Tickets Available for Kentucky Derby Festival Basketball Classic Presented by papajohns.com

About forty years ago in Louisville, a man I worked for, Max Rein, had a great idea. During the Kentucky Derby week, Have the Kentucky high school all-stars play the Indiana high school all-stars. Max made a ton of money promoting those early games and he eventually sold the concept to McDonalds which called it "Shoot the Hoop". I am glad to say after all these years it is still a big event. No longer just Kentucky and Indiana, the classic is back Friday night and tickets are on sale.

The Derby Festival Basketball Classic has showcased some of the nation's finest high school talent before the players move onto collegiate and professional levels.

Tickets are $11 and $16 reserved, and include facility fees. Tickets can be purchased at the Kentucky Exposition Center, Kentucky International Convention Center and the KFC Yum! Center Ticket Offices. Tickets are also available at all Ticketmaster outlets, through Ticketmaster Charge by Phone at 1-800-745-3000 and online at Ticketmaster.

This year’s event features recruits for top schools such as Kansas University, the University of Louisville and many others. Here are the rosters.

White Team Position Ht/Wt College

Steve Adams C 6’11”/230 Pittsburgh

Semaj Christon PG 6’2”/175 Xavier

Sam Dekker SF 6’7”/190 Wisconsin

Jeremy Hollowell SF 6’7”/200 Indiana

Danuel House SG 6’6”/175 Houston

Ron Patterson SG 6’3/180 Indiana

Hanner Perea PF 6’8”/190 Indiana

Terry Rozier PG 6’1”/170 Louisville

Jakarr Sampson PF 6’7”/195 Undecided

TJ Warren SF 6’8”/230 North Carolina State