Couldn't have hurt. I honestly feel we would have been close to .500 in the Big East with him on the team. Not because I think he would have been a star, but because of how it would have allowed the rest of our players to spend more time at positions better suited to their game.
Often we had Fitz or Leday at the 5 spot and Rudd at the 4. None of these guys should have been playing these spots and were abused defensively down in the paint.
Having Austin would have allowed us some minutes with him at the 5, Fitz or Leday at the 4, Rudd at the 3, Brock at the 2, and AC at the point. Now you have a team that is more solid on the defensive end and possibly a bit better on the offensive end if Austin has any bit of a post game.