One thing was thankfully missing last night when Hampton University helped tipoff the college basketball season last night, losing to Maryland 102-75. Absent was one of the most horrendous logos ever thrust upon a team at any level, the notorious Hampton Pirates “Slick Rick” man:

Why do I call it the “Slick Rick” man…glad you asked:

Actually I’ll probably end up missing that crazy pirate…as the new logo doesn’t exactly inspire much of anything…blah: