1996 McDonald's All-American Boys Game

The 1996 McDonald's All-American Boys Game was an All-star basketball game played on Sunday, March 31, 1996 at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school boys graduating in 1996. The game was the 19th annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game first played in 1978.

1996 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
1st Half2nd Half Total
East 5565 120
West 5550 105
DateMarch 31, 1996
ArenaPittsburgh Civic Arena
CityPittsburgh, PA
MVP/MOPShaheen Holloway
Officials1 Tom Lopes
2 Jackie Loube
3 John Pugh
Attendance13,411
NetworkCBS
McDonald’s All-American
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1996 game

The game was telecast live by CBS. Ronnie Fields did not play, having suffered an injury in February 1996 that forced him to stay away from the basketball court for a long time. Charles Hathaway was also unable to play. Shaheen Holloway, who was the starting point guard for the East, won the MVP award with 7 points, 8 assists and 6 steals; other players who starred were guard Kobe Bryant (13 points/3 assists), center Vassil Evtimov (the only one to record a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds) and bench players Stephen Jackson (East) and Winfred Walton (West) who were the top scorers of the game, tied at 21 points.[1] Of the 22 All-Americans, 12 did not play in the NBA, while 2 were drafted out of high school in the 1996 NBA Draft: Kobe Bryant (13th overall pick) and Jermaine O'Neal (17th overall pick). Only Ronnie Fields did not play a single game in the NCAA or the NBA.

East roster

[2]

No. Name Height Weight Position Hometown High school College of Choice
3Tim Thomas6-9240FPaterson, NJ, U.S.Paterson CatholicVillanova
5Stephen Jackson6-7220FMouth of Wilson, VA, U.S.Oak Hill AcademyArizona[3]
6Jermaine O'Neal6-10235CColumbia, SC, U.S.Eau ClaireUndecided (Did not attend)
10Shaheen Holloway5-10171GElizabeth, NJ, U.S.St. Patrick'sSeton Hall
15Willie Dersch6-5197GQueens, NY, U.S.Holy CrossVirginia
21Ed Cota6-1177GOakdale, CT, U.S.St. Thomas MoreNorth Carolina
30Richard Hamilton6-6190GCoatesville, PA, U.S.CoatesvilleConnecticut
32Nate James6-6195FFrederick, MD,[4] U.S.St. John's at Prospect HallDuke
33Kobe Bryant6-6200GArdmore, PA, U.S.Lower MerionUndecided (Did not attend)
54Vassil Evtimov6-9235F / CLong Island, NY, U.S.[5]Long Island LutheranNorth Carolina
N/ACharles Hathaway6-10250CNashville, TN, U.S.HillwoodTennessee

West roster

[2]

No. Name Height Weight Position Hometown High school College of Choice
4Glendon Alexander6-4215GCarrollton, TX, U.S.Newman SmithArkansas
5Corey Benjamin6-6200GFontana, CA, U.S.FontanaOregon State
10Mike Bibby6-2190GPhoenix, AZ, U.S.Shadow MountainArizona
24Mateen Cleaves6-2205GFlint, MI, U.S.Flint NorthernMichigan State
32Mike Robinson6-6210G / FPeoria, IL, U.S.RichwoodsPurdue
33Loren Woods7-1245CSt. Louis, MO, U.S.Cardinal RitterWake Forest
34Winfred Walton6-9240FDetroit, MI, U.S.PershingSyracuse[6]
40Jason Collier7-0260CSpringfield, OH, U.S.Catholic CentralIndiana
50Lester Earl6-9240FBaton Rouge, LA, U.S.Glen OaksLSU
52Jerald Brown6-7225FHouston, TX, U.S.AldineTexas A&M
N/ARonnie Fields6-3198GChicago, IL, U.S.Farragut AcademyDePaul (Did not attend)

Coaches

The East team was coached by:

The West team was coached by:

All-American Week

Contest winners
  • The 1996 Slam Dunk contest was won by Lester Earl.
  • The 1996 3-point shoot-out was won by Nate James.

References
  1. A LOOK BACK AT THE McDONALD’S ALL AMERICAN® GAMES SUPERSTARS AND UNFORGETTABLE MEMORIES FROM GAMES PAST
  2. "McDonald's All-American all-time rosters" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-01-25. 1996 roster at page 7.
  3. Since he was declared academically ineligible to play in the NCAA, he attended Butler Community College instead. Spander, Art (May 7, 2007). "Fiery Jackson tries to do burn control". Oakland Tribune. Archived from the original on May 14, 2007.
  4. Born in Washington, D.C. but attended high school in Maryland.
  5. Born in Sofia, Bulgarian national.
  6. He did not attend Syracuse because he was ruled academically ineligible due to poor grades, and played one year at Fresno State in 1998. Prized Syracuse Recruit Won't Play, The New York Times, November 13, 1996.
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