That is objectively true. Not sure how anyone can argue with you.
Do people honestly think that IU is on the same level as UK, Duke, UNC, Kansas? When I hear IU fans talking about how we belong in that company and should have the same expectations, it makes me think of Arkansas fans who used to say the same thing 15 years ago.
We used to be one of the elites. Then we fired our boorish but brilliant head coach, retained his incompetent replacement, and fired a coach who could have gotten us back there for making too many phone calls. Then we hired Crean instead of Calipari, Pitino, or Stevens.
Look at every single decision the AD has made over the last 20 years. You can't do that and think that we are (or even want to be) a truly elite basketball program.