You make an interesting point. If Natalicio stated that all of our recruits will be students first and athletes second and that we will take the results that come from that, we as fans could decide whether we are OK with that or not. The Ivy League schools are pretty much that way, and the academies. Of course they would also all kick our butts. And we're not Ivy League. UTEP accepts basically anybody.
If that's what's going on, we don't belong in D1. But at least tell us. if that's not what's going on, then our coaches have really really sucked at recruiting.
As a continuation of this thought, I seem to recall that our women's BBall team had an abnormal number of scholars as well.