As far as the ILLINI go, I would suspect the focus is going to be on athletic transitional pieces...wings/forwards and such.
I mean we will have about what 18-20 rumored mil to spend for retention and new gets? If we can capture all the top 4 components back, I think we would be fine with Coleman coming in to take over with where Keaton left us off at...I mean other than 6'4 vs 6'6, they have very similar games, EXCEPT I really think Coleman's dog mentality is a little more upfront than Keaton's was. Either is not a bad thing.
Stoyakovic - 2/3 mil
Ivisic's combined 4/5 mil
Mirkovic - 3 mil
Davis - 1 m.
Rodgers - ??
That's 12 million to keep the key pieces. Blackwell will be another 2/3 million (assumed the fit is right), Coleman probably 1.5, Morillo 1, Brown/Davis 500,00 redshirt potential with our depth.
So if those are even remotely close. We will have spent 18.5 but I would suspect we could spend upwards to 20 if we had too. Not sure we have too.