Roy Williams just likes to run.
This is sometimes said derisively, as if practice consists primarily of him taking the basketballs, rolling them out on the YMCA gym floor, and then putting them back in the bag when his players are too tired to run anymore.
Some would have you believe it takes a real tactician to slow down the game. Slower, the perception sometimes seems to be, is smarter.
You’ve probably figured this out by now, but that’s not always the case. As Carolina showed in racing to a season-high 26 fast break points—nearly double the previous season high—in Sunday night’s 98-65 win over what is actually a good Davidson team, playing truly effective running basketball is a combination of multiple aspects of the game.