You have the false assumption that BU landed recruits right off the bat. It took FIVE years of building the program to get the first contested hot prospect. I can go recruit by recruit if you want but it didn't happen overnight.
1b- There was no coverup of a murder. It was a coach covering up that he independently paid tuition for a walk on player. Bliss was so on his own with it that the two players he paid, the other one he did it for didn't even know. He had thought he was on scholarship.
You overrate the talent on last years team and ignore the fact that if even one or two games break the other way we are in the dance.
You're a complete idiot if you think Self or Hoiberg would have gone to the NIT with Jackson, Austin and Jefferson. 100% total moron if you think they miss the dance with that talent. Your coach is not good at coaching.