# 2000 McDonald's All-American Boys Game

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. 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

| No. | Name | Height | Weight | Position | Hometown | High school | College 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 | Undecided |
| 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) |
| 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. | Name | Height | Weight | Position | Hometown | High school | College 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 | Undecided |
| 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 | Undecided |
| 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.