BTN.com staff, November 12, 2011
In celebration of Veterans Day on Friday night, the Michigan State men's basketball team played North Carolina on the USS Carl Vinson in San Diego. The top-ranked Tar Heels knocked off the Spartans, 67-55, in front of President Barack Obama. See our photo gallery, courtesy of US Presswire, from the incredible scene in this post.
![Carrier Classic Carrier Classic](http://btn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/uspw_5691702.jpg)
![Carrier Classic Carrier Classic](http://btn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/uspw_5691684.jpg)
![Carrier Classic Carrier Classic](http://btn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/uspw_5691676.jpg)
![Carrier Classic Carrier Classic](http://btn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/uspw_5691648.jpg)
![Carrier Classic Carrier Classic](http://btn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/uspw_5691644.jpg)
![Carrier Classic Carrier Classic](http://btn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/uspw_5690880.jpg)
![Carrier Classic Carrier Classic](http://btn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/uspw_5690872.jpg)
![Carrier Classic Carrier Classic](http://btn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/uspw_5690860.jpg)
![Carrier Classic Carrier Classic](http://btn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/uspw_5690856.jpg)
![Carrier Classic Carrier Classic](http://btn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/uspw_5690710.jpg)
![Magic Johnson Magic Johnson](http://btn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/uspw_5690542.jpg)
![Carrier Classic Carrier Classic](http://btn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/uspw_5690264.jpg)
![Carrier Classic Carrier Classic](http://btn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/uspw_5689010.jpg)
![Carrier Classic Carrier Classic](http://btn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/uspw_5689008.jpg)