On Veterans Day, College Basketball is honoring the men and women, who have served our country with 2 special games at unusual Venues. One will be played on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier and the other at an MLB stadium.
North Carolina is No. 1 in the preseason AP Top 25 men's basketball poll. The national runner-up from last season returns four of five starters and received 47 of 62 first-place votes. Gonzaga is No. 2, followed by Houston and Kentucky.
Baylor and Gonzaga will meet in a men’s basketball game in South Dakota in December and organizers will pay players on both teams who agree to help promote the game.
Nautical veteran Tom Izzo and Michigan State will get a return trip to San Diego Bay to face Gonzaga on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln on Veteran's Day.