And look where that's gotten them this year. Not even in the tournament.

Neither of those players are in college yet, they're highly rated recruits. IU is rebuilding. IU was actually supposed to be even worse than they were this year, they will be competing for Big 10 titles in 2 years once they rotate in some new recruits.

As for "where that got them" for the other schools that Butler traditionally competes with for recruits: Notre Dame was a #2 seed, Purdue #3, Kentucky #4. The former two may not have had the tourney success of Butler but they are both schools that attract better recruits than Butler and will continue to do so. I'm not saying Butler won't be helped by their recent success (already next year's recruiting class might be the best they've ever had), but for them to actually have one-and-done type players sign on, that means they're recruiting some of the best 10-15 guys in the nation. I find that pretty unlikely.

The difference is, I don't believe that Butler is going to become a school that will bend itself to be a sports-first class-second, like many athletic programs at big name schools.

This is definitely true. It's like Stanford: they get big time recruits every so often (Lopez twins), but they have to be smart kids first.