Before Julian Rishwain could arrive in Wichita for his official visit, the Class of 2019 prospect received a taste of just how basketball-crazy Wichita can be.
On his connecting flight from Las Vegas to Wichita, he noticed a woman on the plane wearing a WSU jacket. He mentioned he was headed there to speak with the basketball coaches and within minutes, a crowd had formed around the recruit telling him how loud Koch Arena is, how great of a coach Gregg Marshall is, and how much the Shockers are adored in Wichita.
It was a recruiting pitch before the recruiting pitch and it left Rishwain, a 6-foot-5 guard from the Los Angeles area, in awe.