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Michigan State athletic director Mark Hollis has had some pretty bold and creative ideas about the start of the college basketball season in recent years. He spearheaded the Carrier Classic. He conceived and executed us this year's excellent Veterans...

Of course he isn't. He's Mark Hollis. In the past five years, when the Michigan State athletic director has an idea, no matter how farfetched that idea is, he usually sees it through to fruition. The Carrier Classic, the Germany army base game, et...

The Carrier Classic will return to the USS Yorktown to open the college basketball season despite last weekend's cancelled contest between Ohio State and Marquette.

The Carrier Classic men's basketball game between Marquette and Ohio State was called off Friday because of condensation on the court on board the USS Yorktown in Mount Pleasant, S.C. The game was delayed for almost an hour as attempts to dry the co...

Condensation cancels Ohio State-Marquette game

Natalie Achonwa had 17 points and 10 rebounds to lead No. 7 Notre Dame to a 57-51 victory over No. 19 Ohio State on Friday night in the Carrier Classic.

Ohio St.-Marquette Preview

1. Nike has special camouflage jerseys for the eight teams participating in the military-themed games on Nov. 9 just like it did last year for Michigan State and North Carolina in the Carrier Classic in San Diego. Michigan State's Draymond Green made...

Ohio State's men's and women's basketball teams will open the season on the USS Yorktown in the Carrier Classic.

The dead-November era in college basketball is officially over. Last year gave us the Champions Classic (a four-team rotating tournament featuring Duke, Kansas, Kentucky and Michigan State) and the season-opening Carrier Classic (the aircraft carrier...

1. The inaugural Carrier Classic last November was one of the coolest events I've covered the past 22 years. Everything about it was unique: an outdoor game, on the deck of an active carrier, the historical significance as being the ship that dealt w...

On Wednesday night, I was midway through NBATV's tremendous documentary "The Dream Team" when the subject of the film changed from team camaraderie and overwhelming success to a discussion of the brief media backlash at the time from those who believ...

Florida will play Georgetown on a ship off the coast of Jacksonville, Fla. on Nov. 9.

Michigan State athletic director Mark Hollis' most recent scheduling accomplishment -- the 2011-12 season-opening Carrier Classic game between Michigan State and North Carolina, the photos of which remain incredible -- cemented Hollis's reputation as...

An aircraft carrier on San Diego Bay will host a college basketball game on Nov. 9.

Organizers of the Carrier Classic say they're moving the college basketball game out of San Diego for 2012 while hoping to return in 2013.