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2021–22 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team

2021–22 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball
NCAA tournament, first round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 25
APNo. 16
Record23–10 (13–5 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaCassell Coliseum
Seasons
2021–22 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 NC State † 17 – 1   .944 32 – 4   .889
No. 4 Louisville 16 – 2   .889 29 – 5   .853
No. 17 North Carolina 13 – 5   .722 25 – 7   .781
No. 21 Notre Dame 13 – 5   .722 24 – 9   .727
No. 16 Virginia Tech 13 – 5   .722 23 – 10   .697
Georgia Tech 11 – 7   .611 21 – 11   .656
Boston College 10 – 8   .556 21 – 12   .636
Miami (FL) 10 – 8   .556 21 – 13   .618
Florida State 10 – 8   .556 17 – 14   .548
Duke 7 – 11   .389 17 – 13   .567
Wake Forest 4 – 14   .222 16 – 17   .485
Syracuse 4 – 14   .222 11 – 18   .379
Clemson 3 – 15   .167 10 – 21   .323
Pittsburgh 2 – 16   .111 11 – 19   .367
Virginia 2 – 16   .111 5 – 22   .185
† 2022 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2021–22 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hokies, were led by sixth year head coach Kenny Brooks, and played their home games at Cassell Coliseum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.[1][2][3]

The Hokies finished the season 23–10 overall and 13–5 in ACC play to finish in a three way tie for third place. As the fifth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated thirteenth seed Clemson in the Second Round and fourth seed North Carolina in the Quarterfinals before losing to eventual champions and first seed NC State in the Semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they were the fifth seed in the Spokane Region. They lost to twelfth seed Florida Gulf Coast in the First Round to end their season.

Previous season

Main article: 2020–21 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team

The Hokies finished the season 15–10 and 8–8 in ACC play to finish in seventh place. In the ACC tournament, they defeated to 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.

Off-season

Departures

Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Makayla Ennis 0 G/F 6'0" Sophomore Ontario, Canada Transferred to Hofstra[4]
Da'ja Green 10 G 5'6" Redshirt Senior Ellenwood, Georgia Transferred to East Carolina[5]
Shelby Calhoun 12 G 5'11" Freshman Louisville, Kentucky Transferred to Xavier[6]
Asiah Jones 23 F 6'3" Redshirt Senior Sacramento, California Graduated
Nevaeh Dean 31 F 6'2" Freshman Hamilton, Ohio Transferred to Cincinnati[7]
Alex Obouh Fegue 40 C 6'4" Redshirt Senior Châteauroux, France Transferred to UC San Diego

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Kayana Traylor 23 G 5'9" Senior Martinsville, Indiana Purdue[8]
Emily Lytle 24 G/F 5'11" Graduate Student Memphis, Tennessee Liberty[9]
Rochelle Norris 31 C 6'5" Redshirt Sophomore Stafford, Virginia West Virginia[10]

Roster

2021–22 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 2 Aisha Sheppard 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) GS St. John's Alexandria, VA
G 3 Chloe Brooks 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Jr Spotswood Harrisonburg, VA
G 5 Georgia Amoore 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) So Loretto College Ballarat, Australia
F 11 D'asia Gregg 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Wilson
Georgia Tech/Gulf Coast State 		Florence, SC
G 15 Azana Baines 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Gloucester Catholic
Duke 		Blackwood, NJ
G 21 Shamarla King 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Fr Watkinson Hartford, CT
G 22 Cayla King 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Northwest Guilford Greensboro, NC
G 23 Kayana Traylor 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Martinsville
Purdue 		Martinsville, IN
G/F 24 Emily Lytle 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) GS Evangelical Christian School
Liberty 		Memphis, TN
C 31 Rochelle Norris 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS So New Hope Academy
West Virginia 		Stafford, VA
C 33 Elizabeth Kitley 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Jr Northwest Guilford Summerfield, NC
G/F 35 Taylor Geiman 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr South Western Hanover, PA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

