Gonzaga, MSU to play Veterans Day game on aircraft carrier

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Gonzaga, Michigan State to play Veterans Day game on aircraft carrier

By Chelena Goldman | Last updated 7/13/22

College basketball isn't categorized as a water sport for obvious reasons, but it might as well be this upcoming Veterans Day. Gonzaga and Michigan State are set to tip off on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln off the coast of San Diego on Nov. 11.

Michigan State and Gonzaga will be squaring off on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln. pic.twitter.com/qPi74dHAOH
— theScore (@theScore) July 13, 2022

Source: Gonzaga and Michigan St. have finalized their upcoming game on Veterans Day on the USS Abraham Lincoln, an aircraft carrier in San Diego. Game will be on ESPN and tip late afternoon out West/prime time on East Coast. Will be CBB's first game on a battleship since 2012.
— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) July 13, 2022

The game will actually mark the sixth time a college basketball game will be played on the water, with the previous five games part of the "Carrier Classic" in 2011 and 2012. Two of those games, as CBS Sports details, set to be played off the Florida and South Carolina coasts, were eventually canceled because humidity made the courts too slippery to play on safely.

CBS sports adds that the schools arranged for the game to take place with help from the U.S. government and that extra precautions are being taken to make sure that weather does not play a dangerous factor on game day. The "Carrier Classic" is not expected to be revived because of this game between the Bulldogs and the Spartans.

Gonzaga is projected to open the NCAA men's college basketball season at No. 1, while Michigan State is projected to be lower than the top 10.

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