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 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. 2000 game and rosters at page 81. 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 2000 roster at pages 8-9. No.NameHeightWeightPositionHometownHigh schoolCollege 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 UndecidedCommitted later to Miami. 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)At the time of selection, Harper was committed to play for Cincinnati. The scholarship was revoked by Cincinnati after Harper was arrested. Harper later committed to Iowa State but was unable to complete his GED and never played NCAA college basketball. He attended Indian Hills Community College. 24Sherrill had chosen number 23, but since that number was retired in honor of Michael Jordan, he switched to 24. 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

No.NameHeightWeightPositionHometownHigh schoolCollege 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 UndecidedCommitted later to Brigham Young. 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 UndecidedCommitted later to Missouri. 50 Zach Randolph 6-9 270 C Marion, IN, U.S. Marion Michigan State

Coaches The East team was coached by: Head Coach William Loughnane of South Boston High School (Boston, Massachusetts) Asst Coach Mike Rubin of East Boston High School (Boston, Massachusetts)

The West team was coached by: Head Coach Rick Sherley of Alief Hastings High School (Alief, Texas) Asst Coach Mike Smallwood of Alief Hastings High School (Alief, Texas)

All-American Week

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

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