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.
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 RankNameHeight (ft-in)Weight (lbs)PositionHometownHigh schoolCollege 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 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 RankNameHeight (ft-in)Weight (lbs)PositionHometownHigh schoolCollege 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.
^undecided at the time of roster selection ~undecided at game time Reference
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