benched early in the conference season. He was averaging 25 minutes a game the first 14 games. Then his playing time got cut in half over the next 5 games and he shot extremely poorly during that stretch. But then that good game didn't really translate into more playing time. It seemed his leash got even shorter after that. He made 8 shots against Baylor and then only made 9 shots the rest of the season. He got in the proverbial dog house and then never got back out.