2014 McDonald's All-American Boys Game

2014 McDonald's All-American Boys Game

Jahlil Okafor (black uniform) and Justin Jackson (red uniform) being honored as co-MVPs
East West 102 105
1st half 2nd half Total East 51 51 102 West 50 55 105
Date	April 2, 2014 9:30 PM ET
Venue	United Center, Chicago, Illinois
MVP	Jahlil Okafor, Justin Jackson
Referees	Kenneth Moreland, Bryce Cann, Mark Maslona
Attendance	17,116[1]
Halftime show	DJ R-Tistic
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Carter Blackburn, Jalen Rose, Jay Williams, & Quint Kessenich
McDonald's All-American

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] will continue to host the game annually at least until 2015.[3] The rosters for the game were announced at 6:00 PM ET on January 29 on ESPNU.[4] At the time of the announcement 22 of the 24 players had committed to Division I basketball programs.[5] Duke and Kentucky led the field with four commits each.[6] 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.[7]

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.[5] 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.).[5][6] Rashad Vaughn committed to UNLV on February 11, but Turner remained uncommitted at the time of the game.[8] He committed to Texas 4 weeks after the game on April 30.[9]

8 days before the game, Okafor was recognized as the Morgan Wootten Player of the Year.[10] 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.[11]

Justin Jackson won the Jack Daly Award for sportsmanship

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

#	Name	Height	Weight	Position	Hometown	High school	College choice
11	Cliff Alexander	6–9	245	PF	Chicago, Illinois	Curie Metropolitan High School	Kansas
35	Myles Turner	6–11	250	C	Bedford, Texas	Trinity High School (Euless, Texas)	Texas
21	Tyus Jones	6–1	195	PG	Burnsville, Minnesota	Apple Valley High School (Minnesota)	Duke
32	Karl-Anthony Towns	7–0	250	PF	Metuchen, New Jersey	St. Joseph High School (Metuchen, New Jersey)	Kentucky
24	James Blackmon, Jr.	6–4	200	SG	Chicago, Illinois	Marion High School (Indiana)	Indiana
3	D'Angelo Russell	6–4	193	SG	Louisville, Kentucky	Montverde Academy	Ohio State
44	Justin Jackson	6–8	220	SF	Spring, Texas	Homeschool	North Carolina
2	Melo Trimble	6–3	195	PG	Upper Marlboro, Maryland	Bishop O'Connell High School	Maryland
15	Isaiah Whitehead	6–4	213	SG	Brooklyn, New York	Abraham Lincoln High School (Brooklyn)	Seton Hall
1	Theo Pinson	6–5	212	SF	Greensboro, North Carolina	Wesleyan Christian Academy	North Carolina
20	Justise Winslow	6–6	222	SF	Houston, Texas	St. John's School (Texas)	Duke
5	Kevon Looney	6–9	250	PF	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Alexander Hamilton High School (Milwaukee)	UCLA

Cliff Alexander

D'Angelo Russell

Kevon Looney

Justin Jackson

Isaiah Whitehead

Karl-Anthony Towns

Theo Pinson

Melo Trimble

Tyus Jones

Justise Winslow

James Blackmon, Jr.

Myles Turner

West Roster

#	Name	Height	Weight	Position	Hometown	High school	College choice
22	Jahlil Okafor	6–11	275	C	Fort Smith, Arkansas	Whitney Young High School	Duke
0	Emmanuel Mudiay	6–5	200	PG	Kinshasa,Democratic Republic of the Congo	Grace Preparatory Academy	SMU
5	Stanley Johnson	6–6	245	SG	Fullerton, California	Mater Dei High School (Santa Ana, California)	Arizona
41	Trey Lyles	6–9	234	SF	Saskatoon, Canada	Arsenal Technical High School	Kentucky
12	Kelly Oubre Jr.	6–6	203	SF	Fort Bend County, Texas	Findlay College Prep	Kansas
20	Rashad Vaughn	6–6	210	SF	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Findlay College Prep	UNLV
11	Joel Berry II	6–0	195	PG	Apopka, Florida	Lake Highland Preparatory School	North Carolina
24	Reid Travis	6–8	238	PF	Minneapolis, Minnesota	DeLaSalle High School (Minneapolis)	Stanford
3	Tyler Ulis	5–10	150	PG	Chicago Heights, Illinois	Marian Catholic High School (Illinois)	Kentucky
1	Grayson Allen	6–4	200	SG	Jacksonville, Florida	Providence School	Duke
2	Devin Booker	6–6	205	SG	Moss Point, Mississippi	Moss Point High School	Kentucky
40	Thomas Welsh	7–0	255	C	Redondo Beach, California	Loyola High School	UCLA

Jahlil Okafor

Emmanuel Mudiay

Stanley Johnson

Grayson Allen

Trey Lyles

Kelly Oubre Jr.

Thomas Welsh

Joel Berry II

Rashad Vaughn

Devin Booker

Tyler Ulis

Reid Travis

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.[12][13]

ESPN

April 2, 2014 08:30

boxscore

East	102–105	West
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. "Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics" (PDF). McDonald's All-American. April 2, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) 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. Jordan, Jason (October 24, 2012). "McDonald's All American Games to stay in Chicago". USA Today. Archived from the original on April 12, 2013. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
4. "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.
5. Borzello, Jeff (January 29, 2013). "Players announced for McDonald's All-American Game". CBS Sports. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
6. "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.
7. Finkelstein, Adam (January 30, 2013). "Jahlil Okafor tops McDonald's West". ESPN. Retrieved February 17, 2013.
8. Rankin, Reggie (February 11, 2014). "Rashad Vaughn commits to UNLV". ESPN. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
9. Biancardi, Paul (April 30, 2014). "Myles Turner chooses Texas". ESPN. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
10. Helfgot, Mike (March 25, 2014). "Young's Okafor named national player of year". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
11. Helfgot, Mike (March 31, 2014). "Alexander on Kansas: 'I wouldn't mind staying two years'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
12. Johnson, Raphielle (April 3, 2014). "Jahlil Okafor, West team outlast East in McDonald's All-America Game". NBC Sports. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
13. "Co-MVP Jahlil Okafor leads West". ESPN. Associated Press. April 3, 2014. Retrieved April 3, 2014.

External links

• Media related to 2014 McDonald's All-American Boys Game at Wikimedia Commons
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