Martelli builds his teams for a run every 3 or4 years, with some deep down years in between. He probably doesn't have much of a choice with the level of recruit he gets.
Not my view ...
Poor roster management. You get 13 scholarships: last year Galloway, Roberts, the Eastern Euro, Bembry & Wilson were solid. He had NO bench. He might get production out of 1 or 2 newbies. But, I just don't understand how you can be absolutely that thin. Yes, they should have beat us in Buffalo ... excepting Kevin Ollie really did force them to exhaustion and disqualification. Martelli is a solid gamecoach. But, I just don't see why you can't make a 8 man roster that gets you into next year with 3 or 4 starters.
Gonzaga under Few vs St Joes under Martelli...one took advantage of ncaa success and built a program, one can't stop reminding everyone of that one time they almost made a final four. AND Martelli has a much easier recruiting territory than Few.
I think Martelli is even with Few as an in game coach, but Few much better whole package. Needs an elite 8 though.