DALLAS — The past week has featured many milestones for the Virginia Tech Hokies, who advanced to the women’s basketball program’s first Elite Eight on Saturday, clinched their first ticket to the Final Four on Monday and have received a surge of newfound local and national attention.
Virginia Tech head coach Kenny Brooks says he has 300-some unread texts from people congratulating him, but no messages have been as surreal as shoutouts from two of the sports idols he admires most: Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson and Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts.
Johnson tweeted his congratulations to Brooks after the Hokies beat Ohio State in the Elite Eight last week.
Congratulations to Virginia Tech Women’s Basketball Coach Kenny Brooks and the entire @HokiesWBB team on advancing to the Final Four for the first time in program history!
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) March 28, 2023
“I’m not really a fan boy and I have people that I like,” Brooks said of the tweet. “[But] that was a…
