Derby City Classic teams announced April 8, 2008
Posted by Thomas Beisner in Kentucky Basketball Recruiting.trackback
The teams for the 2008 Derby City Festival Basketball Classic were officially announced today. We’ll break these down more in the next 10 days leading up to the event, but here are the rosters. The black team features two UK signees, Darius Miller and DeAndre Liggins, and the Gold team features two Louisville signees, Terrance Jennings and Jared Swopshire. The Gold squad will be coached by Mark Lieberman of Opa Locka, Fla. and the Black team will be under the direction of Mason County’s Chris O’Hearn.
GOLD TEAM
| Player/College | Ht/Wt | Position | |
| Dashan Harris | Texas A&M | 6’1” | PG |
| Terrell Holloway | Indiana | 5’11” | PG |
| Mike Rosario | Rutgers | 6’2” | PG/WG |
| Ray Shipman | Florida | 6’5” | WG/WF |
| Jared Swopshire | Louisville | 6’7” | WF |
| Luke Babbitt | Nevada | 6’8” | WF/BF |
| Yancy Gates | Cincinnati | 6’9” | BF/Center |
| Emmanuel Negedu | Arizona | 6’6” | BF |
| Terrence Jennings | Louisville | 6’10” | Center |
| Jeff Withey | Arizona | 6’10” | Center |
| Kenneth Kadji | Florida | 6’10” | Center |
BLACK TEAM
| Player/College | College | Ht/Wt | Position |
| Larry Drew | North Carolina | 5’11″ | PG |
| Korie Luscious | Michigan State | 5’11” | PG |
| Paul McCoy | Undecided | 6’0” | PG |
| Travis Releford | Kansas | 6’5” | WG |
| Jerime Anderson | UCLA | 6’2” | WG/PG |
| DeAndre Liggins | UK | 6’5” | WG/WF |
| Darius Miller | UK | 6’6” | WF |
| Chris Singleton | Florida State | 6’8” | WF/PF |
| Howard Thompkins | Georgia | 6’9” | BF |
| Ater Majok | Undecided | 6’10” | BF/Center |
| Tyler Zeller | North Carolina | 6’10” | BF/Center |
| Maurice Sutton | Undecided | 6’10” | Center |
The game will be April 18 at Freedom Hall.
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With 2 UK signees, 2 former recruits (Singleton and Zeller), and 3 undecided players who will be taking official visits to UK after this game, it makes me wonder if someone connected to UK basketball had influence on the teams. Beezner, are you planning to go to the game?