Basketball is back in the water. For the first time since 2012, the sport features games played on aircraft carriers. Gonzaga When Michigan We have finally decided on a plan to revive the concept. The school announced the match on Wednesday. The game will take place on November 11th on the deck of USS Abraham Lincoln off San Diego to commemorate Veterans Day.
It could be a game between two ranked teams. Gonzaga is a rock that ranks high in the first week of the season. Mark Fu’s team CBS Sports Off-Season Top 25 and 1, Michigan State University is ranked 25th. ESPN airs on the East Coast during Golden Time and carries a game of local chip-offs in the late afternoon in the San Diego sun.
Spartans and Bulldogs, who had to arrange a match with the help of the US Government and the Navy, will be the sixth pair of college basketball teams to play on an aircraft carrier.
The previous five were part of the 2011 and 2012 “Carrier Classic” series.Match against Michigan State University North Carolina On November 11, 2011, it was the first of its kind in San Diego, and President Barack Obama was also on board. November 9, 2012, Florida When Georgetown I met on an aircraft carrier off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida. Their match was canceled in half time as the condensation due to humidity made the court slippery. The same conditions led to the cancellation of Marquette-Ohio on the same day off South Carolina. Two days later, November 11, 2012, Syracuse When San Diego Completed the game on the USS Midway off San Diego.
The ambitious concept of playing a basketball game on a huge ship was equally praised and ridiculed. The game was canceled due to the weather and was accepted as an interesting and unsuccessful experiment. until now.
“The people who serve, and those who serve, know that the military is the ultimate team sport,” said Admiral Kenneth Whitesell, commander of the Navy Air Force. Told the San Diego Union-Tribune.. “I can’t think of a better way to salute our men and women in uniform than to celebrate this national entertainment together on one of our capital ships.”
The game shows the resurgence of Armed Forces Classic, an ESPN-led event that has been suspended for the last two seasons for COVID-19.
Hosting games on aircraft carriers is not expected to be a concept that will be revived each year, sources told CBS Sports. Given the opportunity at Michigan State University and Gonzaga, and the fact that Tom Izzo’s Spartans program had previously participated in similar games, the school pursued this opportunity with cautious optimism. All precautionary efforts will be made to avoid all kinds of weather that affect the game.
At the end of this match, Michigan and Gonzaga Tilt will be one of two men’s college basketball games to be held in an unusual location on November 11. Wisconsin Will be played again Stanford At the Milwaukee Brewers home baseball field That night. The 2022-23 college basketball season will begin on Monday, November 7th.
