2014 McDonald's All-American Boys Game

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2014 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
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Jahlil Okafor (black uniform, right) and Justin Jackson (red uniform, left) being honored as co-MVPs
East West
102 105
1st half2nd halfTotal
East5151102
West5055105
DateApril 2, 2014 9:30 PM ET
Venue United Center, Chicago, Illinois
MVP Jahlil Okafor,
Justin Jackson
Referees Kenneth Moreland, Bryce Cann, Mark Maslona
Attendance17,116 [1]
Halftime show DJ R-Tistic
Network ESPN
Announcers Carter Blackburn, Jalen Rose, Jay Williams, & Quint Kessenich
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The 2014 McDonald's All-American Boys Game was an All-star basketball game that was played on April 2, 2014 at the United Center in Chicago, home of the Chicago Bulls. It was the 37th annual McDonald's All-American Game for high school boys. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited blue chip boys high school basketball players graduating in 2014. Chicago, which became the first city to host the game in back-to-back years in 2012, [2] continued to host the game annually until 2017. The rosters for the game were announced at 6:00 PM ET on January 29 on ESPNU. [3] At the time of the announcement, 22 of the 24 players had committed to Division I basketball programs. [4] Duke and Kentucky led the field with four commits each. [5] One of the game's major storylines was that local big men Jahlil Okafor (McDonald's Morgan Wootten Player of the Year) and Cliff Alexander (Naismith Player of the Year) opposed each other. [6]

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Rosters

The 2014–15 Duke Blue Devils (Tyus Jones, Justise Winslow, Okafor, and Grayson Allen) and 2014–15 Kentucky Wildcats (Karl-Anthony Towns, Trey Lyles, Tyler Ulis, and Devin Booker) shared the lead among committed players at the time of the original roster announcement on January 29. [4] Three hometown players (Okafor, Alexander and Tyler Ulis) were selected for the game. Texas led the way with five natives (Myles Turner, Emmanuel Mudiay, Justin Jackson, Justise Winslow, and Kelly Oubre Jr.). [4] [5] Rashad Vaughn committed to UNLV on February 11, but Turner remained uncommitted at the time of the game. [7] He committed to Texas 4 weeks after the game on April 30. [8]

8 days before the game, Okafor was recognized as the Morgan Wootten Player of the Year. [9] 2 days before the game, Grayson Allen won the slam dunk contest, James Blackmon, Jr. won the three-point contest and Tyus Jones won the skills competition. [10]

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Justin Jackson won the Jack Daly Award for sportsmanship
20140402 MCDAAG Jahlil Okafor game-winning dunk (2).JPG
Jahlil Okafor made this dunk to give the west a 103–102 lead with less than 40 seconds left in this 105–102 victory.

East Roster

#NameHeightWeightPositionHometownHigh schoolCollege choice
11 Cliff Alexander 6–9245PF Chicago, Illinois Curie Metropolitan High School Kansas
35 Myles Turner 6–11250C Bedford, Texas Trinity High School (Euless, Texas) Texas
21 Tyus Jones 6–1195PG Burnsville, Minnesota Apple Valley High School (Minnesota) Duke
32 Karl-Anthony Towns 7–0250PF Metuchen, New Jersey St. Joseph High School (Metuchen, New Jersey) Kentucky
24 James Blackmon, Jr. 6–4200SGChicago, Illinois Marion High School (Indiana) Indiana
3 D'Angelo Russell 6–4193SG Louisville, Kentucky Montverde Academy Ohio State
44 Justin Jackson 6–8220SF Spring, Texas Homeschool North Carolina
2 Melo Trimble 6–3195PG Upper Marlboro, Maryland Bishop O'Connell High School Maryland
15 Isaiah Whitehead 6–4213SG Brooklyn, New York Abraham Lincoln High School (Brooklyn) Seton Hall
1 Theo Pinson 6–5212SF Greensboro, North Carolina Wesleyan Christian Academy North Carolina
20 Justise Winslow 6–6222SF Houston, Texas St. John's School (Texas) Duke
5 Kevon Looney 6–9250PF Milwaukee, Wisconsin Alexander Hamilton High School (Milwaukee) UCLA

