Cole Aldrich 9:00 AM

Last night I watched the Kansas and Memphis game for about 20 minutes and was impressed by Cole Aldrich. In about 10 minutes of game time he dunked on a defender, grabbed a few boards, and hit a fadeaway with a hand in his face. This dude is a legitimate big man with real skills. I don't think he has Hansbrough range, but he has way more moves inside than Tyler. I hope they play Notre Dame at some point this year so that people can see what a real big man looks like and what a fraudulent big man looks like.

Brad Miller & Jason Williams 8:29 PM

I don't know if anyone saw the near game winner that Brad Miller had the other night for the Bulls, but man am I glad the refs waived it off. I'm not sure why, but Brad Miller has always rubbed me the wrong way. It's probably the fact that he has the old And-1 symbol tattooed generically on one biceps and a tiny cartoon dog on the other. While we're on the big, stupid white player topic, I don't like Luke Harangody or Robbie Hummel either. No explanation, they're just overrated, neither will get a title and neither will be good in the league.

Jason Williams, White Chocolate, not the Dook one, is a sight for sore eyes in the league this year. I liked him back when he was the only heavily tatted white dude that was slinging passes all over the floor and I'm glad he's back. He's kind of like what the Birdman is now, except he was the Birdman before the Birdman was the Birdman.

Tarheels 10:28 AM

The Tarheels started their season last night by beating FIU by 16 while wearing throwback unis to honor their '57 national championship team. The Heels also celebrated their 100th year of college basketball dominance with a red waistband and trim on their shorts and jerseys, naturally I like the look.