NC State L 71–85  16–9
(3–9)
Reynolds Coliseum (4,467)
Raleigh, NC
02/16/2017
7:00 pm
at Pittsburgh L 64–72  16–10
(3–10)
Petersen Events Center (787)
Pittsburgh, PA
02/19/2017
3:00 pm, RSN
Virginia
Commonwealth Clash
L 55–63  16–11
(3–11)
Cassell Coliseum (3,779)
Blacksburg, VA
02/23/2017
7:00 pm
No. 17 Miami (FL) L 69–79  16–12
(3–12)
Cassell Coliseum (2,377)
Blacksburg, VA
02/26/2017
2:00 pm
at Boston College W 82–78  17–12
(4–12)
Conte Forum (1,513)
Chestnut Hill, MA
ACC Women's Tournament
03/01/2017
1:00 pm, RSN
(12) vs. (13) Clemson
First Round
L 66–67  17–13
HTC Center 
Conway, SC
WNIT
03/17/2017*
7:00 pm
Rider
First Round
W 76–62  18–13
Cassell Coliseum (806)
Blacksburg, VA
03/19/2017*
2:00 pm
Navy
Second Round
W 75–64  19–13
Cassell Coliseum (768)
Blacksburg, VA
03/23/2017*
7:00 pm
at Penn State
Third Round
W 64–55  20–13
Bryce Jordan Center (1,310)
University Park, PA
03/25/2017*
2:00 pm
at Michigan
Quarterfinals
L 62–80  20–14
Crisler Center (1,019)
Ann Arbor, MI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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Coaches NR NR RV RV RV 25 23 20 18 16 16т 21 RV NR NR NR
Legend
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  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also

References

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