2024 McDonald's All-American Boys Game explained

2024 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
Visitor:West
Home:East
Visitor Total:86
Home Total:88
Visitor Per1:44
Visitor Per2:42
Home Per1:37
Home Per2:51
Date:April 2, 2024
Arena:Toyota Center
City:Houston, Texas
Mvp:Dylan Harper & Derik Queen
Network:ESPN
Series:McDonald's All-American
Previous:2023
Next:2025

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.[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.

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. [2] 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
NameHeight
(ft–in)
Weight
(lb)
PositionHometownHigh schoolCollege choice
6Jalil Bethea6–4175GPhiladelphia, PAArchbishop Wood High SchoolMiami (FL)
38John Bol7–1210CSaint Louis, MOOvertime Elite AcademyOle Miss
7Isaiah Evans6–7195FHuntersville, NCNorth Mecklenburg High SchoolDuke
1Cooper Flagg6–9200FNewport, MEMonteverde AcademyDuke
15Boogie Fland6–2175GWhite Plains, NYArchbishop Stepinac High SchoolArkansas
16Ian Jackson6–4180FBronx, NYOur Savior Lutheran SchoolNorth Carolina
11Liam McNeeley6–7190FPlano, TXMonteverde AcademyUConn
27Tahaad Pettiford5–10175GJersey City, N.J.Hudson Catholic Regional High SchoolAuburn
13Drake Powell6–5185GPittsboro, NCNorthwood High SchoolNorth Carolina
14Jayden Quaintance6–9225FRaleigh, NCWord of God Christian AcademyArizona State
10Derik Queen6–10240CBaltimore, MDMonteverde AcademyMaryland
17Bryson Tucker^6–7180FBowie, MDBishop O'Connell High SchoolIndiana
Note: *

Team West

ESPN
100
Rank
NameHeight
(ft–in)
Weight
(lb)
PositionHometownHigh schoolCollege choice
2Airious Bailey6–8210FPowder Springs, GAMcEachern High SchoolRutgers
9Flory Bidunga6–10210CKinshasa, DRCKokomo High SchoolKansas
20Carter Bryant6–8220FFountain Valley, CACentennial High SchoolArizona
29Zoom Diallo6–3180GTacoma, WAProlific Prep of Napa ChristianWashington
4V. J. Edgecombe6–4185GBimini, The BahamasLong Island Lutheran High SchoolBaylor
19Donnie Freeman6–7190FWashington, D.C.IMG AcademySyracuse
3Dylan Harper6–5180GRamsey, NJDon Bosco Preparatory High SchoolRutgers
5Tre Johnson6–6185GDallas, TXLink AcademyTexas
24Karter Knox^6–6180GTampa, FLOvertime Elite AcademyArkansas‡
26Trent Perry†6–4180GNorth Hollywood, CAHarvard-Westlake SchoolUCLA
8Derrion Reid6–7200FGrovetown, GAProlific Prep of Napa ChristianAlabama
21Aiden Sherrell6–11220CDetroit, 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 playedReference[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Let’s Run it Back! The McDonald’s All American Games Will Return to Houston this April . September 15, 2022 . January 25, 2022.
  2. Web site: Trent Perry decommits from USC after Andy Enfield's exit for SMU . Givony, Jonathan. April 2, 2024. ESPN.
  3. Web site: McDonald's 46th All American Game.