Four-seed Hokies, Kitley have special connection
Virginia Tech's Elizabeth Kitley (33) follows through on a shot during practice at the NCAA college basketball tournament in Blacksburg, Va., Thursday, March 16, 2023. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Matt Gentry]
Virginia Tech coach Kenny Brooks remembers feeling special, and lucky. He was in Atlanta watching an AAU basketball tournament, one of several dozen coaches hoping to lure a program-changing recruit to his school, when someone with no chance of being that player ambled past. It was Raven Kitley, the sister of two-time ACC player of the year Elizabeth Kitley. The two-time Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year, led the No. 4 Hokies to a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament this season. They’ll face No. 16 Chattanooga on Friday.
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Virginia Tech players, from left to right, Kayana Traylor, Cayla King, Taylor Soule and Elizabeth Kitley react after their team was called during an NCAA college women's basketball tournament selection show watch party in Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Va., Sunday, March 12, 2023. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP)
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