2000 McDonald's All-American Boys Game

2000 McDonald's All-American Boys Game

West East 146 120
1st half 2nd half Total West 74 72 146 East 63 57 120
Date	March 29, 2000
Venue	FleetCenter, Boston, MA
MVP	Zach Randolph
Referees	1 2 3
Attendance	18,624
Network	ESPN
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The 2000 McDonald's All-American Boys Game was an All-star basketball game played on Wednesday, March 29, 2000 at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school boys graduating in 2000. The game was the 23rd annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game first played in 1978.

2000 game

The game was telecast live by ESPN. The venue was the FleetCenter, home of the Boston Celtics of the NBA. The game was characterized by the high efficiency of the West players: the team took advantage of the bigger players in the roster and scored many points in the paint. Center Zach Randolph was the MVP of the game with 23 points and 15 rebounds. Other players who starred were DeShawn Stevenson, the game top scorer with 25 points; Darius Miles with his 17 points; Andre Brown, another player who recorded a double-double with 20 points and 14 rebounds, like Gerald Wallace (15 pts/10 rebs); Andre Barrett, the agile 5-9 point guard, recorded 12 assists, the second best performance in the event history. ^{[1] [2] [3]} Of the 24 players, 13 went on to play at least 1 game in the NBA. Following their good performance in the All-American game both Miles and Stevenson decided to forgo college and declared for the 2000 NBA draft: Miles was the 3rd overall pick and Stevenson the 23rd.

East roster

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No.	Name	Height	Weight	Position	Hometown	High school	College of Choice
10	Omar Cook	6-1	190	G	Middle Village, NY, U.S.	Christ the King	St. John's
11	Taliek Brown	6-1	185	G	Queens, New York, U.S.	St. John's Preparatory School	Connecticut
12	Andre Barrett	5-9	165	G	Manhattan, NY, U.S.	Rice	Seton Hall
20	Darius Rice	6-10	200	F	Jackson, MS, U.S.	Lanier	Undecided [6]
21	Scott Hazelton	6-7	205	F	Lawrence, MA, U.S.	Central Catholic	Connecticut
22	Jerome Harper	6-5	190	G	Columbia, SC, U.S.	W. J. Keenan	Iowa State (Did not attend) [7]
24 [8]	Scooter Sherrill	6-3	180	G	Mount Ulla, NC, U.S.	West Rowan	NC State
33	Eddie Griffin	6-9	205	F	Philadelphia, PA, U.S.	Roman Catholic	Seton Hall
34	Mario Austin	6-8	255	C	York, AL, U.S.	Sumter County	Mississippi State
42	Neil Fingleton	7-6	310	C	Worcester, MA, U.S.	Holy Name Central Catholic	North Carolina
45	Gerald Wallace	6-7	210	F	Childersburg, AL, U.S.	Childersburg	Alabama
55	Rolando Howell	6-9	220	C	Hopkins, SC, U.S.	Lower Richland	South Carolina

West roster

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No.	Name	Height	Weight	Position	Hometown	High school	College of Choice
0	DeShawn Stevenson	6-5	210	G	Fresno, CA, U.S.	Washington Union	Kansas (Did not attend)
13	Luke Ridnour	6-2	175	G	Blaine, WA, U.S.	Blaine	Oregon
21	Darius Miles	6-8	212	G	East St. Louis, IL, U.S.	East St. Louis	St. John's (Did not attend)
25	Chris Duhon	6-1	185	G	Slidell, Louisiana, U.S.	Salmen	Duke
32	Marcus Taylor	6-4	200	G	Lansing, MI, U.S.	Waverly	Michigan State
33	Brian Boddicker	6-9	230	C	Duncanville, TX, U.S.	Duncanville	Texas
34	Alton Ford	6-10	265	C	Houston, TX, U.S.	Milby	Houston
35	Jared Jeffries	6-10	215	F	Bloomington, IN, U.S.	North	Indiana
41	Garner Meads	6-8	215	F	Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.	Brighton	Undecided [9]
44	Andre Brown	6-9	185	F	Chicago, IL, U.S.	Leo	DePaul
45	Travon Bryant	6-7	235	F	Long Beach, CA, U.S.	Jordan	Undecided [10]
50	Zach Randolph	6-9	270	C	Marion, IN, U.S.	Marion	Michigan State

Coaches

The East team was coached by:

• Head Coach William Loughnane of South Boston High School (Boston, Massachusetts)
• Asst Coach Mike Rubin of East Boston High School (Boston, Massachusetts)

The West team was coached by:

• Head Coach Rick Sherley of Alief Hastings High School (Alief, Texas)
• Asst Coach Mike Smallwood of Alief Hastings High School (Alief, Texas)

All-American Week

Contest winners

• The 2000 Slam Dunk contest was won by DeShawn Stevenson.
• The 2000 3-point shoot-out was won by Chris Duhon.

References

1. "A LOOK BACK AT THE McDONALD'S ALL AMERICAN® GAMES SUPERSTARS AND UNFORGETTABLE MEMORIES FROM GAMES PAST" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 17, 2018. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
2. "The Next 48 are up" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 30, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2018. 2000 game and rosters at page 81.
3. "H.S. BASKETBALL MCDONALD'S ALL AMERICA GAME AT BOSTON WEST". The Indianapolis Star. March 30, 2000. p. 28.
4. "McDonald's All-American all-time rosters" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 27, 2018. Retrieved January 25, 2018. 2000 roster at pages 8-9.
5. "2000 McDonald's(R) All American High School Basketball Team(R) Announced". PRNewswire. February 29, 2000. Archived from the original on February 1, 2018. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
6. Committed later to Miami.
7. At the time of selection, Harper was committed to play for Cincinnati. The scholarship was revoked by Cincinnati after Harper was arrested. DeCourcy, Mike (March 1, 2000). "UC pulls offer to arrested recruit". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved January 31, 2018. Harper later committed to Iowa State but was unable to complete his GED and never played NCAA college basketball. Henry, Scott (August 7, 2013). "NCAA Basketball Recruiting: The Biggest Bust in Each Class of the Last Decade". Bleacher Report . Retrieved January 31, 2018. He attended Indian Hills Community College.
8. Sherrill had chosen number 23, but since that number was retired in honor of Michael Jordan, he switched to 24.
9. Committed later to Brigham Young.
10. Committed later to Missouri.

External links

• McDonald's All-American on the web
• McDonald's All-American all-time rosters Archived 2018-01-27 at the Wayback Machine
• McDonald's All-American rosters at Basketball-Reference.com
• Game stats at Realgm.com