Jared Sullinger was a unanimous preseason All-America pick, headlining a group that also includes Harrison Barnes, Terrence Jones, Jeremy Lamb and Jordan Taylor.

Taylor was the only senior named to the first team.

"I just hope he doesn't think he has to score 40 a game this year," coach Bo Ryan said. "I think we're going to be in trouble if he does. He doesn't. He wants to be even more consistent. He wants to be more inclusive with his teammates, maybe in transition. There are different things we're looking at in trying to get done with a different-sized team maybe on the floor."

North Carolina was one first-place vote away from being a unanimous preseason No. 1 in the ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll.

The Tar Heels, the heavy favorite to win the 2012 national championship, received 30 of the coaches' 31 first-place votes and outranked No. 2 Kentucky by 53 points (774 to 721) in the poll, which was released Thursday.

Barack Obama will attend November's Carrier Classic basketball game between North Carolina and Michigan State on the deck of the USS Carl Vinson.

The game will played on Nov. 11 and seating will be setup for 7,000 spectators.

Obama is expected to lay a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery in honor of Veterans Day and then travel to San Diego for the first college hoops game on an active flat top.

“He looks forward to a great game," the White House said in a released statement.

The Carl Vinson was the carrier that conducted the burial at sea of Osama bin Laden.

North Carolina revealed their 11-12 uniforms on Wednesday and feature a custom hologram, similar to the designs Nike has used at Duke, Texas, Michigan State and other members of its Nike Elite line.

The holograms feature landmarks unique to the schools.

James Worthy has replaced Michael Jordan as North Carolina's honorary captain for the Carrier Classic against Michigan State.

Roy Williams said Jordan has a personal commitment he can't get out of. The coach said he called Worthy on Friday to ask him to step in for the game on Veterans Day.

"It's really important to us, really important to our players to have someone like Michael, and now James, that all of our players look up to so much," Williams said in a phone interview. "His jersey is in the front row of the rafters, he was a national player of the year, won a national championship and was the No. 1 draft pick in the NBA."

Mitch McGary, the top power forward in the 2012 class, has narrowed his choices down to Michigan, Duke and North Carolina.

McGary has taken visits to those three schools and will not be making any additional visits to other schools.

"I know there are a lot of rumors out there that I've already committed to certain schools, but I can honestly tell you guys that I don't know where I want to go," he wrote. "I have not committed anywhere so that's just not true."

Michigan is considered the underdog, but are contenders.

"Michigan has been here to see me the second most and I know that Michigan will be good too. They're in the rebuilding stage and Coach (John) Beilein is another guy I really respect and like. They're moving up in the rankings too."

T.J. Warren has ruled out Kentucky and Maryland, narrowing his list to North Carolina, North Carolina State, Florida and Georgetown.

The 6-foot-7 Warren is a native of Raleigh, N.C. and is considered one of the top 25 prospects overall in the Class of 2012.

The Los Angeles Athletic Club has announced its Preseason Top 50 list today on ESPN.com. Chosen by a preseason poll of national college basketball media members, the list is comprised of 50 student-athletes who, based on last year’s individual performance and team records, are the early frontrunners for college basketball’s most prestigious honor.

Nineteen of the 50 players named were from two conferences, the Big East (10) and Big Ten (9). The SEC had seven players chosen, followed by the ACC, Big 12, and Pac-12 each with four; and the Atlantic 10, Big West and Conference USA with two each. Conferences with one players named include the Horizon League, Ivy League, MAAC, Missouri Valley, Mountain West and WCC.

For the first time, a school had four players listed as North Carolina had Harrison Barnes, John Henson, Kendall Marshall and Tyler Zeller selected.

Joel James, a 6-foot-10 center from Dwyer High School, has committed to North Carolina.

James chose North Carolina over Clemson, FSU, Massachusetts, Miami, South Carolina and UCF. He was the 11th-ranked center in the 2012 class on Rivals and ESPN.