Let me start by saying that I think it would be silly to can Skinner after this season. He deserves one bad season, but not one more after that.
Let's assume he is fired after this season or next season. What will the coaching search look like? It's a pretty similar situation to the TOB departure, although basketball doesn't nearly have the program prestige that football does. I think a lot of the "Fire Al" crew are a bit delusional on who BC will hire, but I do think there is merit to the feeling that this program is stale and needs fresh blood.
A few questions need to be answered honestly:
What are reasonable expectations and goals for the program? (Who should BC be ahead of in the ACC?)
On the sliding scale of X's and O's or recruiting, where do you want the next coach to fall? (for arguments sake, you can't have both)
What type of offense do you want to see?
Rising star or retread? (keeping in mind that rising star coaches can be mega failures)
Once you can answer those questions, then you can look at reasonable candidates. Who can BC steal a coach from? How much money is there to spend? What coaches are even interested?
The most important thing to understand about basketball coaching hires is that there is so much luck involved. Finding the right guy in the right situation can prove to be very difficult. Guys with great track records at smaller programs can bomb on bigger stages such as Dave Leitao. Young assistants are cheap gets and can be huge scores, but they are also a big gamble and more often than not they don't work out.
Personally, I would hire some young assistant who is energetic and cheap. He'll have little head coaching experience and mediocre X's and O's, but ideally he will work his ass off on the recruiting trail to bring in high flying athletes and bring some attention back to BC. Those type of assistants are dime a dozen in Division 1 right now. The worst case scenario is that he is terrible and we fire him for pennies after two years. Done. I should be AD.