The 2023 Kaminsky Classic boys basketball tournament will begin on Thursday at Joplin High School.
The annual event, sponsored by Freeman Sports Medicine and the Joplin Sports Authority, features four local schools competing against four teams from across the state.
In Thursday’s opening-round games, Joplin meets William Chrisman at 2 p.m., Neosho takes on Francis Howell at 3:30, Webb City plays Jefferson City at 5 and Carl Junction squares off against Poplar Bluff at 6:30.
The consolation semifinals are scheduled for 4:30 and 6 on Friday, with semifinal matchups slated for 7:30 and 9.
The tourney concludes on Saturday. The seventh-place game is scheduled for 11 a.m., with the fifth-place game at 12:30. The third-place game is slated for 2, with the tourney’s title game to follow around 3:30.
Joplin defeated Webb City 55-52 in last year’s championship game.
