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KDF basketball classic was losing fans, so it was canceled. Here's how it can come back

Highlights from the Kentucky Derby Festival Classic Night of Future Stars at the IU Southeast gym in New Albany, Indiana.

A previous version of the story has been updated to clarify that the KDF game is the nation's oldest high school invitational all-star game of its kind (as opposed to other games held regionally).

Ten years after its creation, the Kentucky Derby Festival’s basketball classic once took a break in Year 11.

You can now say the same for Year 46.

“Just like this break is, it’s financial,” said Mike Berry, president and CEO of the Kentucky Derby Festival.