The long standing belief is that you want to bring recruits to your Madness season opening event to show them the enthusiasm and excitement surrounding your program. The actual benefit to this when it comes to convincing recruits is probably up for debate, at least in terms of the wide spectrum of kids over the years.
It paid off for Marquette women’s basketball and head coach Carolyn Kieger, though.
On Saturday, one day after Marquette Madness and one day after an unofficial visit, Class of 2018 point guard Kaela Webb announced her verbal commitment to Marquette.
THANK GOD FOR THIS BLESSING!