Defense is the key to this team, no doubt. It will be there every game. I'm not saying they have to fix all of those issues and make them strengths in order to make the final four. I'm saying those are the main glaring weaknesses on this team, and in order to prevent an early exit, improving them to some degree would help. The worst offender is the rebounding, more specifically allowing other teams to get 15-20 offensive boards per game. That's just too many. Cut that down to 8-12 and it helps dramatically.
Like some of you said, these issues are what they are. But that doesn't mean they can't be improved in some capacity. I'm simply pointing out the issues that would likely flare up should there be an early exit.
That said, I don't expect one.