PODCAST: Holidays mean basketball tournaments

Award ceremony following the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament at the Show Me Center, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015.

GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian

Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, a wonderful holidays to all!

It's that time of year, and with it comes an annual rite of passage — holiday basketball tournaments.

We preview and break down two of the area's biggest holiday boys basketball tournaments, as the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament and Bloomfield Christmas Tournament get set to kick off on Monday, Dec. 26, the morning after Christmas.

Southeast Missourian and Semoball.com sports editor Josh Mlot (@semoballjosh) hosts as he talks to the Southeast Missourian's Trent Singer (@semoballtrent) and Phillip Suitts (@semoballphillip) as well as the Daily American Republic's Ben Striker (@semoballben) to get a feel for what's on tap this week.

The first segment (5:26) catches Singer — "vacationing" in South Dakota — to discuss the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament. The second chat (44:18) is with Suitts, as they continue to dig into the Missourian's premiere event at the Show Me Center. The podcast wraps up with Striker (73:34) looking at a wide-open Bloomfield event, plus a little bonus girls basketball talk.

Go to Semoball.com throughout the week for in-depth coverage of both events, as well as semoball.com/christmas16 for some bonus coverage.

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This podcast is produced by Josh Mlot.