The weaknesses have been covered here. A lot of it is related to limitations of the personnel. Some of it is scheme.
Howard and Rowsey are small and have trouble keeping their man in front of them but they need to be on the floor for their offense. How can we hid their shortcomings?
Sam seems to be ok defensively but I don't see him as a difference maker on that side of the floor. And obviously he needs to play big minutes as well.
Heldt has size but he's not particularly mobile and isn't much of a rim protector. I'm sure Froling will help as another large body but I don't think he has a reputation as a rim protector. If Theo can stay on the floor and improve as the season goes on that will help.
I think Sacar has some potential defensively. I thought he looked pretty good at times last night but just had some pretty tough shots hit against him This is an area where will miss HC on the wing.
Elliott clearly has length and wants to play defense. I think he can be a stopper as soon as next year. Cain has potential as well. They both need to get stronger. However, you can't really expect too much from freshman on the defensive end.
So what do we do to hide our deficiencies to at least try to improve a bit?