Your post is very true and it will bother people. However, I agree with your premise and believe we have a problem with getting elite recruits lately outside of Connecticut and Massachusetts. Not being able to get ONE Mickey D All American last 4 years is proof of our lack of traction with top tier recruits. If top recruits were scared off from our talent of Omar, T-Sam, Nolan, Facey, Purvis, Boat, etc they wouldn't be committing to Duke, Kentucky, Kansas, Texas etc where the talent level is the same if not higher.
The main reason is perception of UCONN as a hard nosed blue collar earn your way school which doesn't resonate with top guys. They want to be fawned over and guaranteed minutes and limelight. With our success we shouldn't have to settle so much and still not get guys we really didn't want but still felt compelled to recruit(Mack, Clarke). I love the guys we get but we need to close out on kids we want better. Now lets get that W tomorrow over Texas and all will be right again in the world.