He will return for conference play which actually begins on road on December 29. There is also a road game on December 31. First conference home game is January 5. I don’t think there are but a few actively pulling against the team. Some are skeptical the conference finish will be improved and that would be the case regardless of how well we do in non conference. Some of those people who have watched this year’s team but many have not. Those of us who have recognize their is improvement from a year ago but that there are concerns.