Impact Wills missed the bulk of Pac-12 play this season with a knee injury, but had appeared in each of the last seven games off the bench for the Cardinal. He joined teammate and fellow former backcourt starter Daejon Davis on the bench for this one, and while it seems this was primarily a coach's decision, coach Jerod Haase did tell Ells Boone of The Stanford Daily that the duo remains a bit banged up. Perhaps the Cardinal is simply saving all its weapons for the Pac-12 tournament that begins March 10, as the team has seemingly fallen far enough out of the bubble conversation that a win against the conference's top team wouldn't have moved the needle much. Or, there could be something going on behind the scenes forcing Haase to bench his NBA-caliber talent with the season on the line. We may not see answers until next week.
MARCH 4, 2021 • ROTOWIRE
