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King Cotton Classic
King Cotton Holiday Classic was a national-level high school basketball tournament held in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. The tournament was founded by Travis Creed, a bank executive from Pine Bluff, in 1982 and continued for 17 years, ending in 1999.〔〔"("Sports, Recreation: Big Business in Pine Bluff )". Arkansas Business, December 5, 1994. ''www.arkansasbusiness.com''. Retrieved October 23, 2014.〕 Once considered to be the most prestigious high school tournament in the nation, the King Cotton games were played at the 7,500-seat Pine Bluff Convention Center, and attracted top-ranked high school teams from around the country.〔〔("BCC celebrates 25th anniversary." ) ''www.lawdailyrecord.com'', November 26, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2014.〕 The tournament hosted the first live high school basketball game aired on television, a victory by Flint Hill Prep over Pine Bluff High School on December 28, 1987.〔("About Coach Stu Vetter." ) ''www.stuvetterbasketballcamp.com.'' Retrieved October 24, 2014.〕
==Early years==
The King Cotton Classic was initially sponsored by local businesses and 50 for the Future, a civic group. Later, Mt. Valley Water, Inc., Coca-Cola, and Entergy participated, and by 1989 the tournament had 112 corporate sponsors. The corporate sponsorships paid for about half of the cost of the tournament, which reached $100,000 annually.〔Knapp, Gwen. ("Tourneys Raise Big-time Questions." ) The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 26, 1989. ''www.articles.philly.com.'' Retrieved October 15, 2014.〕 The first year they had 10 inches of ice and snow, but still had a good crowd. Attendance was often around 6,500, with one game being a sell-out.〔 A lot of emphasis was placed on the interaction between teams and the community. In 1983, there were two other similar tourneys in the U.S.: Big Las Vegas Tournament in Nevada and Big Beach Ball Classic in South Carolina.〔(Beach Ball Classic ) 'www.beachballclassic.com.'' Retrieved October 23, 2014.〕
The King Cotton was the first to pay the teams' expenses, thereby competing with the other two tournaments. They paid for 20 people: transportation, 4 to a motel room, meals, and other benefits.〔 It had 8 teams to start and later expanded to 12 teams each year. In the early years of the tournament the King Cotton had a girls' division with teams just from Arkansas.
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