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, continued to host the game annually until 2017. The rosters for the game were announced at 6:00 PM ET on January 29 on ESPNU. At the time of the announcement, 22 of the 24 players had committed to Division I basketball programs. Duke and Kentucky led the field with four commits each. 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.
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. 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.). Rashad Vaughn committed to UNLV on February 11, but Turner remained uncommitted at the time of the game. He committed to Texas 4 weeks after the game on April 30.
8 days before the game, Okafor was recognized as the Morgan Wootten Player of the Year. 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.
East Roster #NameHeightWeightPositionHometownHigh schoolCollege choice11Cliff Alexander6–9245PFChicago, IllinoisCurie Metropolitan High SchoolKansas35Myles Turner6–11250CBedford, TexasTrinity High School (Euless, Texas)Texas21Tyus Jones6–1195PGBurnsville, MinnesotaApple Valley High School (Minnesota)Duke32Karl-Anthony Towns7–0250PFMetuchen, New JerseySt. Joseph High School (Metuchen, New Jersey)Kentucky24James Blackmon, Jr.6–4200SGChicago, IllinoisMarion High School (Indiana)Indiana3D'Angelo Russell6–4193SGLouisville, KentuckyMontverde AcademyOhio State44Justin Jackson6–8220SFSpring, TexasHomeschoolNorth Carolina2Melo Trimble6–3195PGUpper Marlboro, MarylandBishop O'Connell High SchoolMaryland15Isaiah Whitehead6–4213SGBrooklyn, New YorkAbraham Lincoln High School (Brooklyn)Seton Hall1Theo Pinson6–5212SFGreensboro, North CarolinaWesleyan Christian AcademyNorth Carolina20Justise Winslow6–6222SFHouston, TexasSt. John's School (Texas)Duke5Kevon Looney6–9250PFMilwaukee, WisconsinAlexander Hamilton High School (Milwaukee)UCLA
West Roster #NameHeightWeightPositionHometownHigh schoolCollege choice22Jahlil Okafor6–11275CFort Smith, ArkansasWhitney Young High SchoolDuke0Emmanuel Mudiay6–5200PGKinshasa, Democratic Republic of the CongoGrace Preparatory AcademySMU5Stanley Johnson6–6245SGFullerton, CaliforniaMater Dei High School (Santa Ana, California)Arizona 41Trey Lyles6–9234SFSaskatoon, CanadaArsenal Technical High SchoolKentucky12Kelly Oubre Jr.6–6203SFFort Bend County, TexasFindlay College PrepKansas20Rashad Vaughn6–6210SFMinneapolis, MinnesotaFindlay College PrepUNLV11Joel Berry II6–0195PGApopka, FloridaLake Highland Preparatory SchoolNorth Carolina24Reid Travis6–8238PFMinneapolis, MinnesotaDeLaSalle High School (Minneapolis)Stanford3Tyler Ulis5–10150PGChicago Heights, IllinoisMarian Catholic High School (Illinois)Kentucky1Grayson Allen6–4200SGJacksonville, FloridaProvidence SchoolDuke2Devin Booker6–6205SGMoss Point, MississippiMoss Point High SchoolKentucky40Thomas Welsh7–0255CRedondo Beach, CaliforniaLoyola High SchoolUCLA
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. 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.
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