There is a common misconception among fans that there is more than one way to win a basketball game. This is a lie. From the Houston Rockets’ “Moreyball” high-octane offense fueled by three pointers and analytics to the grit-and-grind Memphis style of maximizing spacing while minimizing pace, to win a game of basketball, you must do one thing: score more points than the opponent.
No, this is not a John Madden-esque quip that you would hear from a poorly scripted NBA 2K announcer, because if it was so obvious, then perhaps more would start to wonder why Tech has struggled mightily to open this season instead of blaming the “Atlanta curse” or writing off the season as a failure along with the past ten years of Tech basketball.