Wide-Eyed Tar Heels Take It All In -- ESPN
Before Friday's Carrier Classic, UNC experiences unreal scene on USS Carl Vinson
SAN DIEGO -- For about a three-minute span Wednesday evening, something happened that North Carolina surely can't afford again this season: Point guard Kendall Marshall disappeared.
On a team tour of the USS Carl Vinson -- the 1,092-foot-long, 244-foot-high floating vessel where the top-ranked Tar Heels will face Michigan State in the inaugural Carrier Classic on Friday (7 p.m. ET, ESPN) -- the sophomore ducked away to use a bathroom.
"When I came out, all I saw were people in fatigues," the Naismith nominee said. "…They pointed me in the right direction, so after a couple of deep, short breaths I got back with my team."
He laughed at the moment: "That's when you realize how big this thing is."
The ship.
The game.
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WNU Editor: The game starts at 7:00 PM EST. The ESPN website is here.