2020–21 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team

The 2020–21 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hokies, led by fifth year head coach Kenny Brooks, played their home games at Cassell Coliseum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.^[1][2][3]

2020–21 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. RV
AP	No. RV
Record	15–10 (8–8 ACC)
Head coach	Kenny Brooks (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Shawn Poppie Christal Caldwell Lindsey Hicks
Home arena	Cassell Coliseum
Seasons ← 2019–20 2021–22 →

2020–21 ACC women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 8 Louisville	14	–	2		.875			26	–	4		.867
No. 3 NC State†	12	–	2		.857			22	–	3		.880
Georgia Tech	12	–	6		.667			17	–	9		.654
Syracuse	9	–	7		.563			15	–	9		.625
Florida State	9	–	7		.563			10	–	9		.526
Notre Dame	8	–	7		.533			10	–	10		.500
Virginia Tech	8	–	8		.500			15	–	10		.600
North Carolina	8	–	9		.471			13	–	11		.542
Miami (FL)	8	–	10		.444			11	–	11		.500
Wake Forest	8	–	10		.444			12	–	13		.480
Clemson	5	–	12		.294			12	–	14		.462
Pittsburgh	3	–	12		.200			5	–	14		.263
Boston College	2	–	11		.154			7	–	12		.368
Duke	0	–	1		.000			3	–	1		.750
Virginia	0	–	2		.000			0	–	5		.000
† 2021 ACC tournament winner Duke suspended their season on December 25, 2020 Virginia suspended their season on January 14, 2021 As of March 30, 2021 Rankings from AP poll

The Hokies finished the season 15–10 and 8–8 in ACC play to finish in seventh place. In the ACC tournament, they defeated Miami in the Second Round before losing to eventual champions NC State in the Quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they were the seven seed in the Riverwalk Regional. In the tournament they defeated ten seed Marquette in the First Round before losing to two seed Baylor in the Second Round to end their season.

Previous season

They finished the 2019–20 season 21–9 and 11–7 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the fifth seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to Wake Forest in the Second Round. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.^[4]

Off-season

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Trinity Baptiste	0	F	6'0"	Junior	Tampa, FL	Transferred to Arizona
Dara Mabrey	4	G	5'7"	Sophomore	Belmar, NJ	Transferred to Notre Dame
Taja Cole	5	G	5'8"	Graduate Student	Richmond, VA	Graduated
Kendyl Brooks	10	G	5'10"	Senior	Harrisonburg, VA	Graduated
Lydia Rivers	21	F	6'2"	Graduate Student	Kinston, NC	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
D'Asia Gregg	11	F	6'2"	Junior	Florence, SC	Georgia Tech/Gulf Coast State
Azana Baines	15	G	6'1"	Sophomore	Blackwood, NJ	Duke

Recruiting Class

Source:^[5]

College recruiting information

Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Shamarla King G	Hartford, CT	Watkinson School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A
	Recruit ratings: ESPN:    (94)
Shelby Calhoun G	Louisville, KY	Christian Academy of Louisville	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A
	Recruit ratings: ESPN:    (90)
Nevaeh Dean F	Hamilton, OH	Lakota West	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
	Recruit ratings: ESPN:    (90)
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources:

Roster

2020–21 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G/F 0 Makayla Ennis 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So The RISE Centre Academy Ontario, Canada G 2 Aisha Sheppard 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr St. John's Alexandria, VA G 3 Chloe Brooks 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS So Spotswood Harrisonburg, VA G 5 Georgia Amoore 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Fr Loretto College Ballarat, Australia G 10 Da'ja Green 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS Sr Morrow Wofford Ellenwood, GA F 11 D'asia Gregg 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Wilson Georgia Tech/Gulf Coast State Florence, SC G 12 Shelby Calhoun 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Christian Academy of Louisville Louisville, KY G 15 Azana Baines 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Gloucester Catholic Duke Blackwood, NJ G 21 Shamarla King 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Watkinson Hartford, CT G 22 Cayla King 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Northwest Guilford Greensboro, NC F 23 Asiah Jones 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Sr Woodmond USC Sacramento, CA F 31 Nevaeh Dean 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Lakota West Hamilton, OH C 33 Elizabeth Kitley 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) So Northwest Guilford Summerfield, NC G/F 35 Taylor Geiman 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So South Western Hanover, PA C 40 Alex Obouh Fegue 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS Sr Pierre de Coubertin (Calais, France) Eastern Florida Chatearoux, France	Head coach Kenny Brooks (James Madison) Assistant coach(es) Shawn Poppie (Limestone) Christal Caldwell (West Virginia) Lindsey Hicks (Purdue) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: December 8, 2020

