Note: I’m off to Greece this week, trying to catch up with Josh Childress and maybe Travon Bryant.  Look for Patrick’s triumphant return soonish.

So, the season is really underway.  What the hell do we know?

1.  Heehee.

2. My-T-Sharp: In case the comment threads at Uni Watch have always been a bit much for you, Michigan and UCLA are both all-adidas schools.  While Herr Dassler’s basketball shoes have been fail lately (patent leather shell-toes?  really?)  I think we can agree that if these two programs were OMG SWOOSH schools, we wouldn’t have been treated to this:

Seriously, making it work.

3. Ew: The SEC, she’s not so good.

3b. Not Ew: Tennessee is not on basic cable enough for my liking.  It’s hard to imagine how they could be.  I may have developed a soft spot for these guys.  Stay tuned.

4.  A Broken Watch is Right Twice a Day: S.A. Smith is very, very right about Dave Robbins.  Send him (Robbins, not Smith) to Springfield.

5.  If You Don’t Go to U.Va., Please Please Please Go to a Major Media Market: Fairfax (CA, somehow) senior Renardo Sidney’s dad is, ahem, quotable: “They [MAH HOOS] understand the difference between a Big Mac and a Whopper with cheese . . . Big Macs are good for resumes, Whoppers with cheese bring home gold balls.”  I love it.  I just . . . I love it.  Please please please be a Hoo.  Someone in C’ville: find this kid’s dad a sinecure and some blogging software RIGHT GODDAMN NOW.

BONUS!!!!!oneone11!!twelve!!exclamation!!!!

6. GITCHA GUNS UP WOOOO!!!

See you fools Sunday.

The weekend digest will be up later this afternoon – it was one hell of a weekend – but having missed out on giving proper respects on Memorial Day, we wanted to throw up a quick post in honor of the troops whose hard work and sacrifice allow us to eat Doritos, play Rock Band, and drink Purple Drank. (America – fuck yeah.)

For serious, however, and because we always search for the nexus to college hoops before throwing up a post unless it involves mustache fury, we present you with Sam Tolbert, the 6′7″ seaman and star of the All-Navy basketball team:

Tolbert joined the Navy for the same reason as many a young man – he wasn’t ready for college and wanted to grow up. Also, that David Robinson feller made him think Navy + basketball != fail. Now, he hopes to follow the footsteps of another All-Star big man by attending an HBCU in the Commonwealth to keep playing and finish his education when his deployment is done.

We’ll be looking for Seaman Tolbert in a Trojan uniform in the coming CIAA seasons while humming Anchors Aweigh. A tip of the cap and best wishes to him and all servicemen, not just on Memorial Day, but every day.