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