She was a highly successful head coach many years ago at then-Cheyney State, a small college outside Philadelphia. She then moved on to Iowa, a university that wasn't drawing before her arrival there. Under Stringer, the team started to break attendance records and win games. Now she's gone, and the Hawkeyes have sagged not just at the gate, but also in the win-loss columns. She's at Rutgers now, and suddenly the Scarlet Knights have a Final Four appearance and a big following.
Kids notice that.
They want to go to a program that they know will be in the NCAA Tournament on a regular basis, and they want a coach that's in it for the long haul.