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2014 Derby Festival tickets on sale Monday

Steve Jones
@stevejones_cj

Tickets to 2014 Kentucky Derby Festival Basketball Classic at Freedom Hall go on sale Monday.

The Derby Classic, the nation's oldest running high school basketball all-star game which was first played in 1973, features many of the nation's best seniors, including usually multiple recruits committed to or being targeted by Indiana, Kentucky and Louisville.

Regular tickets range from $13 to $18, and there are also a limited number of courtside VIP tickets for $50. Tickets can be bought in person at the Freedom Hall box office or all Ticketmaster locations, by phone at (800) 745-3000 or(502) 367-5144, or online at this link on Ticketmaster.com.

Last year the Derby game features these current college freshmen: Troy Williams, Stanford Robinson, Collin Hartman, Devin Davis and Luke Fischer of IU; Dominique Hawkins and Derek Willis of UK; and Akoy Agau, Anton Gill, Dillon Avare and David Levitch of U of L.

High school seniors can play in two national all-star games each spring, and typically the Derby game features the best prospects who are not in both of the McDonald's All-American and Jordan Brand Classic games.