Source:[11]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 9, 2021*
5:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 24 Davidson W 76–57  1–0
 Cassell Coliseum (1,487)
Blacksburg, VA
November 11, 2021*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 24 at George Washington W 75–38  2–0
 Charles E. Smith Center (366)
Washington, D.C.
November 14, 2021*
Noon, ESPN+ 		No. 24 at George Mason W 81–52  3–0
 EagleBank Arena (1,239)
Fairfax, VA
November 17, 2021*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 25 Coppin State W 85–32  4–0
 Cassell Coliseum (1,202)
Blacksburg, VA
November 20, 2021*
5:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 25 Campbell W 84–39  5–0
 Cassell Coliseum (1,263)
Blacksburg, VA
November 26, 2021*
10:00 a.m., FloHoops 		No. 24 vs. Missouri State
San Juan Shootout 		L 68–76  5–1
 Roberto Clemente Coliseum (200)
San Juan, Puerto Rico
November 27, 2021*
10:00 a.m., FloHoops 		No. 24 vs. UT Martin
San Juan Shootout 		W 54–49  6–1
 Roberto Clemente Coliseum (200)
San Juan, Puerto Rico
December 1, 2021*
7:30 p.m., BTN+ 		at Wisconsin
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge 		W 70–60  7–1
 Kohl Center (2,096)
Madison, WI
December 5, 2021*
2:00 p.m., ACCN 		No. 11 Tennessee L 58–64  7–2
 Cassell Coliseum (2,631)
Blacksburg, VA
December 7, 2021*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Liberty L 40–59  7–3
 Liberty Arena (1,265)
Lynchburg, VA
December 12, 2021*
2:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Radford
Rivalry 		W 89–40  8–3
 Cassell Coliseum (1,489)
Blacksburg, VA
ACC regular season
December 19, 2021
2:00 p.m., ACCN 		at Florida State W 92–75  9–3
(1–0) 		Donald L. Tucker Center (2,155)
Tallahassee, FL
December 30, 2021
8:00 p.m., ACCN 		No. 15 Duke W 77–55  10–3
(2–0) 		Cassell Coliseum (1,664)
Blacksburg, VA
January 2, 2022
4:00 p.m., ACCN 		at Wake Forest W 66–53  11–3
(3–0) 		LJVM Coliseum (776)
Winston–Salem, NC
January 6, 2022
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Virginia
Commonwealth Clash 		Postponed due to COVID-19 issues[12] Cassell Coliseum 
Blacksburg, VA
January 9, 2022
6:00 p.m., ACCN 		at No. 19 North Carolina L 46–71  11–4
(3–1) 		Carmichael Arena (1,547)
Chapel Hill, NC
January 13, 2022
6:00 p.m., ACCN 		at No. 16 Duke W 65–54  12–4
(4–1) 		Cameron Indoor Stadium (2,209)
Durham, NC
January 16, 2022
6:00 p.m., ACCN 		Clemson Postponed due to inclement weather[13] Cassell Coliseum 
Blacksburg, VA
January 18, 2022
5:00 p.m., ACCN 		Virginia
Commonwealth Clash
Rescheduled from Jan 6, 2022 		W 69–52  13–4
(5–1) 		Cassell Coliseum (1,518)
Blacksburg, VA
January 20, 2022
6:00 p.m., ACCN 		Pittsburgh W 75–65  14–4
(6–1) 		Cassell Coliseum (1,472)
Blacksburg, VA
January 23, 2022
4:00 p.m., ACCN 		at No. 4 NC State L 45–51  14–5
(6–2) 		Reynolds Coliseum (5,500)
Raleigh, NC
January 27, 2022
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at Virginia
Commonwealth Clash 		W 71–42  15–5
(7–2) 		John Paul Jones Arena (1,779)
Charlottesville, VA
February 3, 2022
8:00 p.m., ACCN 		at No. 20 Notre Dame L 55–68  15–6
(7–3) 		Purcell Pavilion (4,230)
South Bend, IN
February 6, 2022
2:00 p.m., ACCRSN 		Boston College W 85–62  16–6
(8–3) 		Cassell Coliseum (1,649)
Blacksburg, VA
February 8, 2022
6:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Clemson
Rescheduled from Jan. 16 		W 73–42  17–6
(9–3) 		Cassell Coliseum (1,232)
Blacksburg, VA
February 10, 2022
8:00 p.m., ACCRSN 		No. 11 Georgia Tech W 73–63  18–6
(10–3) 		Cassell Coliseum (1,551)
Blacksburg, VA
February 13, 2022
1:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 23 North Carolina W 66–61  19–6
(11–3) 		Cassell Coliseum (1,964)
Blacksburg, VA
February 17, 2022
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 23 at Syracuse W 102–53  20–6
(12–3) 		Carrier Dome (801)
Syracuse, NY
February 20, 2022
2:00 p.m., ACCN 		No. 23 at No. 3 Louisville L 56–70  20–7
(12–4) 		KFC Yum! Center (10,294)
Louisville, KY
February 24, 2022
6:00 p.m., ACCRSN 		No. 23 Miami (FL) W 70–63  21–7
(13–4) 		Cassell Coliseum (1,522)
Blacksburg, VA
February 27, 2022
6:00 p.m., ACCN 		No. 23 No. 3 NC State L 66–68  21–8
(13–5) 		Cassell Coliseum (3,702)
Blacksburg, VA
ACC Women's Tournament
March 3, 2022
11:00 a.m., ACCRSN 		(5) No. 21 vs. (13) Clemson
Second Round 		W 82–60  22–8
 Greensboro Coliseum (5,648)
Greensboro, NC
March 4, 2022
2:00 p.m., ACCRSN 		(5) No. 21 vs. (4) No. 16 North Carolina
Quarterfinals 		W 87–80 OT 23–8
 Greensboro Coliseum (5,682)
Greensboro, NC
March 5, 2022
Noon, ACCN 		(5) No. 21 vs. (1) No. 3 NC State
Semifinals 		L 55–70  23–9
 Greensboro Coliseum (7,923)
Greensboro, NC
NCAA tournament
March 18, 2022
2:30 p.m., ESPNU 		(5 S) No. 16 vs. (12 S) No. 23 Florida Gulf Coast
First Round 		L 81–84  23–10
 Xfinity Center 
College Park, MD
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
S=Spokane.
All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

