Sailors, hoopsters mix aboard USS Carl Vinson

Posted Nov 12, 2011
A handful of former North Carolina stars were walking to their seats when a sailor stopped one of them and said, `'Tyler Hansbrough?!"It was indeed. And there was Vince Carter and Bobby Frasor, getting mobbed for autographs by sailors and Marines waiting for the game. (Associated Press)

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