>>I HOPE THE FANS ARE STARVED FOR A WINNER THERE WAITING TO EMBRACE A
CHAMPIONSHIP.
>>AND I THINK THAT WE SIR FERGUSON WINNING A HISTORIC RUN.
THAT’S NOT DONE YET.
THEY’RE REALLY.
GOOD WELL CODE A LAW FOR WHAT.
>>THERE I SAID ON A NATIONAL TITLE.
>>HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE CHASE FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP ON AIR JOHNSON
HERE IN OUR 1NEW STUDIO IN
OVER THE NEXT 20 TO
30 MINUTES.
WE’RE GOING TO GIVE YOU ALL THE
COVERAGE DID YOU ALL CAUGHT UP
TO SPEED
ON THE FIRST EVER FINAL 4 TRIP
FOR
THE HOKIES DOWN IN DALLAS TEXAS
BUT
TO START IT’S BEEN QUITE AN
HISTORIC CHECK FOR VIRGINIA
TECH, LET’S GET YOU CAUGHT UP
ON JUST HOW THEY MADE IT TO
DOUSE.
THE HOKIES NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE INCLUDED A SIZZLING BEGINNING NOT TOUCHING WINDS
OVER SEC SQUADS, KENTUCKY AND
MISSOURI IN THE BAHAMAS AND
TENNESSEE IN KNOXVILLE.
PLUS NEBRASKA IN THE ACC BIG 10
CHAD.
THAT’S THE FIRST THING YOU SEE WHEN THE COMBAT. THE WOMAN SAYS THE STUDENT JUST
GREAT SO MUCH ENERGY SERVED IF
THEY KEEP CALLING BACK WE’RE
GOING TO KEEP TRYING.
BUT I’M SURE
THE HEAT WAS ON AND OFF AS THE
CALENDAR TURNED THAT AND KNOW WHERE THE RECIPE IMPROVEMENT.
PEOPLE WE HAD TO BE AT DUKE. >>THE GAME FOR VIRGINIA. THEY REALLY MANHANDLED US.
THEY REALLY PUT PRESSURE
ON GEORGIA.
THEY WERE EXTREMELY PHYSICAL
WITH HER THE WORST IN THE
PHYSICAL WAS LIVES FROM THAT
POINT
AND WE DO KNOW THE MODULE IT
WAS LIKE OKAY, WE HAVE TO
BE PHYSICAL THE HOKIES MENU
DESCRIPTION WOULD NOW JALEN TO
ONE OF THE CONTENDER.
>>NOT JUST IN THE CONFERENCE
BUT IN
THE NATION JUST LOCKING DOWN IS
VALUE
EVERY POSITION.
11 STRAIGHT CONFERENCE WINS
FOLLOWED INCLUDING THEIR FIRST
ACC TOURNAMENT TITLE.
>>AND JUST KIND OF LET THEM IN.
>>THE
>>THE CHAMPIONSHIP LEFT THE HOKIES TASTING THE KIND
OF SUCCESS THE PROGRAM HAS
>>I THINK WE HAVE SO MUCH PRIDE IN HOW WE PLAN TO SEE HOW FAR WE’VE
COME THAT WE KNEW THAT
WE DESERVE TO BE ONE C BUT
THERE’S ALWAYS LITTLE BIT OF
JITTERS BEFORE HIM.
JUST DESSERTS OF THE SWEET 16 APPEARANCE. >>ONE THING HAS BEEN YOU KNOW
WHAT THIS WAS OUR LAST GAME IN
CASTLE SO WE’RE LIKE IT’S OUR
LAST GAME.
HOW DO WE WANT TO FEEL LIKE
WE’RE GOING TO BE 40 MINUTE
SCORELESS WE’RE GOING TO BE
HARD REGARDLESS.
HOW DO WE WANT TO FEEL THE END
OF THAT AND WE DID NOT WE KNEW
WE WANTED IT
AND THEN IN THE MIDST OF THEIR FIRST EVER REALLY A BIRTH, THEY DEVOURED 3 SEED
OHIO STATE.
