On Tuesday at the ACC Tip-Off — the conference’s annual media day event in Charlotte — Georgia Amoore’s name came up quite a bit, and for good reason. Amoore, a guard at Virginia Tech entering her fourth season, is coming off a year in which she was named ACC Tournament MVP and the Most Outstanding Player of the Seattle 3 Regional. She also broke the Hokies’ program record for career assists last season and set the mark for the most 3-pointers made in a single season as Virginia Tech advanced to its first-ever Final Four.
And players around the ACC have taken notice of Amoore’s skills. North Carolina’s Deja Kelly recognized Amoore’s talents when both were part of Kelsey Plum’s “Dawg Class” in April. Plum was teaching the players different footwork techniques and Amoore executed a step-back with relative ease. Kelly turned to her and said, “Listen, you better not pull that out when we play you.”
Amoore received votes for a spot on the AP All-American Preseason Team that was released earlier this week. On Nov. 9 in Charlotte, she’ll go toe-to-toe with the team’s lone unanimous selection, Caitlin Clark. And later in month, she and Virginia Tech will get another shot at LSU.
A handful players named the 5-foot-6 Australian guard as the best player in the league when they were polled by For The Win on a variety of topics on Tuesday at ACC Tip-Off. And Kelly’s name came up too as the players dished on top scorers, best arenas, worst locker rooms, basketball movies and pregame meals.