2021–22 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team

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.

2021–22 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 25
AP	No. 16
Record	23–10 (13–5 ACC)
Head coach	Kenny Brooks (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Shawn Poppie Lindsey Hicks Camille Collier
Home arena	Cassell Coliseum

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 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
Da'ja Green	10	G	5'6"	Senior	Ellenwood, Georgia	Transferred to East Carolina
Shelby Calhoun	12	G	5'11"	Freshman	Louisville, Kentucky	Transferred to Xavier
Asiah Jones	23	F	6'3"	Senior	Sacramento, California	Graduated
Nevaeh Dean	31	F	6'2"	Freshman	Hamilton, Ohio	Transferred to Cincinnati
Alex Obouh Fegue	40	C	6'4"	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
Emily Lytle	24	G/F	5'11"	Graduate Student	Memphis, Tennessee	Liberty
Rochelle Norris	31	C	6'5"	Sophomore	Stafford, Virginia	West Virginia

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 Kenny Brooks (James Madison) Assistant coach(es) Shawn Poppie (Limestone) Lindsey Hicks (Purdue) Camille Collier (Wake Forest) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Source:

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		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		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

• 2021–22 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team