VIRGINIA TECH’S SEASON HAS BEEN A SMORGASBORD OF SPECIAL A COMPLETE MENU
OF MADNESS NEVER SEEN BEFORE IN
BLACKSBURG.
>>AND THAT WAS OUR VERY OWN JOHN APPICELLO WITH THAT REPORT WILL LOOK TO
JOIN HIM AND BROOKLYN IT COMING
UP IN JUST A MINUTE AND NOW AS
WE GO TO BREAK, WE KNOW PLENTY
ABOUT
THE HOKIES BUT IT’S NOW TIME TO
>>THE WOMEN’S FINAL 4 I BROUGHT LETTER HERE WITH JOHN THE CELLO LOOKING OVER THE
BEAUTIFUL DALLAS SKYLINE.
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY WE HAVE
HERE
FOR 4 BASKETBALL TEAMS ALL
FIGHTING FOR A CHANCE IN THE
CHAMPIONSHIP AT ME,
VIRGINIA TECH’S TAKING ON LSU
THIS AFTERNOON.
WHAT DO
YOU EXPECT.
>>WELL IT’S A BIG ONE NO
QUESTION.
IT’S ANOTHER
PHYSICAL TEAM, ANOTHER PHYSICAL
MATCHUP BUT WHAT I WILL TELL
YOU AS YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER
3 OPPONENTS THESE AREN’T THE
USUAL ONES ALL RIGHT, YOU WOULD
EXPECT YOU KIND OF BEER YOU
ACCEPT EXPECT STANFORD TO BE
HERE.
THEY’RE NOT WHAT WE’VE GOT
IS SOME FRESH BLOOD IF YOU WILL
SOME NEW BLOOD
3RD CONSECUTIVE FINAL 4 WITH THE FORMER UVA STARR’S TEAM RIDING A 42 GAME
WIN STREAK.
I THINK.
>>WHAT’S ATTRACTIVE ABOUT OUR
PROGRAM.
WHETHER YOU LIKE THAT YOU CAN RESPECT WHERE WE’RE COMING FROM LIKE I KNOW.
RECRUIT THEY KNOW THAT WHAT WE’RE TELLING THEM HOLDS TRUE.
>>THE GAMECOCKS WILL SEEK A
3RD PROGRAM TITLE WITH A
SMOTHERING DEFENSE AND WAVES
OF TOWN WITH 3 TIME ALL
AMERICAN 6, 5 SENIOR ALIYAH
BOSTON LEADING THE WAY
NOTCHING CAN SAY THAT THEY’RE
ABLE TO DO
TRIPLE DOUBLE 41 POINTS, 10 BOARDS AND 12 ASSISTS.
IT’S THE PROGRAM’S FIRST
FINAL 4.
>>SINCE 1993, THIS IS YOU KNOW
EVERYTHING YOU KIND OF DREAM OF
SINCE YOU’RE A LITTLE KID AND
I FEEL LIKE I’M KIND OF STUCK IN YOUR DREAM THAT YOU WERE TELLING US THEY WANTED TO DO
WHEN YOU’RE
>>I DIDN’T SAY ANYTHING EXCEPT AT THE PRESS CONFERENCES. I WANT
PUT A CHAMPIONSHIP BANNER UP
ANGEL REESE AND ALL AMERICAN SOPHOMORE TRANSFER FROM MARYLAND.
SHE QUICKLY FOUND A HOME IN
BIDEN.
JUST BELIEVING IN THE COAST.
>>AND THEN PUT IN THE WORK.
I THINK IT JUST STARTED WHEN I
GOT HERE IN JULY.
MEAN THEY HAD A PLAN FOR THE TEAM KOSTA KNOW WHAT WE’RE GOING TO ERR OURSELVES INTO HER
90 PIECES TO EASIER TO FOR.
>>MARK IS A KEY TO THIS MATCHUP BUT SHE IS ALSO DARE I SAY A
HOOT AND SHE HAS GREAT CLOSE AS
A BOUTIQUE SPOTS REHEARSAL
CAN’T WAIT TO SEE WHAT SHE’S
WEARING I GUESS I’M EXCITED TO
SEE WHAT SHE HAS ON.
