The Floyd Street Tribune: What if you're both right?

Inside: To hell with moral victories? But maybe the Kentucky and Syracuse losses were turning points? What's the answer?

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I did something horrible on Tuesday night: I ventured over to Twitter, a website I avoid at all costs these days. I deleted it off my phone. I hope you haven’t missed me too much, and I’m glad we have the newsletter to share our thoughts. Nevertheless, I moseyed on over to the Twitter dot com and what did I see? I saw fans arguing about a topic I’ve often wrestled with as a basketball writer.

Where’s the line between “moral victory” and “yeah, they lost but there was bona fide progress”?

The great thing about a Thursday morning newsletter after a Tuesday night game is that ol’ Jeff gets some time to noodle on what I’d like to write about. So, after 24 hours or so, I arrived at the conclusion that there is no line and everyone is right. Argument settled; let’s all go home.