# 2019–20 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team

The 2019–20 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hokies, led by fourth year head coach Kenny Brooks, played their home games at Cassell Coliseum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Hokies finished the 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.

## Previous season

They finished the 2018–19 season 22–12, 6–10 in ACC play to finish in a tie for tenth place. They advanced to the second round of the ACC women's tournament where they lost to Clemson. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Furman and VCU in the first and second rounds before losing to James Madison in the third round.

## Off-season
### Recruiting Class

Source:
US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight |
| Elizabeth Kitley C | Summerfield, North Carolina | Northwest Guilford High School | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 97 ||||||
| Makayla Ennis G | Ontario, Canada | The RISE Centre Academy | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 90 ||||||
| Taylor Geiman G | Hanover, Pennsylvania | South Western Senior High School | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 90 ||||||
| Cayla King PG | Greensboro, North Carolina | Northwest Guilford High School | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 90 ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, 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: ||||||

## Schedule

Source:
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season |||||||||
| November 5, 2019* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Saint Francis (PA) | W 105–41 | 1–0 | 27 – Kitley | 8 – Rivers | 9 – Cole | Cassell Coliseum (1,209) Blacksburg, VA |
| November 10, 2019* 2:00 p.m. | | at George Mason | W 77–58 | 2–0 | 22 – Sheppard | 15 – Rivers | 7 – Cole | EagleBank Arena (1,282) Fairfax, VA |
| November 15, 2019* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Liberty | W 73–69 | 3–0 | 20 – Sheppard | 8 – Rivers | 6 – Cole | Cassell Coliseum (1,422) Blacksburg, VA |
| November 19, 2019* 6:30 p.m., ACCNX | | Maryland Eastern Shore | W 85–43 | 4–0 | 20 – Baptiste | 9 – Kitley | 8 – Cole | Cassell Coliseum (1,110) Blacksburg, VA |
| November 24, 2019* 5:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Davidson | W 88–68 | 5–0 | 18 – Mabrey | 9 – Kitley | 3 – 3 tied | Cassell Coliseum (1,256) Blacksburg, VA |
| November 29, 2019* 1:15 p.m. | | vs. Belmont Daytona Beach Invitational | W 60–58 | 6–0 | 18 – Sheppard | 13 – Baptiste | 7 – Cole | Ocean Center (173) Daytona Beach, FL |
| November 30, 2019* 1:15 p.m. | | vs. Georgia Daytona Beach Invitational | L 72–77 | 6–1 | 24 – Mabrey | 10 – Baptiste | 6 – Cole | Ocean Center (213) Daytona Beach, FL |
| December 5, 2019* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Purdue ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | W 67–54 | 7–1 | 17 – Tied | 12 – Baptiste | 5 – Cole | Cassell Coliseum (1,282) Blacksburg, VA |
| December 8, 2019* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Gardner-Webb | W 87–65 | 8–1 | 22 – Mabrey | 17 – Baptiste | 8 – Cole | Cassell Coliseum (1,291) Blacksburg, VA |
| December 20, 2019* 1:30 p.m. | | vs. Rice Puerto Rico Coqui Classic | W 54–45 | 9–1 | 18 – Sheppard | 14 – Kitley | 4 – Rivers | Mario Morales Coliseum (100) Guaynabo, PR |
| December 21, 2019* 11:00 a.m. | | vs. Wichita State Puerto Rico Coqui Classic | W 84–63 | 10–1 | 18 – Sheppard | 12 – Rivers | 10 – Cole | Mario Morales Coliseum (100) Guaynabo, PR |
| ACC regular season |||||||||