AND TELLS US
BACK LIVE AT THE AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER FOR THE WOMEN’S FINAL 4 ON THE
EVE OF THE
SEMIFINAL MATCHUPS.
>>IT IS AN EXCITING DAY INDEED
ON JONATHAN TELL OH THIS IS
BROOKE LEONARD AND BROOKE WE’VE
TALKED ABOUT VIRGINIA TECH ALL
YEAR.
BUT HEY THEY’VE GOT A
TRAILBLAZER IN THE HEAD COACH
WHO’S ALLOWED THIS TO HAPPEN
FOR ALL STAFF.
>>THEY HAD A HISTORIC SEASON,
BUT AS OUR ERIC JOHNSON IS
GOING TO TELL US.
PERSPECTIVE HERE IN THE FINAL 4
ERIC.
AND WHAT MAKES THIS FINAL 4 PARENTS SPECIAL FRIEND.
>>WELL HAPPY AND BROKE ANY
BROAD SAYS MADE IT A GOAL TO
ALWAYS DEVELOPED LEADERS WITH
GOOD CHARACTER AND EVEN BETTER
ATTITUDE BEING THE TOP
PRIORITY.
WHILE IT’S LET THE HOKIES ON A
NEW PATH
OF SUCCESS.
IT’S ALSO ELEVATED BROOKS INTO
A BIGGER CONVERSATION ON A
NATIONAL STAGE.
>>IN THE BROOKS HAS BEEN AN
EFFECTIVE LEADER FOR THE HOKIES
DURING HIS SEVEN-YEAR TENURE,
CREATING MORE THAN JUST WHEN TO
NEW HEIGHTS FOR ONCE
STRUGGLING PROGRAM.
>>WE JUST HAVE TO DO
EVERYTHING.
>>YOU KNOW OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TO
AROUND HIM HAS HELD BROOKS SHAPE, A NEW REFRESHING OUTLOOK ON WHO HE IS
AND THE CHANGE HE TRULY
CAN MAKE.
>>I THINK I HAVE A LITTLE BIT
OF CREDIBILITY TO HAVE A LITTLE
BIT EQUITY
NOW THAT I CAN GO SAY SOME
THINGS THAT WE HELP PEOPLE WHO
LOOK
LIKE ME.
>>THE PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE HIM
ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN IN THE
WOMEN’S GAME IN 2021 SOUTH CAROLINA’S
FOLLOW THAT LAST SEASON STALEY BECAME THE FIRST BLACK COACH MALE
OR FEMALE TO WIN MULTIPLE
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.
HER ABOUT TO USE HER PLATFORM
TO UPLIFT INSPIRED BOOKS.
I MEAN EVERYTHING
BECAUSE.
>>THERE’S SOME RHETORIC OUT
THERE MEN DON’T BELONG THERE
IS ACTUALLY AS YOU KNOW FROM
SOME PROMINENT PEOPLE SAY THAT
THEY WOULD NEVER HIRE A MALE.
>>WHEN IT COMES TO THE POWER
5 CONFERENCES KENNY BROOKS IS
THE ONLY BLACK MALE HEAD COACH
IN DIVISION, ONE WOMEN’S
BASKETBALL.
I THINK
THAT RESPONSIBILITY YOU KNOW
FALLS ON MY SHOULDERS SOM AND I
ACCEPT IT.
A COUPLE YEARS AGO, I
WOULDN’T HAVE I THINK WITH ALL
THE SOCIAL INJUSTICES THAT
HAPPENED A COUPLE
YEARS AGO.
MY RESPONSIBILITIES WERE TO MY
PLAYERS TO TEACH THEM ABOUT HOW
RACISM BLACK KIDS
WHITE KIDS.
