The 2015 McDonald's All-American Boys Game was an All-starbasketball game that was played on April 1, 2015, at the United Center in Chicago, home of the Chicago Bulls. It was the 38th annual McDonald's All-American Game for high school boys. The game's rosters features the best and most highly recruited blue chip boys high school basketball players graduating in 2015. Chicago, which became the first city to host the game in back-to-back years in 2012,[1] continues to host the game annually for the fifth consecutive time.[2][3] When the rosters for the game were announced on January 28, 15 of the 24 players had committed to Division I basketball programs; Duke and LSU led the field with two commits each.[4]
On March 10, 2015, Ben Simmons was named the Morgan Wootten Award winner, regarded as the McDonald's All-American national player of the year award. In the game, the East team—led by MVP Cheick Diallo's 18 points and 10 rebounds—defeated the West team by a 111–91 margin. In the associated Jam Fest, Dwayne Bacon, Luke Kennard and Jalen Brunson won the slam dunk contest, three-point shooting contest and skills competition, respectively.
Rosters
2015 All-American Boys game coaches Bruce Kelley (left) and Robert Smith (right) during the March 29 closed practice
At the time of the roster announcement the 24 players included 22 of the top 25 players according to the 2015 ESPN 100.[4] The two highest rated players (Ben Simmons and Jaylen Brown) were both named to the East team.[4][5] The West team roster was highlighted by Malik Newman.[3] Based on ratings at ESPN.com, the highest rated eligible player not invited was number 18 ranked Texas A&M signee Tyler Davis.[4] However, according to 247Sports.com's composite ranking, the highest rated non-invitee was 15th-ranked Arizona signee Ray Smith.[5] Nine uncommitted players at the time of the roster announcement was regarded as a high total and was higher than the total of two the year before.[4][5] Kentucky signee Skal Labissière (number 3 at ESPN and number 5 at 247Sports.com) was not eligible due to his athletic ineligibility after transferring.[4][5] As of gametime, 8 players remained undecided on their college affiliations.[6] 5 of the players were scheduled to begin play in the Dick's Sporting Goods High School Nationals the following day.[7]
On March 10, 2015, Simmons was named the Morgan Wootten Award winner, given annually to the best male McDonald's All-American player who exemplifies outstanding character, exhibits leadership and embodies the values of being a student-athlete in the classroom and in the community. In doing so, he joined Austin Rivers (2011) as the only Florida high schoolers to win the award.[8] In the week prior to the game Diamond Stone committed to Maryland.[9] Also, Jaylen Brown made news that week for a stop sign violation, but his participation in the game was not in jeopardy.[10]Henry Ellenson endured a broken hand on March 20 in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 2 semifinals,[11] and he did not play in the McDonald's All-American game.[12][13]
Luke Kennard won the Jack Daly Award for sportsmanship
Following the game, Thomas Bryant committed to Indiana on April 4.[18][19] On April 10, Caleb Swanigan committed to Michigan State (joining Davis).[20] Ivan Rabb committed to California on April 13.[21] Zimmerman committed to UNLV on April 16.[22] Newman committed to Mississippi State on April 24.[23] North Carolina native, Brandon Ingram, who had risen to #3 overall in the ESPN 100 prior to his announcement, selected Duke (joining Kennard and Jeter) on April 27.[24] The following day, Diallo committed to Kansas (joining Bragg).[25]Jaylen Brown committed to California (joining Rabb) on May 1.[26] On May 7, Swaningan decommitted from Michigan State.[27] Then on May 19, he committed to Purdue.[28]
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The McDonald's All American Game is the all-star basketball game played each year for American and Canadian boys' and girls' high school basketball graduates. Consisting of the top players, each team plays a single exhibition game after the conclusion of the high-school basketball season, in an East vs. West format. As part of the annual event, boys and girls compete in a slam dunk contest and a three-point shooting competition, and compete alongside All-American Game alumni in a timed team shootout. The last of these competitions replaced separate overall timed skills competitions for boys and girls. While it is rare for girls to compete in the slam dunk contest, occasionally a girl will elect to participate. The contest has been won by a girl three times: Candace Parker won in 2004, Fran Belibi in 2019, and most recently in 2022 by Ashlyn Watkins. The boys' game has been contested annually since 1978, and the girls game has been played each year since it was added in 2002.
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