2018 McDonald's All-American Boys Game

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.

2018 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
1st Half2nd Half Total
East 6365 128
West 5477 131
DateMarch 28, 2018
ArenaPhilips Arena
CityAtlanta, Georgia
MVP/MOPNassir Little
OfficialsPatrick Rock, Jody Cantrell, Greg Norton
Attendance11,249
NetworkESPN2
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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 both had three selectees, while Oregon, Kentucky, 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		 Name Height (ft-in) Weight (lbs) Position Hometown High school College choice
1 RJ Barrett 6-7 200 SF Mississauga, Ontario Montverde Academy Duke
17 Moses Brown 7-1 241 C Briarwood, Queens Archbishop Molloy High School UCLA
11 Darius Garland 6-2 175 PG Brentwood, Tennessee Brentwood Academy Vanderbilt
21 Louis King 6-7 204 SF Columbus, New Jersey Hudson Catholic High School Oregon
5 Romeo Langford 6-4 195 SG New Albany, Indiana New Albany High School Indiana
33 David McCormack 6-10 255 C Norfolk, Virginia Oak Hill Academy Kansas
31 E. J. Montgomery 6-10 215 PF Marietta, Georgia Joseph Wheeler High School Kentucky
12 Immanuel Quickley 6-3 180 PG Havre de Grace, Maryland The John Carroll School Kentucky
18 Naz Reid 6-10 240 PF Asbury Park, New Jersey Roselle Catholic High School LSU
15 Jalen Smith 6-9 195 PF Baltimore, Maryland Mount Saint Joseph High School Maryland
25 Coby White 6-4 165 PG Goldsboro, North Carolina Greenfield High School North Carolina
2 Zion Williamson 6-6 272 PF Spartanburg, South Carolina Spartanburg Day School Duke

Team West
ESPN
100
Rank		 Name Height (ft-in) Weight (lbs) Position Hometown High school College choice
9 Darius Bazley 6-8 195 PF Cincinnati, Ohio Princeton High School (Ohio) Syracuse†
4 Bol Bol 7-2 220 C Henderson, Nevada Findlay Prep Oregon
30 Jordan Brown 6-10 205 C Napa, California Prolific Prep Nevada
24 Devon Dotson 6-2 175 PG Charlotte, North Carolina Providence Day School Kansas
13 Quentin Grimes 6-4 204 SG The Woodlands, Texas The Woodlands College Park High School Kansas
7 Keldon Johnson 6-5 205 SF South Hill, Virginia Oak Hill Academy Kentucky
10 Tre Jones 6-2 183 PG Apple Valley, Minnesota Apple Valley High School Duke
14 Nassir Little 6-7 215 SF Orange Park, Florida Orlando Christian Prep North Carolina
16 Reggie Perry 6-8 239 PF Thomasville, Georgia Thomasville High School Mississippi State
23 Jahvon Quinerly 6-1 160 PG Hackensack, New Jersey Hudson Catholic High School Villanova
3 Cam Reddish 6-8 203 SF Norristown, Pennsylvania Westtown School Duke
6 Simisola Shittu 6-9 220 PF 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
East 128–131 West
Scoring by half: 63–54, 65–77
Pts: RJ Barrett (26)
Rebs: Naz Reid (11)
Asts: Darius Garland (11)		 Pts: Nassir Little (28)
Rebs: Jordan Brown (8)
Asts: Cam Reddish (9)

References
  1. "Syracuse commit Darius Bazley to jump to G League". Yahoo!. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  2. "McDonald's 41st All American Game".
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