DURING THAT TIME ARE REALLY
OPEN MYSELF UP.
>>THESE CHAINS WITH A CHAMPIONSHIP TASTE INTO DALLAS. >>WIN OR LOSE KENNY BROOKS
VOICE WILL BE A GAME WINNER.
EVEN BEYOND THE FINAL BUZZER.
THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT MALE
BLACK COACHES WHO DESERVE
AN OPPORTUNITY AND IF PEOPLE
CAN LOOK AT ME AND SEE WHAT
I’VE DONE
AND THAT INSPIRES THEM TO GIVE
ANOTHER BLACK MALE AN
OPPORTUNITY, THEN MY JOB IS
WHAT A.
>>PUT
SIMPLY SOMETIMES YOU ROLL A
BALL THAN UNDERSTAND THAT
REPRESENTATION MATTERS SETTING
A GOOD EXAMPLE SPEAKS VOLUMES
IN THAT API ABROAD, IT’S KENNY
BROOKS.
>>IT WAS A GREAT PIECE YOU’RE EXACTLY RIGHT REPRESENTATION. IT DOES MATTER AND OF COURSE
WE’RE HAPPY THAT HE’S LED THE
VIRGINIA TECH WOMEN HERE HE IS
A GREAT ROLE MODEL FOR
EVERYONE.
>>AND THE MAN WHO HIRED COACH
BROOKS TALKED TO ME ABOUT THAT
PROCESS EARLIER
THIS WEEK AND SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT HAVE TRANSPIRED
SINCE.
>>WHAT ABOUT THE PART OF YOUR
JOB WE DON’T SEE THIS YEAR IS
WHEN YOU DO ALL THIS
YOU
KNOW YOU’RE RESEARCHING PEOPLE
WE’RE TALKING TO PEOPLE AND
THEN YOU FINALLY GET THE PERSON
YOU WANT.
AND MAYBE YOU’RE NOT A LOT YOU
CAN SAY WHAT YOU THINK IS GOING
TO HAVE HAPPENED.
BUT YOU KNOW IN
YOUR HEART HEY I GOT THE GUY OR
THE GAL WOMAN I WANT IT.
WHAT’S THAT LIKE FREE.
>>EVERY EVERY SEARCH IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT IT’S A BIT LIKE SPEED
ALWAYS A LOT
OF PRESSURE IT’S A RISK WITH
KENNY OR COACH BROOKS.
>>HE WAS OUR ONLY CANDIDATE THAT WE DID NOT HAVE A PLAN B WOULD HAVE STARTED BACK.
>>I KNEW ENOUGH ABOUT HIM
FROM OUR.
>>BACKGROUND CERTAINLY
CONTACTS.
JAMIE WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE
FABULOUS THROUGH THE SAME AREA.
WITH SOME MORE RESOURCES AND
HE’S A PROVEN WAY.
>>CERTAINLY HAPPY ABOUT WHERE WE ARE I’M
THANKFUL.
THANKFUL. I’M NOT SURPRISE SURPRISE. WE BELIEVE THAT IT HAPPENED IT
NEVER GOES AS QUICKLY AS YOU
WANT.
>>WATCHING CAN
TROOPS IN WE’LL GET UP AND THAT
HE NEVER SAID SPEIGHTS I’M
THANKFUL ON
WORKED OUT.
YEAH A LOT OF PRESSURE AND WE
DIDN’T HAVE A PLAN BEYOND SO IT
WAS THE GUY WE WANTED.
I’M THANKFUL.
HE SAID YES.
>>IF YOU HAVE A MARKETING PLAN
FOR A UNIVERSITY I
WOULD IMAGINE BASED
ON WHAT I’VE SEEN OVER THE PAST
COUPLE OF DAYS, REACHING A
FINAL 4 WOULD BE ONE OF THE THINGS YOU ARE PUT ON TOP OF THAT MARKETING PLAN BECAUSE
IT’S AN ONGOING
REVIEW ALL WHAT IT’S LIKE TO
TURN ON A TELEVISION AND AND
SEE VIRGINIA TECH RIGHT NOW.
