The Cavaliers were led by second-year head coach Amaka Agugua-Hamilton, and played their home games at John Paul Jones Arena as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Virginia started the season by winning three straight games before losing to twenty-fifth ranked Oklahoma.

They split a pair of games in the Cayman Islands Classic, including a three point loss to seventh ranked LSU.

They won four of their last five non-conference games, including an overtime win in the ACC–SEC Challenge against Missouri and a loss to Wofford.

[2] After firing Tina Thompson after the previous season, Virginia announced that Amaka Agugua-Hamilton would be the new head coach of the program.