The 2024 McDonald's All-American Boys Game was an all-star basketball game played on April 2, 2024, at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school boys graduating in the class of 2024. The game was the 47th annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game first played in 1977. The 24 players were selected from over 700 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.
Rosters The roster was announced on January 23, 2024. Alabama, Duke, Arkansas, North Carolina and Rutgers each had the most selections with two. At the announcement of the roster selections 16 schools were represented, while Karter Knox, Bryson Tucker and Derik Queen were uncommitted. Trent Perry was committed to USC at the time of the selection of the team but decommitted before the game was played when the school parted ways with their coach. East forward Liam McNeeley also decommitted from Indiana before the game started, but was committed to Indiana when the roster was announced. He later committed to UConn. After the game was played Boogie Fland and Karter Knox announced their decommittment from Kentucky and announced they would follow head coach John Calipari to Arkansas. Jayden Quaintance decommitted from Kentucky as well and announced on April 29 that he would instead sign with Arizona State.
Team East ESPN 100 Rank Name Height(ft–in) Weight(lb) Position Hometown High school College choice6Jalil Bethea 6–4175GPhiladelphia, PAArchbishop Wood High SchoolMiami (FL)38John Bol 7–1210CSaint Louis, MOOvertime Elite AcademyOle Miss7Isaiah Evans 6–7195FHuntersville, NCNorth Mecklenburg High SchoolDuke1Cooper Flagg 6–9200FNewport, MEMonteverde AcademyDuke15Boogie Fland 6–2175GWhite Plains, NYArchbishop Stepinac High SchoolArkansas‡16Ian Jackson 6–4180FBronx, NYOur Savior Lutheran SchoolNorth Carolina11Liam McNeeley† 6–7190FPlano, TXMonteverde AcademyUConn27Tahaad Pettiford 5–10175GJersey City, N.J.Hudson Catholic Regional High SchoolAuburn13Drake Powell 6–5185GPittsboro, NCNorthwood High SchoolNorth Carolina14Jayden Quaintance 6–9225FRaleigh, NCWord of God Christian AcademyArizona State‡10Derik Queen^ 6–10240CBaltimore, MDMonteverde AcademyMaryland17Bryson Tucker^ 6–7180FBowie, MDBishop O'Connell High SchoolIndiana Note: *
Team West ESPN 100 Rank Name Height(ft–in) Weight(lb) Position Hometown High school College choice2Ace Bailey 6–8210FChattanooga, TNMcEachern High SchoolRutgers9Flory Bidunga 6–10210CKinshasa, DRCKokomo High SchoolKansas20Carter Bryant 6–8220FRiverside, CACentennial High SchoolArizona29Zoom Diallo 6–3180GTacoma, WAProlific Prep of Napa ChristianWashington4V. J. Edgecombe 6–4185G Bimini, The BahamasLong Island Lutheran High SchoolBaylor19Donnie Freeman 6–7190FWashington, D.C.IMG AcademySyracuse3Dylan Harper 6–5180GFranklin Lakes, NJDon Bosco Preparatory High SchoolRutgers5Tre Johnson 6–6185GDallas, TXLink AcademyTexas24Karter Knox^ 6–6180GTampa, FLOvertime Elite AcademyArkansas‡26Trent Perry† 6–4180GNorth Hollywood, CAHarvard-Westlake SchoolUCLA†8Derrion Reid 6–7200FGrovetown, GAProlific Prep of Napa ChristianAlabama21Aiden Sherrell 6–11220CDetroit, MIProlific Prep of Napa ChristianAlabama ^undecided at the time of roster selection ~undecided at game time †decommitted from original school before game was played ‡decommitted from school after game was played Reference
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