Missouri State coach who recruited Madison Booker: 'She's as good as they come'

Danielle Lerner, USA TODAY Fri, 20 March 2026 at 10:05 am UTC·3 min read AUSTIN, TX — There aren’t many people in women’s basketball who don’t know Madison Booker, the leading scorer on the No. 1 seed Texas Longhorns who was named the SEC Tournament MVP and an Associated Press All-American. The head coach of Texas’ first-round NCAA Tournament opponent, Missouri State’s Beth Cunningham, might be more familiar with Booker than most.Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement When Cunningham was an assistant coach at Duke, she recruited Booker, who was then a five-star recruit in the class of 2023 at Germantown High in Ridgeland, Mississippi. Cunningham and Duke head coach Kara Lawson made a home...