I understand Louisville has never gotten over the hump and won the NCAA championship, but in the last three years HVL has been to the Elite 8 twice and the Final 4 once. Not many other programs could say that. And though they'll lose some pieces next year, they were bringing in Jayda Curry, who I'd say is an upgrade over anyone else that HVL was playing with in the backcourt, and Cochran looked like she was ready to become a star post player in the tournament this year.
Maybe HVL sees that she can slot into the Alexis Morris role at LSU and help them run it back, or maybe sees that Indiana is just missing one piece to make a deeper tournament run, but it seems like there must be more going on than just trying to go deep in the tournament.