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PHOTOS: Aircraft Carrier Mockups For UNC-Michigan State Game

by Jason Kirk
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Carrier Classic: UNC Downs Michigan State On The USS Carl Vinson, 67-55
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The North Carolina Tar Heels and Michigan St. Spartans are trying to cram an entire basketball game onto an aircraft carrier. How are they going to do such a thing?

For those of us who are visual learners, here are three artist’s renditions via the Lansing State Journal:

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