Kentucky Derby Festival Announces Basketball Classic Roster

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The Kentucky Derby Festival has announced the rosters for the Derby Festival Basketball Classic presented by papajohns.com. The all-star game is scheduled for Friday, April 6th at Freedom Hall.
The lineup for the event includes three recruits headed to Indiana University (Jeremy Hollowell, Ron Patterson and Hanner Perea) and the University of Louisville recruit, Terry Rozier.

The night before the all-star game, Thursday, April 5th, the players will participate in the Horseshoe Foundation Night of the Future Stars at New Albany High School. The evening features 2-on-2 and 3-point shooting competitions, as well as the always-popular slam dunk contest. There will be an autograph-signing session following the event. Adminission to the Horseshoe Foundation Night of Future Stars is free with a ticket to the Basketball Classic.

Watch for profiles of select the players in the March issue of VYPE.

2012 KENTUCKY DERBY FESTIVAL BASKETBALL CLASSIC ROSTERS
AS OF 3/1/2012

 White Team

Coach Ryan Hurd - Notre Dame Prep (MA)
Coach Jason Smith - Brewster Academy (NH)

 Black Team

Coach Jason Polykoff - Friends Central (PA)
Coach Danny Henderson - Marcus (TX)

The Derby Festival Basketball Classic is presented by papajohns.com. The Contributing Sponsors are Horseshoe Foundation of Floyd County, Norton Sports Health, Reebok, 99.7 WDJX and B96.5 FM. Supporting partners are Kentucky National Guard, The Rock and SLAM Magazine.

Tickets are $11 and $16 and are now available through ticketmaster.com, by phone 800-745-3000 or the Freedom Hall box office 502-367-5144.