What’s the horrendous luck you refer to?
2018-2019 (Ayo FR) : 12 - 21 with no post season due to losing record
2019-2020 (Ayo SO, Kofi FR) : 5-5 last 10 games, ranked 21 in AP, no post season due to Covid
2020-2021 (Ayo JR, Kofi SO) : ranked 2 in AP, 2nd round loss
2021-2022 (Kofi JR) : ranked 19 in AP, 1 point win over Chattanooga 1st round, 16 point loss to AP #15 Houston 2nd round
Playing good teams in the tournament isn’t bad luck, that’s the whole purpose of the tournament.
You don’t think having the tournament cancelled in 19-20 due to a once a
in a generation pandemic, which would have been our first tournament in 8 years and would have allowed the core of that 20-21 team to taste the tournament a year before they were ready to make some noise in it, is bad luck?
You don’t think drawing a top 10 KenPom team as a 9 seed in 20-21 who also happens to be your little brother program with a chip on their shoulder, is bad luck?
Or that same year, due to Covid protocols, the team was not able to return to campus between winning the B1G tourney and the NCAA tourney, and instead had to stay confined to a hotel room for the entire week. That’s not bad luck?
Or in 21-22 drawing the #2 KenPom team as a 5 seed and having your best player’s eyes swollen shut headed into the tournament. That’s not bad luck?
We all want to see a BU coached team advance further in the tourney. At the same time, the program has absolutely had some bad luck over the past few years (Not including last year, that was just a poorly constructed team).