FILE - Virginia Tech center Elizabeth Kitley looks to shoot against Ohio State forward Rebeka Mikulasikova during an Elite 8 college basketball game of the NCAA Tournament, Monday, March 27, 2023, in Seattle. Virginia Tech won 84-74.
The LSU game will do the same, and “will help us prepare for a very rigorous ACC schedule,” he said, “because the ACC this year is just going to be ridiculous.”Eight of last year’s 10 All-ACC players are back, including the Hokies’ two-time ACC player of the year Liz Kitley and Georgia Amoore. The Irish did an overseas tour of Greece and Croatia in the summer, and will need passports again when they open with No. 6 South Carolina in France on Nov. 6.
Louisville lost its best player when Hailey Van Lith transferred to LSU, but coach Jeff Walz brought in Sydney Taylor, who averaged 16.1 points and made 104 3-pointers for Massachusetts last season, and Kiki Jefferson, an 1,800-point scorer from James Madison. The team also played four games on a 10-day trip to Toronto.