Main article: 2021–22 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		 Final
AP 24 25 24 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 23 23 21 17 16
Coaches RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 24 RV 24 23 23 25
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked in previous week
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll and AP does not release a poll after the NCAA Tournament.

See also

References

  1. ^ "hokiesports.com". hokiesports.com. Archived from the original on February 24, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  2. ^ "Virginia Tech Hokies Women's Basketball - Hokies News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  3. ^ Virginia Tech Hokies. "Virginia Tech Hokies on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  4. ^ "WBB: Hofstra Signs Two Transfers to 2021-22 Squad". gohofstra.com. Hofstra University. May 10, 2021. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
  5. ^ "ECU women's basketball adds four transfers". witn.com. Gray Media Group. May 18, 2021. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
  6. ^ "Women's Basketball Adds Virginia Tech Transfer Shelby Calhoun". goxavier.com. Xavier University. April 2, 2021. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
  7. ^ Springer, Scott (February 2, 2021). "Former Lakota West center Nevaeh Dean transferring from Virginia Tech to UC". cincinnati.com. Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
  8. ^ "Women's Basketball: Former Boilermaker Kayana Traylor Commits To Virginia Tech". hammerandrails.com. SBNation. April 9, 2021. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
  9. ^ Berman, Mark (April 16, 2021). "Liberty standout Emily Lytle transferring to Virginia Tech". The Roanoke Times. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
  10. ^ Berman, Mark (February 9, 2021). "Virginia Tech women's basketball adding transfer". The Roanoke Times. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
  11. ^ "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule". hokiesports.com. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
  12. ^ "ACC Women's Basketball Announces Schedule Changes". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. January 5, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  13. ^ "ACC Women's Basketball Announces Schedule Changes". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. January 14, 2022. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
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