2000 McDonald's All-American Boys Game

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2000 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
West East
146 120
1st half2nd half Total
West 7472 146
East 6357 120
DateMarch 29, 2000
VenueFleetCenter, Boston, MA
MVPZach Randolph
Referees1
2
3
Attendance18,624
NetworkESPN
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The 2000 McDonald's All-American Boys Game was an All-star basketball game played on Wednesday, March 29, 2000 at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school boys graduating in 2000. The game was the 23rd annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game first played in 1978.

2000 game[edit]

The game was telecast live by ESPN. The venue was the FleetCenter, home of the Boston Celtics of the NBA. The game was characterized by the high efficiency of the West players: the team took advantage of the bigger players in the roster and scored many points in the paint. Center Zach Randolph was the MVP of the game with 23 points and 15 rebounds. Other players who starred were DeShawn Stevenson, the game top scorer with 25 points; Darius Miles with his 17 points; Andre Brown, another player who recorded a double-double with 20 points and 14 rebounds, like Gerald Wallace (15 pts/10 rebs); Andre Barrett, the agile 5-9 point guard, recorded 12 assists, the second best performance in the event history.[1][2][3] Of the 24 players, 13 went on to play at least 1 game in the NBA. Following their good performance in the All-American game both Miles and Stevenson decided to forgo college and declared for the 2000 NBA draft: Miles was the 3rd overall pick and Stevenson the 23rd.

East roster[edit]

[2][4][5]

No. Name Height Weight Position Hometown High school College of Choice
10 Omar Cook 6-1 190 G Middle Village, NY, U.S. Christ the King St. John's
11 Taliek Brown 6-1 185 G Queens, New York, U.S. St. John's Preparatory School Connecticut
12 Andre Barrett 5-9 165 G Manhattan, NY, U.S. Rice Seton Hall
20 Darius Rice 6-10 200 F Jackson, MS, U.S. Lanier Undecided[6]
21 Scott Hazelton 6-7 205 F Lawrence, MA, U.S. Central Catholic Connecticut
22 Jerome Harper 6-5 190 G Columbia, SC, U.S. W. J. Keenan Iowa State (Did not attend)[7]
24[8] Scooter Sherrill 6-3 180 G Mount Ulla, NC, U.S. West Rowan NC State
33 Eddie Griffin 6-9 205 F Philadelphia, PA, U.S. Roman Catholic Seton Hall
34 Mario Austin 6-8 255 C York, AL, U.S. Sumter County Mississippi State
42 Neil Fingleton 7-6 310 C Worcester, MA, U.S. Holy Name Central Catholic North Carolina
45 Gerald Wallace 6-7 210 F Childersburg, AL, U.S. Childersburg Alabama
55 Rolando Howell 6-9 220 C Hopkins, SC, U.S. Lower Richland South Carolina

West roster[edit]

[2][4][5]

No. Name Height Weight Position Hometown High school College of Choice
0 DeShawn Stevenson 6-5 210 G Fresno, CA, U.S. Washington Union Kansas (Did not attend)
13 Luke Ridnour 6-2 175 G Blaine, WA, U.S. Blaine Oregon
21 Darius Miles 6-8 212 G East St. Louis, IL, U.S. East St. Louis St. John's (Did not attend)
25 Chris Duhon 6-1 185 G Slidell, Louisiana, U.S. Salmen Duke
32 Marcus Taylor 6-4 200 G Lansing, MI, U.S. Waverly Michigan State
33 Brian Boddicker 6-9 230 C Duncanville, TX, U.S. Duncanville Texas
34 Alton Ford 6-10 265 C Houston, TX, U.S. Milby Houston
35 Jared Jeffries 6-10 215 F Bloomington, IN, U.S. North Indiana
41 Garner Meads 6-8 215 F Salt Lake City, UT, U.S. Brighton Undecided[9]
44 Andre Brown 6-9 185 F Chicago, IL, U.S. Leo DePaul
45 Travon Bryant 6-7 235 F Long Beach, CA, U.S. Jordan Undecided[10]
50 Zach Randolph 6-9 270 C Marion, IN, U.S. Marion Michigan State

Coaches[edit]

The East team was coached by:

The West team was coached by:

All-American Week[edit]

Contest winners[edit]

  • The 2000 Slam Dunk contest was won by DeShawn Stevenson.
  • The 2000 3-point shoot-out was won by Chris Duhon.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "A LOOK BACK AT THE McDONALD'S ALL AMERICAN GAMES SUPERSTARS AND UNFORGETTABLE MEMORIES FROM GAMES PAST" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 17, 2018. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "The Next 48 are up" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 30, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2018. 2000 game and rosters at page 81.
  3. ^ "H.S. BASKETBALL MCDONALD'S ALL AMERICA GAME AT BOSTON WEST". The Indianapolis Star. March 30, 2000. p. 28.
  4. ^ a b "McDonald's All-American all-time rosters" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 27, 2018. Retrieved January 25, 2018. 2000 roster at pages 8-9.
  5. ^ a b "2000 McDonald's(R) All American High School Basketball Team(R) Announced". PRNewswire. February 29, 2000. Archived from the original on February 1, 2018. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  6. ^ Committed later to Miami.
  7. ^ At the time of selection, Harper was committed to play for Cincinnati. The scholarship was revoked by Cincinnati after Harper was arrested. DeCourcy, Mike (March 1, 2000). "UC pulls offer to arrested recruit". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved January 31, 2018. Harper later committed to Iowa State but was unable to complete his GED and never played NCAA college basketball. Henry, Scott (August 7, 2013). "NCAA Basketball Recruiting: The Biggest Bust in Each Class of the Last Decade". Bleacher Report. Retrieved January 31, 2018. He attended Indian Hills Community College.
  8. ^ Sherrill had chosen number 23, but since that number was retired in honor of Michael Jordan, he switched to 24.
  9. ^ Committed later to Brigham Young.
  10. ^ Committed later to Missouri.

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