Creighton’s schedule actually works out relatively well for a team waiting out an illness to a key player. Next three games, against Butler (12/22), DePaul (12/25) and Seton Hall (1/3), are home and winnable without Kalkbrenner or with Kalk on a minutes restriction. Butler and SHU won’t be easy without Kalkbrenner at full strength, but Creighton is probably still favored in all 3. That is 21 days for Kalk to get better before they play at UConn (1/7). Creighton is probably a high single digit dog on the road against UConn even with Kalk, so the next time Creighton truly needs him 100% in terms of really impacting their chances of winning a key game is at Xavier on 1/11, 25 days from now.