6 Inside Hokie Sports @PrestonsRestaurant @InnVirginiaTech 540.231.0120 | www.InnatVirginiaTech.com 901 Prices Fork Rd, Blacksburg, VA 24061 (inside The Inn at Virginia Tech) Reservations recommended. A delicious game-day tradition. BEFORE THE GAME OR AFTER, Preston’s Restaurant is a delicious place for a new game-day tradition. Start with our fresh breakfast. Order lunch or dinner from our mouth-watering menu of seasonal cuisine. Sip on hand-cra ed cocktails or a selection from our award-winning wine list. And don’t forget the Valley’s best brunch, every Sunday at Preston’s. Make Preston’s Restaurant your game-day tradition. The buzzer sounded, the confetti fell, and the Hokies were going to the Final Four for the first time ever. Final score: 84-74. “It’s unbelievable. All the hard work, the long hours in the gym, the sacrifices, for it to come to this,” Coach Brooks said in front of a national audience to ESPN’s Holly Rowe. “We’re not just going to the Final Four, we’re in the Final Four.” Going toe-to-toe with the eventual NCAA Champion LSU Tigers, the Hokies’ dream run fell short in Dallas in the semifinal, 7972. Still, this team shattered programmatic records, cut down nets in Greensboro and Seattle, and will raise banners high in Cassell that many Hokies never believed they would see in Blacksburg. The level of optimism is incredibly high moving into 2023-2024, as the Hokies return three of five starters: King, Kitley, and Amoore. “For me personally, it was the best year I’ve ever had coaching basketball, and not just because we got to the Final Four, not just because we won 31 games or that we were the ACC champions. It was because I got to work with these young ladies. They’re fun to be around. It’s fun to watch their success, fun to watch them get everything they deserved. Just a tremendous year, all year long, through the ups, the downs, the challenges, the distractions. They always came out on top. To not only represent our program, which they put up on a national stage, but also the positive energy they brought to the university, and they also helped themselves out tremendously.” WOMEN’S BASKETBALL BLAZES THROUGH HISTORIC POSTSEASON Continued from page 5
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