North Carolina forward Desmond Hubert, left, dunks during practice before the Carrier Classic NCAA college basketball game against Michigan State, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, in Coronado, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
North Carolina forward Desmond Hubert, left, dunks during practice before the Carrier Classic NCAA college basketball game against Michigan State, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, in Coronado, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Former Michigan State basketball player and NBA great Magic Johnson poses with members of the Navy as he arrives for the Carrier Classic NCAA college basketball game aboard the USS Carl Vinson, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, in Coronado, Calif. Michigan State will face No. 1 North Carolina in the inaugural game. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
North Carolina practices before they face Michigan State in the Carrier Classic NCAA college basketball game aboard the USS Carl Vinson, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, in Coronado, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
North Carolina coach Roy Williams, center left, points to something on the horizon as he talks with team administrative assistant Steven Kirschner during practice before the Carrier Classic NCAA college basketball game against Michigan State aboard the USS Carl Vinson, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, in Coronado, Calif. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)
CORONADO, Calif. (AP) ? Say this about the men and women of the military: they know their basketball players.
A handful of former North Carolina stars were walking to their seats for the Carrier Classic on the flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson when a sailor stopped one of them and said, "Tyler Hansbrough?!"
It was indeed. And there was Vince Carter and Bobby Frasor, getting mobbed for autographs by sailors and Marines waiting for the first game on an active aircraft carrier, between No. 1 North Carolina and Michigan State.
On the other side of the court, former Tar Heel Eric Montross and former Spartans star Steve Smith were getting the same treatment.
The nation's basketball-fan-in-chief, President Barack Obama, was scheduled to attend.
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