On the court, Marquette and Wisconsin’s rivalry has spanned a century, becoming one of the best basketball rivalries in the Midwest. However, there’s one area where the rivalry hasn’t quite translated: recruiting.
“They go head-to-head at times,” said Mark Miller, editor of the Wisconsin Basketball Yearbook and a highly-regarded recruiting expert in the state. “But not always.”
Since head coach Steve Wojciechowski took over at Marquette in 2014 and Greg Gard became head coach at Wisconsin in 2015, the recruiting rivalry has been relatively cool.
“If a kid is going to make a decision based on one game, it is a real shallow pond to make a recruiting decision,” Wojo said.