The rosters for the 2023 McDonald’s All-American Sport have been launched on January 24 and the “In The Paint” Present broke it down in a particular version (Ep. 151) of its weekly podcast. The ITP crew goes exhausting on this 12 months’s McDonald’s All-American alternatives. Was Bronny James deserving? The podcast additionally breaks down the primary father-son-grandfather trio, the sport in its early years vs. now, traits, snubs, the school decisions, and the way forward for the sport.
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McDonald’s All-American Sport Notes & Tidbits
*The 2023 recreation is will probably be performed on the Toyota Middle in Houston, March 28 (9 pm ET, ESPN). The 2020 recreation was to be performed on the similar location, however was canceled due to COVID-19, as was the 2021 recreation.
*The primary acknowledged group in 1977 had 15 gamers and really performed towards the DMV group within the Capital Basic, which started in 1974. The precise East vs. West format started in 1978 on the Spectrum in Philadelphia.
*Each NCAA championship group since 1978 has had a McDonald’s All-American on its roster besides three: 2002 Maryland, 2014 UConn, 2021 Baylor.
*Regardless of scoring 30 factors and hitting the game-winning free throws within the 1981 McDonald’s All-American Sport to present his East group a 96-95 victory, Michael Jordan was not named Sport MVP for the Est. That honor went to DeMatha Catholic’s Adrian Department, who went on to play at Maryland. It was the second main slight of Jordan’s highschool profession. The primary one was not being named one of many high 500 seniors within the nation within the preseason Road & Smith’s Journal Basketball Annual. Jordan’s mom Deloris was the one most upset with that.
*A majority of the groups which have completed No. 1 within the FAB 50 Nationwide Crew Rankings or by the Nationwide Sports activities Information Service earlier than 1987-88 has had a McDonald’s All-American on the roster. The 5 legendary nationwide championship groups that didn’t have a future McDonald’s All-American on its roster are: 2009-10 Yates (Houston, Texas), 1998-99 Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.), 1994-95 St. Augustine (New Orleans, La.), 1985-86 Camden (N.J.) and 1985 Spingarn (Washington, D.C.). 5 different groups didn’t have a senior McDonald’s All-American, however had a future one as an underclassmen: 2010-11 St. Anthony (Jersey Metropolis, N.J.) with junior Kyle Anderson, 2004-05 Niagara Falls (N.Y.) with sophomore Johnny Flynn, 1999-00 Dominguez (Compton, Calif.) with junior Tyson Chandler, 1995-96 St. Anthony (Jersey Metropolis, N.J.) with junior Anthony Perry and 1990-91 Simon Gratz (Philadelphia, Pa.) with sophomore Rasheed Wallace.
Applications with the Most McDonald’s All-Individuals
35: Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of WIlson, Va.) 198014: Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.), 201312: DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, Md.) 197910: Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.) 200910: IMG Academy (Brandenton, Fla.) 20179: Prolific Prep (Napa, Calif.) 20168: St. Anthony (Jersey Metropolis, N.J.) 19847: Dunbar (Baltimore, Md.) 19837: Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) 19846: Camden (N.J.) 19816: Roman Catholic (Philadelphia, Pa.) 19786: Wheeler (Marietta, Ga.) 1995
Observe: Program listed by first 12 months group member chosen. Findlay Prep and St. Anthony are actually closed. The one Oak Hill Academy McDonald’s All-American choice who wasn’t coached by lately retired coach Steve Smith was Glen Mayers in 1980.
*Bronny James is the fifth McDonald’s All-American from Sierra Canyon within the final 4 seasons.
*IMG Academy has produced all of its All-Individuals alternatives since 2016-17 and is the primary program to have three gamers chosen in the identical 12 months, when the 2019 FAB 50 No. 1 group produced Armando Bacot Jr., Josh Inexperienced and Jeremiah Robinson-Earl. IMG Academy then produced three gamers for a single recreation as soon as once more in 2022 with Jaden Bradley, Jarace Walker and Keyonte George. The 2020 FAB 50 title group at Montverde Academy additionally had three alternatives: Mr. Basketball USA Cade Cunningham, first 5 Elite All-American Scottie Barnes and ahead Day’Ron Sharpe.
*The primary pair of teammates chosen to the McDonald’s All-American Sport have been Aaron Bain and George Lynch in 1989 at Flint Hill Prep (Roanoke, Va.).
*Since 2017, the groups that make up the Nationwide Interscholastic Basketball Convention (NIBC), plus Prolific Prep (Napa, Calif.) and now defunct Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.) account for over 27 p.c (46 of a attainable 168) of all of the MCDonald’s All-American alternatives. The excessive mark was 11 of the 24 in 2022.
*Milt Wagner (1981), Dujuan Wagner (2001) and D.J. Wagner (2023) is the primary father-son-grandson combo to ever play within the recreation.
*Within the 1981 recreation in Wichita, Kan., Milt went 4-of-12 from the sphere, 1-of-2 from the road for 9 factors as his East group received 96-95. Within the 2001 recreation at Cameron Indoor Stadium at Duke, Dajuan went 7-of-15 from the sphere, 7-of-8 from the road for 25 factors, however the West group received, 131-125.
*The Wagner trio all attended Camden (N.J.) Excessive College and all three performed for nationally ranked groups. Solely one of many different father-son McDonald’s All-American duos attended the identical highschool (James Blackmon Sr. and Jr.). There have been eight different father-son duos and this 12 months is the second time two sons of former McDonald’s All-Individuals each play in the identical recreation, becoming a member of James Blackmon Jr. and Justise Winslow in 2014.
*Bronny James (Sierra Canyon, Chatsworth, Calif.) joins his father, LeBron James, who performed within the 2003 recreation in Cleveland, roughly 40 miles from his highschool St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron, Ohio). James had 27 factors, seven rebounds and 7 assists within the East’s 122-107 victory in entrance of 18,728 at Gund Area. James performed in two different all-star video games, serving to to attract 19,678 to the Roundball Basic on the United Middle in Chicago. He additionally performed within the 2003 Capital Basic, the place 18,424 noticed the annual recreation on the MCI Middle.
Different Father-Son McDAAG Duos (In Order Previous to 2023):
Doc Rivers, Proviso East (Maywood, In poor health.) 1980 & Austin Rivers, Winter Park (Fla.) 2011James Blackmon Sr., Marion (Ind.) 1983 & James Blackmon Jr., Marion (Ind.) 2014Ricky Winslow, Yates (Houston) 1983 & Justise Winslow, St. John’s (Houston) 2014Rick Brunson, Salem (Mass.) 1991 & Jalen Brunson, Stevenson (Lincolnshire, In poor health.) 2015Charles Bannon Sr., Artesia (Lakewood, Calif.) 1993 & Charles O’Bannon Jr., Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.) 2017Lester Earl, Glen Oaks (Baton Rouge, La.) 1996 & Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) 2019Gary Springer, Ben Franklin (New York) 1980 & Jaden Springer, IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) 2020
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