The 2002 McDonald's All-American Boys Game was an All-star basketball game played on Thursday, April 4, 2002 at the Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school boys graduating in 2002. The game was the 25th annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game first played in 1978.

2002 game The game was telecast live by ESPN. For the 25th game, McDonald's chose a prestigious venue: the Madison Square Garden. 2002 was also the inaugural year of the McDonald's Girls game. The East team was led by JJ Redick, who earned the MVP award by scoring 26 points, which included 5 3-point shots made. Other players who starred were Carmelo Anthony, who entertained the crowd with several dunks and scored 19 points; Rashad McCants, who scored 22 points; Bracey Wright, who recorded a double double with 16 points and 11 rebounds; and Chris Bosh, who had 14 points and 7 rebounds. 2002 game and rosters at page 83. Of the 24 players, 13 went on to play at least 1 game in the NBA. Two players declared their eligibility for the 2002 NBA draft: DeAngelo Collins and Amar'e Stoudemire. Stoudemire was selected with the 9th overall pick by the Phoenix Suns, while Collins, who was by far the oldest player in the All-American game at almost 22 years of age, went undrafted and never played in the NBA, opting to play professionally overseas.

East roster 2002 roster at page 9. No.NameHeightWeightPositionHometownHigh schoolCollege of Choice 2 Raymond Felton 6-1 190 G Latta, SC, U.S. Latta North Carolina 4 JJ Redick 6-4 195 G Roanoke, VA, U.S. Cave Spring Duke 12 Elijah Ingram 6-1 165 G Jersey City, NJ, U.S. St. Anthony St. John's 20 Jason Fraser 6-10 215 F Amityville, NY, U.S. Amityville Memorial Villanova 21 Torin Francis 6-10 225 C Marion, MA, U.S. Tabor Academy Notre Dame 22 Carmelo Anthony 6-7 210 F Mouth of Wilson, VA, U.S. Oak Hill Academy Syracuse 25 Travis Garrison 6-8 235 F Hyattsville, MD, U.S. DeMatha Catholic Maryland 31 Eric Williams 6-9 285 C Rolesville, NC, U.S. Rolesville Wake Forest 32 Amare StoudemireThe name was incorrectly spelled Amare by the media until the spelling was clarified to be Amar'e by Stoudemire in 2008. 6-10245 C Orlando, FL, U.S. Cypress Creek Undecided (Did not attend) 33 Rashad McCants 6-3 195 G New Hampton, NH, U.S. New Hampton North Carolina 41 Sean May 6-8 250 F Bloomington, IN, U.S. Bloomington North North Carolina 42 Shavlik Randolph 6-10 215 F Raleigh, NC, U.S. Needham B. Broughton Duke

West roster

No.NameHeightWeightPositionHometownHigh schoolCollege of Choice 1 Chris Bosh 6-10 205 F Dallas, TX, U.S. Lincoln Georgia Tech 4 Bracey Wright 6-3 185 G The Colony, TX, U.S. The Colony Indiana 10 Anthony Roberson 6-3 185 G Saginaw, MI, U.S. Saginaw Florida 11 Dee Brown 6-0 185 G Maywood, IL, U.S. Proviso East Illinois 15 Sean Dockery 6-3 190 G Chicago, IL, U.S. Julian Duke 21 Evan Burns 6-8 220 F Los Angeles, CA, U.S. Fairfax UCLADeemed ineligible by the NCAA, Burns could not play for UCLA and chose to attend San Diego State instead. 22 Bradley Buckman 6-9 230 F Austin, TX, U.S. Westlake Texas 24 DeAngelo Collins 6-10 225 F Inglewood, CA, U.S. Inglewood Undecided (Did not attend) 30 Daniel Horton 6-3 190 G Cedar Hill, TX, U.S. Cedar Hill Michigan 44 Hassan Adams 6-4 185 G Los Angeles, CA, U.S. Westchester Arizona 50 Michael Thompson 6-11 255 C New Lenox, IL, U.S. Providence Catholic Duke 54 Paul Davis 6-11250 C Rochester, MI, U.S. Rochester Michigan State

Coaches The East team was coached by: Head Coach Bob Farrell of Seton Hall Preparatory School (West Orange, New Jersey) Asst Coach T.J. Whitaker of Seton Hall Preparatory School (West Orange, New Jersey)

The West team was coached by: Head Coach Gary McKnight of Mater Dei High School (Santa Ana, California) Asst Coach David Taylor of Mater Dei High School (Santa Ana, California)

All-American Week

Contest winners The 2002 Slam Dunk contest was won by Carmelo Anthony. The 2002 3-point shoot-out was won by JJ Redick.

References

External links McDonald's All-American on the web McDonald's All-American all-time rosters McDonald's All-American rosters at Basketball-Reference.com Game stats at Realgm.com