The main issue that pops up right now is depth. Even when fully healthy they’re still only 7 deep. Their percentage of minutes played by the bench is the lowest in the conference per kenpom, although that’s skewed by the injury to Geo. That was a little surprising when I looked that up, because they were second in bench minute % last year.
I don’t think their freshmen center has popped so far, but they would need him back for Iowa to provide some foul trouble cover.
I’m still a little skeptical that a team that relies a great deal on energy can be good enough with their short rotation. To their credit, they’ve improved beyond just being an energy team, but we’ll see.