Sure, we held our own better than expected (6-3 including a third place finish in Maui) without him but with him we **probably**
Finish the job against SDSU
Don’t have a bad loss at BSU
So we start out 8-1. In game #10 he’s in game ready shape and maybe we don’t have that embarrassing loss to Utah with him on court for final minutes.
So, maybe a few rotations or lineups got some extra run without him but we’re not “better” off that he sat. Same like we didn’t need to lose to Toledo to beat Boise or lose to Cal to beat UW.