2018 McDonald's All-American Boys Game

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2018 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
East West
128 131
1st half2nd halfTotal
East6365128
West5477131
DateMarch 28, 2018
Venue Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia
MVP Nassir Little
Referees Patrick Rock, Jody Cantrell, Greg Norton
Attendance11,249
Network ESPN2
McDonald's All-American
  2017
2019  

The 2018 McDonald's All-American Boys Game was an All-star basketball game that was played on Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, home of the Atlanta Hawks. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school boys graduating in 2018. The game is the 41st annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game first played in 1977.

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The 24 players were selected from 2,500 nominees by a committee of basketball experts. They were chosen not only for their on-court skills but for their performances off the court as well. Coach Morgan Wootten, who had more than 1,200 wins as head basketball coach at DeMatha Catholic High School, was chairman of the selection committee.

Rosters

When the rosters were announced on January 16, 2018, Duke, Kansas and Kentucky had three selectees, while Oregon, North Carolina, and Vanderbilt each had two. At the announcement of roster selections, only 10 schools were represented and had 6 players uncommitted. On Jan. 20, Zion Williamson committed to Duke, giving them four selections which gave them most of any school. On Jan. 22, Moses Brown committed to UCLA which brought the total number of schools to 11. John Mirabello (Northwest Catholic High School, West Hartford, Conn.) and Brad Lauwers (A.J. Dimond High School, Anchorage, Alaska) coached the East and West teams, respectively.

Team East

ESPN
100
Rank
NameHeight (ft-in)Weight (lbs)PositionHometownHigh schoolCollege choice
1 RJ Barrett 6-7200SF Mississauga, Ontario Montverde Academy Duke
17 Moses Brown 7-1241C Briarwood, Queens Archbishop Molloy High School UCLA
11 Darius Garland 6-2175PG Brentwood, Tennessee Brentwood Academy Vanderbilt
21 Louis King 6-7204SF Columbus, New Jersey Hudson Catholic High School Oregon
5 Romeo Langford 6-4195SG New Albany, Indiana New Albany High School Indiana
33 David McCormack 6-10255C Norfolk, Virginia Oak Hill Academy Kansas
31 E. J. Montgomery 6-10215PF Marietta, Georgia Joseph Wheeler High School Kentucky
12 Immanuel Quickley 6-3180PG Havre de Grace, Maryland The John Carroll School Kentucky
18 Naz Reid 6-10240PF Asbury Park, New Jersey Roselle Catholic High School LSU
15 Jalen Smith 6-9195PF Baltimore, Maryland Mount Saint Joseph High School Maryland
25 Coby White 6-4165PG Goldsboro, North Carolina Greenfield High School North Carolina
2 Zion Williamson 6-6272PF Spartanburg, South Carolina Spartanburg Day School Duke

Team West

ESPN
100
Rank
NameHeight (ft-in)Weight (lbs)PositionHometownHigh schoolCollege choice
9 Darius Bazley 6-8195PF Cincinnati, Ohio Princeton High School (Ohio) Syracuse
4 Bol Bol 7-2220C Henderson, Nevada Findlay Prep Oregon
30 Jordan Brown 6-10205C Napa, California Prolific Prep Nevada
24 Devon Dotson 6-2175PG Charlotte, North Carolina Providence Day School Kansas
13 Quentin Grimes 6-4204SG The Woodlands, Texas The Woodlands College Park High School Kansas
7 Keldon Johnson 6-5205SF South Hill, Virginia Oak Hill AcademyKentucky
10 Tre Jones 6-2183PG Apple Valley, Minnesota Apple Valley High School Duke
14 Nassir Little 6-7215SF Orange Park, Florida Orlando Christian Prep North Carolina
16 Reggie Perry 6-8239PF Thomasville, Georgia Thomasville High School Mississippi State
23 Jahvon Quinerly 6-1160PG Hackensack, New Jersey Hudson Catholic High School Villanova
3 Cam Reddish 6-8203SF Norristown, Pennsylvania Westtown School Duke
6 Simisola Shittu 6-9220PF Burlington, Ontario Vermont Academy Vanderbilt

† On March 29, Darius Bazley withdrew from his commitment to Syracuse in order to compete in the NBA G League (via entering his name in the 2018 NBA G League Draft) to prepare for the 2019 NBA draft. [1]

^undecided at the time of roster selection
~undecided at game time

Reference [2]

Box Score

March 28, 2018
07:00 pm ET
East128131West
Scoring by half:63–54, 65–77
Pts: RJ Barrett (26)
Rebs: Naz Reid (11)
Asts: Darius Garland (11)
Pts: Zion Williamson (28)
Rebs: Jordan Brown (8)
Asts: Cam Reddish (9)

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References

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  2. "McDonald's 41st All American Game".