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[QUOTE="mets1090, post: 4937702, member: 72"]
They were 9th in Kenpom going into the first game he missed and 10th when he got back. They went 4-2 in those 6 games and almost beat Purdue on the road without him.

The morning of the first game he missed, they were 21st in offense and 14th in defense. The morning of the game he returned, they were ranked 8th in offense and 28th in defense. Currently they are number 2 in offense and 84 in defense, which probably speaks to a complete focus on offense more than anything I guess. They basically flat out did not guard anyone in conference play despite having solid defensive numbers out of conference.

I think Evan Miya's stats would have the direct answer you are looking for, but I don't sub there. I can tell you that Kenpom's POY metric is essentially based on how much better a team is when a player is on the court combined with % of minutes played and Shannon is ranked 10th in that (Newton is 2nd, and Edey is light years ahead in 1st for reference). I believe this POY metric also skews pretty heavily towards offense only, but I am not positive on that.
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