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
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	20–14 (4–12 ACC)
Head coach	Kenny Brooks (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Britney Anderson Jennifer Brown Shawn Poppie
Home arena	Cassell Coliseum
Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 ACC women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Notre Dame†	15	–	1		.938			33	–	4		.892
No. 9 Duke	13	–	3		.813			28	–	6		.824
No. 10 Florida State	13	–	3		.813			28	–	7		.800
No. 13 Louisville	12	–	4		.750			29	–	8		.784
No. 17 NC State	12	–	4		.750			23	–	9		.719
No. 21 Syracuse	11	–	5		.688			22	–	11		.667
No. 16 Miami (FL)	10	–	6		.625			24	–	9		.727
Virginia	7	–	9		.438			20	–	13		.606
Wake Forest	6	–	10		.375			16	–	16		.500
Georgia Tech	5	–	11		.313			22	–	14		.611
Virginia Tech	4	–	12		.250			20	–	14		.588
Pittsburgh	4	–	12		.250			13	–	17		.433
Clemson	3	–	13		.188			15	–	16		.484
North Carolina	3	–	13		.188			15	–	16		.484
Boston College	2	–	14		.125			9	–	21		.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 broadcast Hokies games on WNMX.^[2] Andrew Allegretta provided the call for the games and for select ESPN3 games.^[2] All WNMX games and games not on WNMX could be heard online through HokiesXtra.

Roster

2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Genesis Parker 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Stonewall Jackson Bristow, VA F 2 Sidney Cook 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr South View Seton Hall Parkton, NC G 3 Diandra DaRosa 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr William E. Tolman ASA College Pawtucket, RI G 5 Vanessa Panousis 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Brigidine College Randwick Sydney, Australia G 10 Kendyl Brooks 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Spotswood Harrisonburg, VA 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) So Maury Norfolk, VA F 13 Erin Garner (I)  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Trenton Catholic Academy Georgia Tech Philadelphia, PA G 14 Kaela Kinder 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Christ the King Inwood, NY F 15 Michelle Berry (I)  6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Miami Country Day Cal State Fullerton Miami, FL F 20 Heidi Brown 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Sherando Winchester, VA G 23 Rachel Camp 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr East Rutherford Forest City, NC F 24 Jaiden McCoy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Farragut Knoxville, TN 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) So James Madison Vienna, VA F 40 Erinn Brooks 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Franklin County Union Hall, VA	Head coach Kenny Brooks (James Madison) Assistant coach(es) Britney Anderson (Virginia Tech) Jennifer Brown (James Madison) Shawn Poppie (Limestone) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt 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

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	RV	25	24	23	19	17	15	17	19	RV	NR	NR	NR				N/A
Coaches	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	25	23	20	18	16	16т	21	RV	NR	NR	NR

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

See also

• 2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team