2001 McDonald's All-American Boys Game

The 2001 McDonald's All-American Boys Game was an All-star basketball game played on Wednesday, March 28, 2001, at the Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school boys graduating in 2001. The game was the 24th annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game first played in 1978.

2001 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
West East
131 125
1st half2nd half Total
West 6071 131
East 7550 125
DateMarch 28, 2001
VenueCameron Indoor Stadium, Durham, North Carolina
MVPEddy Curry
Referees1
2
3
Attendance9,314
NetworkESPN
McDonald’s All-American

2001 game

The game was telecast live by ESPN. The game was fast-paced and ended with one of the highest scores of the history of the event. The East team gained the lead in the first two quarters helped by Dajuan Wagner (who scored a total of 25 points, 11 in the first half), Chris Thomas and Julius Hodge. The first half ended with the East winning on the West by 15 points. Things changed in the second half, when Eddy Curry, Kelvin Torbert and Daniel Ewing led the West to a comeback. Curry had 28 points and earned the MVP award. Other players who starred were Kwame Brown and Tyson Chandler, who, like Curry, after the good performance decided to skip college and declare for the NBA draft; T. J. Ford, who recorded 11 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists; and David Lee.[1][2] Of the 24 players, 17 went on to play at least 1 game in the NBA. An unprecedented number of players declared their eligibility for the 2001 NBA draft: 5 McDonald's All-Americans chose to go straight to professional basketball. Among them, Kwame Brown became the first overall pick to be drafted out of high school. The others were Tyson Chandler (2nd overall), game MVP Eddy Curry (4th overall), DeSagana Diop (8th overall) and Ousmane Cisse (46th overall pick, never played in the NBA).

East roster

[2][3][4]

No. Name Height Weight Position Hometown High school College of Choice
3Rashaad Carruth6-3185GMouth of Wilson, VA, U.S.Oak Hill AcademyKentucky
20James White6-7180FChatham, VA, U.S.Hargrave Military AcademyFlorida
21Dajuan Wagner6-3205GCamden, NJ, U.S.CamdenMemphis
24Julius Hodge6-5185FThe Bronx, NY, U.S.St. RaymondNC State
25Maurice Williams6-2180GJackson, MS, U.S.MurrahAlabama
30Chris Thomas6-1165GIndianapolis, IN, U.S.PikeNotre Dame
42Ousmane Cisse6-9250FMontgomery, AL, U.S.[5]St. JudeUndecided (Did not attend)
44Carlos Hurt6-1180GLouisville, KY, U.S.MooreLouisville
45Anthony Richardson6-7190FRaleigh, NC, U.S.Leesville RoadFlorida State
50DeSagana Diop7-0310CMouth of Wilson, VA, U.S.[6]Oak Hill AcademyUndecided (Did not attend)
54Kwame Brown6-11240FBrunswick, GA, U.S.Glynn AcademyFlorida (Did not attend)
55David Harrison7-0240CBrentwood, TN, U.S.Brentwood AcademyUndecided
Committed later to Colorado.

West roster

[2][3][4]

No. Name Height Weight Position Hometown High school College of Choice
3Daniel Ewing6-4180GHouston, TX, U.S.WillowridgeDuke
5Terrance Ford6-0170GHouston, TX, U.S.WillowridgeTexas
11Aaron Miles6-3185GPortland, OR, U.S.JeffersonKansas
15David Lee6-8220FSt. Louis, MO, U.S.ChaminadeFlorida
20Kelvin Torbert6-4200GFlint, MI, U.S.NorthwesternMichigan State
21Cedric Bozeman6-6190GSanta Ana, CA, U.S.Mater DeiUCLA
22Josh Childress6-6190GLakewood, CA, U.S.MayfairStanford
25Wayne Simien6-8245FLeavenworth, KS, U.S.LeavenworthKansas
31Jawad Williams6-7185FLakewood, OH, U.S.St. EdwardNorth Carolina
32Tyson Chandler7-0230CCompton, CA, U.S.DominguezUndecided (Did not attend)
44Rick Rickert6-10210FDuluth, MN, U.S.EastMinnesota
52Eddy Curry6-11290CSouth Holland, IL, U.S.ThornwoodDePaul (Did not attend)

Coaches

The East team was coached by:

The West team was coached by:

All-American Week

Contest winners
  • The 2001 Slam Dunk contest was won by David Lee.
  • The 2001 3-point shoot-out was won by Maurice Williams.

References
  1. "A LOOK BACK AT THE McDONALD'S ALL AMERICAN® GAMES SUPERSTARS AND UNFORGETTABLE MEMORIES FROM GAMES PAST" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 17, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  2. "The Next 48 are up" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 30, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2018. 2001 game and rosters at page 81.
  3. "McDonald's All-American all-time rosters" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 27, 2018. Retrieved January 25, 2018. 2001 roster at page 9.
  4. "2001 McDonald's All American Team(R) Announced". PRNewswire. February 26, 2001.
  5. Born in Bamako, Mali.
  6. Born in Dakar, Senegal.
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