Speaker 1: Big Time hoops circle your calendar prepare one week from
Speaker 1: tonight the Kemba Credit Union MLK Classic. It's at Zaber
Speaker 1: University's Sentai Center. The event features eight boys varsity teams
Speaker 1: from Greater Cincinnati northern Kentucky, some of the region's best
Speaker 1: high school talent, four exciting matchups and from more on that.
Speaker 1: Let's go back to our guy, that would be Rich Newman. Rich,
Speaker 1: how are you.
Speaker 2: Doing great? Lance, Thanks for having me on again and
Speaker 2: Happy New Year.
Speaker 1: Happy New Year to you, and man, what a field
Speaker 1: you have put together. Give us the lowdown and the
Speaker 1: setup on these four matchups.
Speaker 2: Well, you hit the nail on the head. We're thrilled
Speaker 2: with this matchup. It's heavy heavy GNC with a little
Speaker 2: GCL sprinkled in. We start with Lakota West versus the
Speaker 2: Big Blue of Hamilton at twelve noon and Lakota West,
Speaker 2: for those who don't follow high school basketball closely, is
Speaker 2: the undefeated number one ranked team in the state of Ohio.
Speaker 2: So that's a big time matchup. We come in next
Speaker 2: with Ryle versus Oldham County, a very good basketball program
Speaker 2: from outside of Louisville. Then Lakota East versus Middletown and
Speaker 2: the nightcap is the Saint Xavier Bombers versus from also
Speaker 2: across the river, the Colonels from the High school in
Speaker 2: Park Hills.
Speaker 1: Love it. Four fantastic matchups. And you know, I notice
Speaker 1: you're doing what you did during the Holiday Classic as well,
Speaker 1: and I love this. Explain the ticket in setive for
Speaker 1: the schools that you're including in this.
Speaker 2: Yeah, we decided that we'd like to give back in
Speaker 2: another way to the community besides giving these schools the
Speaker 2: opportunity to play at the Centas Center, but the school
Speaker 2: that sells the most tickets online in advance prior to
Speaker 2: the day of the event will get a five hundred
Speaker 2: dollars donation to their booster club or the charity of
Speaker 2: their choice. We're also doing a promotion with Javier Sonny Xavier.
Speaker 2: Season ticket holder who buys a ticket to the Kemba
Speaker 2: MLK Classic will donate fifty percent of those ticket sales
Speaker 2: to the All for One.
Speaker 1: Fund rich I always like to mention this because I
Speaker 1: hope fans understand how cool it must be for these
Speaker 1: high school players to come running out of the tunnel
Speaker 1: and onto the floor of a big East Home arena.
Speaker 1: And some of these kids are probably going to be
Speaker 1: playing their last year of organized basketball, and what a moment,
Speaker 1: what a memory in a tournament like this.
Speaker 2: We've gotten so many positive comments and feedback and thanks
Speaker 2: from all the different teams that are participating, participating about
Speaker 2: the Holiday Hardle Classic as well as now we hope
Speaker 2: the MLK Classic. Lance, You're right, it's a unique experience.
Speaker 2: It's a once in a lifetime experience for most of
Speaker 2: these most of these players for sure. And it goes
Speaker 2: beyond that. It's not just for the teams and the coaches,
Speaker 2: but the fans, the parents, the grandparents, the cheerleading squad,
Speaker 2: the dance teams, the pep bands, everybody gets to experience
Speaker 2: what we know is one of the top do you
Speaker 2: want arenas in the country.
Speaker 1: It's one week from tonight the Kemba Credit Union MLK
Speaker 1: Classic at Centas Center. Rich tell everybody about how they
Speaker 1: get their hands on tickets.
Speaker 2: Well, please go to our website Mlkdashclassic dot com. Daily
Speaker 2: passes are thirteen dollars in advance, sixteen dollars at the
Speaker 2: box office the day of the event, and all fees
Speaker 2: and parking are included. Atlanta, I've got to mention, of course,
Speaker 2: these things don't happen just because Cintas Center and Xavier
Speaker 2: University and Newman Associates wants to promote them. We need
Speaker 2: the sponsors and we need the media partners. And Dan
Speaker 2: Sutton a shout out to the president and CEO of
Speaker 2: all in on community events like this, And of course
Speaker 2: our relationship with iHeart and specifically ESPN fifteen thirty is
Speaker 2: as our media partner with Fox nineteen. But I can't
Speaker 2: tell you how much we appreciate everything that you do.
Speaker 2: And I'll be on with Mo and I'll be on
Speaker 2: with Tony this week and that means an awful lot
Speaker 2: to us, It really does. You all deserve a lot
Speaker 2: of credit for giving us the microphone, so to speak,
Speaker 2: to promote a great event like this.
Speaker 1: Well, we are honored and we are proud to be
Speaker 1: involved with it. And you know you're always welcome on
Speaker 1: the show, and best of luck with the event and
Speaker 1: always good catching up.
Speaker 2: Thank you, Thank you, Lance.
Speaker 1: All right, take care there you go, Rich Newman Chemba
Speaker 1: Credit Union MLK Classic Exavier Sinta Center one week from tonight,
Speaker 1: starts at Nude High New Lakota West and Hamilton followed
Speaker 1: by Ryle and Oldham County at one forty five, Lakota
Speaker 1: East and Middletown at three thirty sat X, and cubcath
Speaker 1: at five fifteen uh Information mlkdash Classic dot com for
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