The bullish case.
Toure ups his game (especially on offense) and solidifies himself as the PG. Johnson is a high-level backup PG and a total bulldog on defense. With those two together, you don't miss Lipsey too much.
Batemon turns into one of the better two-way SGs in the Big 12. Maybe Wiggins comes in and is good enough to demand some playing time right away as a bench gunner. A lack of scoring punch from the second guard was one of the weaknesses last year, but this area now becomes a strength.
Losing Momcilovic hurts, but we replace him in the aggregate with Batemon, Bond, and Prather. A step down on shooting sure but improved defense and depth from the guards and wings.
J-Jeff is the most irreplaceable, but Singleton provides at least a poor man's version of it and starts to expand his game more and more over the course of his career the same way Jefferson did for SM's and ISU.
Buchanan and Pleta both make incremental steps on consistency. Manning is a huge upgrade from the dearly departed Mulder in terms of providing an emergency or energy bench big man.
That team... could be about as good as the one last year.