| December 29, 2019 2:00 p.m., RSN | | at No. 8 Florida State | L 62–86 | 10–2 (0–1) | 14 – Tied | 9 – Baptiste | 5 – Cole | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,969) Tallahassee, FL |
| January 2, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at No. 9 NC State | L 69–76 | 10–3 (0–2) | 28 – Sheppard | 7 – 3 tied | 6 – Cole | Reynolds Coliseum (4,153) Raleigh, NC |
| January 5, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | | North Carolina | W 76–70 | 11–3 (1–2) | 16 – Tied | 9 – Baptiste | 4 – Mabrey | Cassell Coliseum (1,939) Blacksburg, VA |
| January 9, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Pittsburgh | W 68–56 | 12–3 (2–2) | 21 – Cole | 13 – Rivers | 6 – Cole | Cassell Coliseum (1,332) Blacksburg, VA |
| January 12, 2020 3:00 p.m., RSN | | at Duke | L 67–72 $^{OT}$ | 12–4 (2–3) | 21 – Kitley | 10 – Cole | 5 – Cole | Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,088) Durham, NC |
| January 19, 2020 3:00 p.m., RSN | | at Virginia | W 69–61 | 13–4 (3–3) | 15 – Mabrey | 10 – Tied | 8 – Cole | John Paul Jones Arena (4,313) Charlottesville, VA |
| January 23, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Boston College | W 70–49 | 14–4 (4–3) | 20 – Baptiste | 11 – Kitley | 5 – Cole | Cassell Coliseum (1,428) Blacksburg, VA |
| January 26, 2020 1:00 p.m., RSN | | Clemson | W 71–50 | 15–4 (5–3) | 15 – Cole | 15 – Rivers | 9 – Cole | Cassell Coliseum (1,839) Blacksburg, VA |
| January 30, 2020 8:00 p.m., ACCN | | at Syracuse | L 65–67 | 15–5 (5–4) | 10 – Kitley | 10 – Cole | 9 – Cole | Carrier Dome (1,096) Syracuse, NY |
| February 2, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Miami (FL) | W 69–45 | 16–5 (6–4) | 17 – Baptiste | 8 – Baptiste | 9 – Cole | Cassell Coliseum (1,629) Blacksburg, VA |
| February 6, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | No. 7 NC State | L 59–71 | 16–6 (6–5) | 19 – Cole | 10 – Rivers | 3 – Sheppard | Cassell Coliseum (2,271) Blacksburg, VA |
| February 9, 2020 2:00 p.m., RSN | | at North Carolina | W 72–63 | 17–6 (7–5) | 18 – Mabrey | 8 – Tied | 3 – Cole | Carmichael Arena (2,536) Chapel Hill, NC |
| February 13, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Georgia Tech | W 64–61 $^{OT}$ | 18–6 (8–5) | 17 – Sheppard | 13 – Rivers | 8 – Cole | Cassell Coliseum (1,326) Blacksburg, VA |
| February 16, 2020 1:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Wake Forest | W 73–62 | 19–6 (9–5) | 21 – Kitley | 14 – Kitley | 9 – Cole | LJVM Coliseum (1,509) Winston-Salem, NC |
| February 20, 2020 8:00 p.m., RSN | | at Notre Dame | W 68–62 | 20–6 (10–5) | 19 – Kitley | 10 – Kitley | 11 – Cole | Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,401) Notre Dame, IN |
| February 23, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCN | | Virginia | L 76–86 | 20–7 (10–6) | 32 – Sheppard | 9 – Kitley | 5 – Mabrey | Cassell Coliseum (2,597) Blacksburg, VA |
| February 27, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Duke | W 70–56 | 21–7 (11–6) | 19 – Kitley | 10 – Kitley | 10 – Cole | Cassell Coliseum (1,603) Blacksburg, VA |
| March 1, 2020 12:00 p.m., ACCN | | at No. 5 Louisville | L 53–70 | 21–8 (11–7) | 17 – Kitley | 10 – Cole | 3 – Cole | KFC Yum! Center (10,423) Louisville, KY |
| ACC Women's Tournament |||||||||
| March 5, 2020 11:00 a.m., RSN | (5) | vs. (13) Wake Forest Second round | L 55–58 | 21–9 | 15 – Kitley | 10 – Rivers | 3 – Cole | Greensboro Coliseum (6,357) Greensboro, NC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. |||||||||

## Rankings

2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not Ranked in Previous Week |
| (RV) | Received Votes |
| (NR) | Not Ranked |