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2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team

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2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball
WNIT, Quarterfinals
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record20–14 (4–12 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaCassell Coliseum
Seasons
2016–17 ACC women's basketball standings
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

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 media

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Virginia Tech Hokies Sports Network

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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

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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) Current redshirt 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) Current redshirt 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
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

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2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
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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
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  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Virginia Tech hires JMU's Kenny Brooks as women's basketball coach". Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Hokies upgrade local radio broadcasts, digital presence | Radio & Television Business Report". rbr.com. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  3. ^ "hokiesports.com :: Women's Basketball Schedule". hokiesports.com. Retrieved July 23, 2016.