Wichita State women’s basketball coach Keitha Adams knew the selling points that could help her in the frantic recruiting days of the spring.
She told recruits that Wichita loves basketball, as evidenced by its rabid support of the men’s team. She sold the chance to play in the American Athletic Conference against Connecticut, the nation’s dominant women’s program. Play in the AAC, she pointed out, and post-season play is a good bet — three of the 11 schools went to the 2017 NCAA Tournament and the WNIT selected three more.
“It’s not a conference that’s a one-bid league,” she said.