2002 McDonald's All-American Boys Game

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2002 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
East West
138107
1st half2nd halfTotal
East7068138
West4463107
DateApril 4, 2002
Venue Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York
MVP JJ Redick
Referees 1
2
3
Attendance16,505
Network ESPN
McDonald’s All-American
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The 2002 McDonald's All-American Boys Game was an All-star basketball game played on Thursday, April 4, 2002 at the Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school boys graduating in 2002. The game was the 25th annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game first played in 1978.

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2002 game

The game was telecast live by ESPN. For the 25th game, McDonald's chose a prestigious venue: the Madison Square Garden. 2002 was also the inaugural year of the McDonald's Girls game. The East team was led by JJ Redick, who earned the MVP award by scoring 26 points, which included 5 3-point shots made. Other players who starred were Carmelo Anthony, who entertained the crowd with several dunks and scored 19 points; Rashad McCants, who scored 22 points; Bracey Wright, who recorded a double double with 16 points and 11 rebounds; and Chris Bosh, who had 14 points and 7 rebounds. [1] [2] Of the 24 players, 13 went on to play at least 1 game in the NBA. Two players declared their eligibility for the 2002 NBA draft: DeAngelo Collins and Amar'e Stoudemire. Stoudemire was selected with the 9th overall pick by the Phoenix Suns, while Collins, who was by far the oldest player in the All-American game at almost 22 years of age, went undrafted and never played in the NBA, opting to play professionally overseas.

East roster

[2] [3] [4]

No.NameHeightWeightPositionHometownHigh schoolCollege of Choice
2 Raymond Felton 6-1190 G Latta, SC, U.S. Latta North Carolina
4 JJ Redick 6-4195 G Roanoke, VA, U.S. Cave Spring Duke
12Elijah Ingram6-1165 G Jersey City, NJ, U.S. St. Anthony St. John's
20Jason Fraser6-10215 F Amityville, NY, U.S. Amityville Memorial Villanova
21 Torin Francis 6-10225 C Marion, MA, U.S. Tabor Academy Notre Dame
22 Carmelo Anthony 6-7210 F Mouth of Wilson, VA, U.S. Oak Hill Academy Syracuse
25 Travis Garrison 6-8235 F Hyattsville, MD, U.S. DeMatha Catholic Maryland
31 Eric Williams 6-9285 C Rolesville, NC, U.S. Rolesville Wake Forest
32 Amare Stoudemire [5] 6-10245 C Orlando, FL, U.S. Cypress Creek Undecided (Did not attend)
33 Rashad McCants 6-3195 G New Hampton, NH, U.S. New Hampton North Carolina
41 Sean May 6-8250 F Bloomington, IN, U.S. Bloomington North North Carolina
42 Shavlik Randolph 6-10215 F Raleigh, NC, U.S. Needham B. Broughton Duke

West roster

[2] [3] [4]

No.NameHeightWeightPositionHometownHigh schoolCollege of Choice
1 Chris Bosh 6-10205 F Dallas, TX, U.S. Lincoln Georgia Tech
4 Bracey Wright 6-3185 G The Colony, TX, U.S. The Colony Indiana
10 Anthony Roberson 6-3185 G Saginaw, MI, U.S. Saginaw Florida
11 Dee Brown 6-0185 G Maywood, IL, U.S. Proviso East Illinois
15 Sean Dockery 6-3190 G Chicago, IL, U.S. Julian Duke
21Evan Burns6-8220 F Los Angeles, CA, U.S. Fairfax UCLA [6]
22 Brad Buckman 6-9230 F Austin, TX, U.S. Westlake Texas
24 DeAngelo Collins 6-10225 F Inglewood, CA, U.S. Inglewood Undecided (Did not attend)
30 Daniel Horton 6-3190 G Cedar Hill, TX, U.S. Cedar Hill Michigan
44 Hassan Adams 6-4185 G Los Angeles, CA, U.S. Westchester Arizona
50Michael Thompson6-11255 C New Lenox, IL, U.S. Providence Catholic Duke
54 Paul Davis 6-11250 C Rochester, MI, U.S. Rochester Michigan State

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The East team was coached by:

The West team was coached by:

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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 30, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "The Next 48 are up" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 30, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2018. 2002 game and rosters at page 83.
  3. 1 2 "McDonald's All-American all-time rosters" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 27, 2018. Retrieved January 25, 2018. 2002 roster at page 9.
  4. 1 2 "25th McDonald's AA Game: Burns, Adams & Collins Named To West Team--(Feb. 27, 2002) Announced". SoCalHoops. February 27, 2002.
  5. ↑ The name was incorrectly spelled Amare by the media until the spelling was clarified to be Amar'e by Stoudemire in 2008.
  6. ↑ Deemed ineligible by the NCAA, Burns could not play for UCLA and chose to attend San Diego State instead. Henson, Steve (September 11, 2002). "UCLA Loses Fairfax's Burns". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved January 30, 2018.
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