As coach Thad Matta indicated to The Dispatch in late March, Ohio State will take part in the 2016 Veterans Classic to open the 2016-17 season.
As the second game of a doubleheader, the Buckeyes will play Navy at 9 p.m. Nov. 11. Vanderbilt, which has hired former Ohio State video coordinator Jake Diebler as an assistant, will face Marquette in the opening game at 6:30 p.m.
Both games will be played at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
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“Ohio State basketball is honored to participate in the 2016 Veterans Classic,” Matta said in a statement.