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DeChellis pleased with 2017 Veterans Classic lineup

In honor of the late Joe Gross, former sports editor of The Capital who regularly wrote a column titled Weekend Wanderings.

Navy head coach Ed DeChellis is quite pleased with the lineup for the 2017 Veterans Classic, which will once again kick off the college basketball season on Friday, Nov. 10 at Alumni Hall.

DeChellis, who does a lot of the organizational legwork for the event himself, has landed Alabama, Memphis and Pittsburgh for the fourth annual installment.

"I think it's a really good field. We're going to have good exciting basketball featuring high-level athletes," DeChellis said in a telephone interview last week.