2023 McDonald's All-American Boys Game

The 2023 McDonald's All-American Boys Game was an all-star basketball game that was played on March 28, 2023, 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 2023. The game was the 46th annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game first played in 1977.[1] 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.

2023 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
West East
106 109
1st half2nd half Total
West 6046 106
East 5158 109
DateMarch 28, 2023
VenueToyota Center, Houston, Texas
MVPD. J. Wagner & Isaiah Collier
NetworkESPN
McDonald's All-American

Rosters

The roster was announced on January 24, 2023. Kentucky has the most selections with four, while Duke had three and Michigan State and Oregon both had two each. At the announcement of the roster selections, 15 schools were represented, one player, Matas Buzelis, opted for the G League and one player, Bronny James, was uncommitted.

Team East
ESPN
100
Rank		 Name Height
(ft–in)		 Weight
(lb)		 Position Hometown High school College choice
7 Xavier Booker 6–10 210 C Indianapolis, Indiana Cathedral High School Michigan State
4 Aaron Bradshaw 7–0 215 C Roselle, New Jersey Camden High School Kentucky
9 Matas Buzelis 6–9 195 SF Chicago, Illinois Sunrise Christian Academy NBA G League Ignite
15 Stephon Castle 6–6 190 PG Covington, Georgia Newton High School UConn
1 Justin Edwards 6–7 190 SF Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Imhotep Institute Charter High School Kentucky
13 Kwame Evans Jr. 6–9 200 PF Baltimore, Maryland Montverde Academy Oregon
17 Aden Holloway 6–1 165 PG Charlotte, North Carolina Prolific Prep Auburn
22 Elmarko Jackson 6–3 185 SG Marlton, New Jersey South Kent School Kansas
8 Mackenzie Mgbako 6–8 195 SF Gladstone, New Jersey Roselle Catholic High School Indiana*
16 Sean Stewart 6–8 230 PF Windermere, Florida Montverde Academy Duke
2 D. J. Wagner 6–2 175 PG Camden, New Jersey Camden High School Kentucky
6 Cody Williams 6–7 185 SF Gilbert, Arizona Perry High School Colorado

Note: * Mgbako was committed to Duke at time game was played but decommitted on April 11, 2023[2] and on May 12, 2023 committed to Indiana.[3]

Team West
ESPN
100
Rank		 Name Height
(ft–in)		 Weight
(lb)		 Position Hometown High school College choice
10 Omaha Biliew 6–9 210 PF Waukee, Iowa Waukee High School Iowa State
3 Isaiah Collier 6–4 205 PG Atlanta, Georgia Wheeler High School USC
18 Mookie Cook 6–7 210 SF Portland, Oregon AZ Compass Prep Oregon
19 Baye Fall 6–11 217 C Dakar, Senegal Accelerated Schools Arkansas
20 Jeremy Fears Jr. 6–2 180 PG Joliet, Illinois Joliet West High School Michigan State
30 Brandon Garrison 6–9 205 C Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Del City High School Oklahoma State
5 Ron Holland 6–8 200 PF Duncanville, Texas Duncanville High School NBA G League Ignite
28 Bronny James 6–3 180 PG Los Angeles, California Sierra Canyon High School USC
12 Jared McCain 6–3 195 PG Sacramento, California Centennial High School Duke
21 Reed Sheppard 6–2 175 SG London, Kentucky North Laurel High School Kentucky
23 Andrej Stojaković 6–7 185 SF Carmichael, California Jesuit High School Stanford
14 Ja'Kobe Walter 6–5 175 SG McKinney, Texas The Link Academy Baylor
^undecided at the time of roster selection
~undecided at game time

Reference[4]

Box Score
March 28, 2023
09:30 pm ET
East 109–106 West
Scoring by half: 51–60, 58–46
Pts: D. J. Wagner, 19
Rebs: 2 Tied, 9
Asts: D. J. Wagner, 12		 Pts: Isaiah Collier, 25
Rebs: Ron Holland, 6
Asts: 2 Tied, 4

References
  1. "McDonald's All American Games Headed to Houston in 2023" (PDF). September 15, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  2. "Top recruit decides against joining Duke basketball".
  3. "Former Duke signee Mackenzie Mgbako commits to Indiana".
  4. "McDonald's 46th All American Game".
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