West Roster

#NameHeightWeightPositionHometownHigh schoolCollege choice
22 Jahlil Okafor 6–11275C Fort Smith, Arkansas Whitney Young High SchoolDuke
0 Emmanuel Mudiay 6–5200PG Kinshasa,Democratic Republic of the Congo Grace Preparatory Academy SMU
5 Stanley Johnson 6–6245SG Fullerton, California Mater Dei High School (Santa Ana, California) Arizona
41 Trey Lyles 6–9234SF Saskatoon, Canada Arsenal Technical High School Kentucky
12 Kelly Oubre Jr. 6–6203SF Fort Bend County, Texas Findlay College Prep Kansas
20 Rashad Vaughn 6–6210SF Minneapolis, Minnesota Findlay College Prep UNLV
11 Joel Berry II 6–0195PG Apopka, Florida Lake Highland Preparatory School North Carolina
24 Reid Travis 6–8238PFMinneapolis, Minnesota DeLaSalle High School (Minneapolis) Stanford
3 Tyler Ulis 5–10150PG Chicago Heights, Illinois Marian Catholic High School (Illinois) Kentucky
1 Grayson Allen 6–4200SG Jacksonville, Florida Providence School Duke
2 Devin Booker 6–6205SG Moss Point, Mississippi Moss Point High School Kentucky
40 Thomas Welsh 7–0255C Redondo Beach, California Loyola High School UCLA

Coaches

Frank Allocco (West Head Coach) Brian Sullivan (West Assistant Coach) Mark Noack (West Assistant Coach)

Lou Wilson (East Head Coach) Dale DeBerry (East Assistant Coach) Hank Lloyd (East Assistant Coach)

Results

The West defeated the East by a 105–102 score. [1] Okafor and Justin Jackson earned co-MVP of the game after posting 17 points and 7 rebounds and 23 points and 5 rebounds, for their respective West and East teams. [11] [12]

April 2, 2014
08:30
East102–105West
Scoring by half: 51–50, 51–55
Pts: Justin Jackson 23
Rebs: Cliff Alexander/Kevon Looney 11
Asts: Tyus Jones 10		Pts: Jahlil Okafor 17
Rebs: Trey Lyles 8
Asts: Emmanuel Mudiay 6
United Center, Chicago, IL
Referees: Kenneth Moreland, Bryce Cann, Mark Maslona

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics" (PDF). McDonald's All-American. April 2, 2014. Archived from the original on May 13, 2014. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Chicago to Host McDonald's All-American Again in 2012". SLAM Magazine . October 24, 2012. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  3. ↑ "McDonald's Announces Player Nominations, Ticket Sales For 2014 McDonald's All American Games: Tickets available January 11; Final Team rosters unveiled January 29". MarketWatch . PR Newswire. January 7, 2014. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 Borzello, Jeff (January 29, 2013). "Players announced for McDonald's All-American Game". CBS Sports . Retrieved January 29, 2013.
  5. 1 2 "Final Rosters Unveiled For The 2014 McDonald's All American Games: 48 Players Join the Ranks of Basketball's Elite with Selection to 2014 Team". PR Newswire. January 29, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
  6. ↑ Finkelstein, Adam (January 30, 2013). "Jahlil Okafor tops McDonald's West". ESPN . Retrieved February 17, 2013.
  7. ↑ Rankin, Reggie (February 11, 2014). "Rashad Vaughn commits to UNLV". ESPN . Retrieved February 12, 2014.
  8. ↑ Biancardi, Paul (April 30, 2014). "Myles Turner chooses Texas". ESPN . Retrieved April 30, 2014.
  9. ↑ Helfgot, Mike (March 25, 2014). "Young's Okafor named national player of year". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved March 25, 2014.
  10. ↑ Helfgot, Mike (March 31, 2014). "Alexander on Kansas: 'I wouldn't mind staying two years'". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved April 2, 2014.
  11. ↑ Johnson, Raphielle (April 3, 2014). "Jahlil Okafor, West team outlast East in McDonald's All-America Game". NBC Sports . Retrieved April 3, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Co-MVP Jahlil Okafor leads West". ESPN. Associated Press. April 3, 2014. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
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