So for many, many years now I have been going to UA. There had been close to zero college coaches there, ever. The fact is that is a small tournament as far as the number of girls there, and nearly all the girls that did go were already committed. No reason for coaches to go. This will now change with the new Junior year communications rule in NCAA. But it was never a recruiting event, ever. And it was never about being seen there. But it is the absolute best stamp your daughter (or son) can put on their resume. Especially if you are from a highly competitive area. This trumps G8 big time, if your kid makes it, you gotta let her go. G8 is a good tournament, but the coaches will have tons and tons of opportunities at dozens of other tournaments. To put it in perspective, there will be hundreds and hundreds of LI kids playing at G8. Want to separate a player from those hundreds, be one of the 20 kids from the two age groups combined to be selected for UA. Does not matter if there are no coaches there, they know exactly who makes this team. No Brainer.
