Seems like Little Pit is following the Fran model- one somewhat decent year among 2-3 years of obscurity.
Looking them over, they strike me as a poor man's version of Ohio State from last year...
-- better on defense than on offense, which can be offensive sometimes
-- built around a 6'10" 225 rim protector Daniel Oturu... in a similar manner to Kaleb Wesson or "good" Lard, he is a high-energy, crafty post who can block shots
-- guard play is meh, looks like they slow it down a little (#190 in tempo last year, ISU was #166 oddly enough for a 4/1 team and Ohio State was #276 yikes that is slow)
I will be curious to see how our big men do defending Oturu. Assuming you can minimize him, they like they have limited scoring options elsewhere. Gabe Kalscheur shot 41% from three last year, so siccing Haliburton or Nixon on him would be another fun test.
Warning Hot Take: Hilton Madness kind of sucked. (duck and runs)
That is like a 2/10 on the hotness scale. I do not think it has many strong defenders.
Elbows too pointy.