IS THERE ANY OTHER WAY TO DO PLAY K. WHAT
JUST HAPPENED OTHER THAN
TO HAVE IT JUST HAPPENED, I TO
MATCH
THE BUDGET EXPENDITURES FOR
WHAT JUST HAPPENED WOULD BE
HUGE.
>>YEAH, IT IS A
MARKETING OPPORTUNITY IN CERTAIN, WE KNOW JEANNE YOU TALK TO US A LOT TO IN THERE’S
A LOT.
A GREAT GOING
ON THERE.
BUT WE DO TAKE PROBLEM WE
CAN BRING HALF A MILLION
VISITORS TO CAMPUS YEAR FOR
GAINS ING WHEN VISIBILITY TO
THE SCHOOL BUT YET YOU’RE
WRONG.
IT’S A NICE LITTLE 3 WEEKS.
>>INFOMERCIAL SO TO SPEAK ON THE HOKIES AND AND SOME PRODDING OF
FOR A LOT MORE ADMISSIONS.
>>THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALL
OF THAT.
>>I DON’T KNOW
THE MATH ON THIS BUT I’M
GUESSING IS THAT
THIS RON HOUSE THAT CONFERENCE AND THEN EVENTUALLY HELPS YOU FINANCIALLY SO YES, THERE WILL
BE SOME.
BE SOME. >>REVENUE BEHIND DIRECTLY I WOULD
EXPECT WE WOULD HAVE A BETTER
SEASON TICKET SALES AREN’T HAS
AN INTEREST.
>>THINGS SUCH AS THAT SO YES,
>>WELCOME BACK LIVE TO THE AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER IN DALLAS
TEXAS WHERE LOYALTY NEVER FADES
AWAY THAT’S WHAT’S UNDER THE
DARK NOVITZKY STATUE OUT FRONT
AND
IT’S AT FROM PAUL BROUGHT IN A
LOT OF WAYS BECAUSE OTHER THAN
SOUTH CAROLINA.
THESE 3 PROGRAMS
HAVE FANS WELL LOYALTY
HAS NEVER FADED AWAY THEY HUNG
IN THERE AND ON IN THERE AND
NOW THEY’RE IN THE FINAL 4
AND I THINK IT’S TELLING
TONIGHT THAT THEY’LL GET TO
ENJOY THAT MOMENT.
YES, HE’S IT.
>>AND ON A TEAM WITH AL THEY
HAVE A HANDFUL OF US RIGHT NOW
NOT TO MENTION THAT.
AT A LOSS FOR VIRGINIA
TECH TONIGHT HAVE TO PROTECT
THE RAND AND STAY AHEAD OF
INJURIES LIMIT HER TOUCHES I
THINK THAT THEY’LL BE IN THE
CHAIN.
>>I TOUCHED ON IT EARLIER BUT
KEY TO THIS GAME ON THE
DEFENSIVE END CAN VIRGINIA TECH MATCH UP PROPERLY AND STAY OUT OF
FOUL TROUBLE LONG GUARDING
THESE ATHLETIC PLAYERS WE’VE
TALKED ABOUT BECAUSE BOTTOM
LINE IS IF THEY KEEP THAT
STARTING LINEUP THERE
IN THERE, I’M JUST LIKE YOU
BROOKE, I BELIEVE THEY’RE THE
BEST TEAM
OUT THERE WHEN EVERYONE IS ON
THE GEORGE A MORE 23 THROUGHOUT
THE TOURNAMENT.
>>ALIVE AND WELL THAT’S THAT
SPEAKS FOR
ITSELF AT.
WE’RE LIVE HERE IN FRONT OF
DALLAS, THIS HAS BEEN AMAZING.
YEAH, IT’S BEEN A LOT OF FOND
WAYS AND GENTLEMEN JOIN THE
FINAL 4 I’M GONNA TELL THIS IS