In November 2012, Jack Taylor, an unknown 5'10" guard from Grinnell College, an out-of-the-way Division III school, made history. He scored 138 points in a single game, shattering a 57-year-old NCAA record and becoming an instant celebrity. The sports world rushed to newspapers, talk radio, Twitter, and ESPN to praise his achievement - or denounce it as a travesty, a sham, and a mockery of the game of basketball. But no one knew the whole story ... until now. In The Road to 138, former Grinnell player Ross Preston delivers a behind-the-scenes account of the fastest, craziest, most innovative basketball team in the country: the aptly-named Pioneers. For the last 20 years, they've used a unique, extremely chaotic playing style called "The System" to turn the game on its head. What makes "The System" so different? How does it work? Why do so many people seem to hate it? Why would a team choose to play basketball that way? Do the Pioneers just want to break records and get on TV? And...

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