Schedule

Source:^[6]

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 25, 2020* 4:00 p.m., ACCNX		Richmond	W 85–64	1–0	Cassell Coliseum (250) Blacksburg, VA
November 28, 2020* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		Liberty	W 81–66	2–0	Cassell Coliseum (250) Blacksburg, VA
December 1, 2020* 5:00 p.m., ACCNX		George Washington	W 92–57	3–0	Cassell Coliseum (250) Blacksburg, VA
December 4, 2020* 5:00 p.m., ACCN		Appalachian State	W 84–59	4–0	Cassell Coliseum (250) Blacksburg, VA
December 6, 2020* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		Gardner–Webb	W 73–39	5–0	Cassell Coliseum (250) Blacksburg, VA
ACC regular season
December 10, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		Pittsburgh	W 88–71	6–0 (1–0)	Cassell Coliseum (250) Blacksburg, VA
December 17, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCN		at Notre Dame	L 78–84	6–1 (1–1)	Purcell Pavilion (64) Notre Dame, IN
December 20, 2021 Noon, ACCN		Virginia	Postponed[7]		Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, VA
December 31, 2020 Noon, ACCNX		Florida State	L 63–73	6–2 (1–2)	Cassell Coliseum (250) Blacksburg, VA
January 3, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Duke	Canceled[8]		Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
January 7, 2021 8:00 p.m., RSN		No. 2 Louisville	L 67–71	6–3 (1–3)	Cassell Coliseum (250) Blacksburg, VA
January 10, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Georgia Tech	L 54–56	6–4 (1–4)	McCamish Pavilion (1,200) Atlanta, GA
January 14, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		at North Carolina	W 66–54	7–4 (2–4)	Carmichael Arena (0) Chapel Hill, NC
January 17, 2021 4:00 p.m., ACCN		Wake Forest	L 64–67	7–5 (2–5)	Cassell Coliseum (250) Blacksburg, VA
January 21, 2021 7:00 p.m., RSN		Notre Dame	L 60–65	7–6 (2–6)	Cassell Coliseum (250) Blacksburg, VA
January 24, 2021 4:00 p.m., ACCNX		at No. 2 NC State	L 87–89	7–7 (2–7)	Reynolds Coliseum (25) Raleigh, NC
January 28, 2021 4:00 p.m., RSN		No. 2 NC State	W 83–71 OT	8–7 (3–7)	Cassell Coliseum (250) Blacksburg, VA
January 31, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		North Carolina	W 73–69	9–7 (4–7)	Cassell Coliseum (250) Blacksburg, VA
February 2, 2021 6:00 p.m.		Virginia	Virginia's Season Canceled[9]		Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, VA
February 4, 2021 7:00 p.m., RSN		at Pittsburgh	W 74–55	10–7 (5–7)	Peterson Events Center (500) Pittsburgh, PA
February 11, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCN		at Miami (FL)	W 75–55	11–7 (6–7)	Watsco Center (0) Coral Gables, FL
February 14, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Boston College	Postponed[10]		Conte Forum  Chestnut Hill, MA
February 18, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		Duke	Duke's Season Canceled[8]		Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, VA
February 21, 2021 Noon, RSN		Syracuse	W 76-68	12–7 (7–7)	Cassell Coliseum (250) Blacksburg, VA
February 25, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCN		at Clemson	W 70–64	13–7 (8–7)	Littlejohn Coliseum (327) Clemson, SC
February 28, 2021 1:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Virginia	Virginia's Season Canceled[9]		John Paul Jones Arena  Charlottesville, VA
February 28, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		North Carolina	L 63–68	13–8 (8–8)	Cassell Coliseum (250) Blacksburg, VA
ACC Women's Tournament
March 4, 2021 6:00 p.m., RSN	(7)	vs. (10) Miami (FL) Second Round	W 72–64	14–8	Greensboro Coliseum (451) Greensboro, NC
March 5, 2021 6:00 p.m., RSN	(7)	vs. (2) No. 3 NC State Quarterfinals	L 55–68	14–9	Greensboro Coliseum (592) Greensboro, NC
NCAA tournament
March 21, 2021 Noon, ESPNU	(7 R)	vs. (10 R) Marquette First Round	W 70–63	15–9	Strahan Arena  San Marcos, TX
March 23, 2021 7:00 p.m., ESPN2	(7 R)	vs. (2 R) No. 5 Baylor Second Round	L 48–90	15–10	Alamodome  San Antonio, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. R=Riverwalk. All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

2020–21 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	Final
AP			RV	RV							RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Coaches	RV	RV	25т	RV	RV			RV									RV

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not Ranked in Previous Week
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

See also

• 2020–21 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team