1986 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
| Date | April 11, 1986 | ||||
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| Arena | Joe Louis Arena | ||||
| City | Detroit, MI | ||||
| MVP/MOP | J. R. Reid | ||||
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| Attendance | 15,527 | ||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||
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The 1986 McDonald's All-American Boys Game was an All-star basketball game played on Sunday, April 11, 1986 at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school boys graduating in 1986. The game was the 9th annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game first played in 1978.
1986 game
The game was telecast by ESPN. The East team had many of the top ranked forwards of the 1986 class, including J. R. Reid, who went on to win Mr. Basketball USA; the West team relied on forwards Nick Anderson, Derrick Coleman and Terry Mills, and center Dwayne Schintzius.[1] The protagonists of the 1986 game were East players Rumeal Robinson, a guard who scored 19 points, Steve Hood (16 points) and Reid who won the MVP award; for the West, Derrick Coleman recorded 19 points and 15 rebounds, while Mills scored 20 points. Schintzius and Randall scored 15 points each.[2][3] Of the 25 players, 13 went on to play at least 1 game in the NBA.
East roster
| No. | Name | Height | Weight | Position | Hometown | High school | College of Choice |
| - | Alaa Abdelnaby | 6-10 | 215 | F / C | Bloomfield, NJ, U.S. | Bloomfield | Duke |
| - | Barry Bekkedam | 6-10 | 200 | F | Radnor, PA, U.S. | Archbishop Carroll | Villanova |
| - | Chris Brooks | 6-6 | 205 | F | Mouth of Wilson, VA, U.S. | Oak Hill Academy | West Virginia |
| - | Rex Chapman | 6-4 | 180 | G | Owensboro, KY, U.S. | Apollo | Kentucky |
| - | Pete Chilcutt | 6-8½ | 220 | F | Tuscaloosa, AL, U.S. | Tuscaloosa Academy | North Carolina |
| - | Steve Hood | 6-6 | 190 | F | Hyattsville, MD, U.S. | DeMatha | Maryland |
| - | Keith Robinson | 6-8 | 205 | F | Buffalo, NY, U.S. | Grover Cleveland | Notre Dame |
| - | Ricky Jones | 6-6 | 190 | F | Pendleton, SC, U.S. | Pendleton | Clemson |
| - | Brian Oliver | 6-4 | 185 | G | Smyrna, GA, U.S. | Wills | Georgia Tech |
| - | J. R. Reid | 6-10 | 240 | F / C | Virginia Beach, VA, U.S. | Kempsville | North Carolina |
| - | Larry Rembert | 6-8 | 220 | F | Orrville, AL, U.S. | Keith | UAB |
| - | Rumeal Robinson | 6-2 | 185 | G | Cambridge, MA, U.S. | Rindge and Latin | Michigan |
| - | Mark Tillmon | 6-1 | 185 | G | Washington, D.C., U.S. | Gonzaga | Georgetown |
West roster
| No. | Name | Height | Weight | Position | Hometown | High school | College of Choice |
| - | Nelison Anderson | 6-5 | 210 | F | Chicago, IL, U.S. | Simeon | Illinois |
| - | Dwayne Bryant | 6-2 | 180 | G | New Orleans, LA, U.S. | De La Salle | Georgetown |
| - | Derrick Coleman | 6-9 | 215 | F | Detroit, MI, U.S. | Northern | Syracuse |
| - | Phil Henderson | 6-4 | 165 | G | Crete, IL, U.S. | Crete-Monee | Duke |
| - | Ron Huery | 6-6 | 187 | G / F | Memphis, TN, U.S. | Whitehaven | Arkansas |
| - | Fess Irvin | 5-11 | 170 | G | Gonzales, LA, U.S. | East Ascension | LSU |
| - | Terry Mills | 6-10 | 207 | F | Romulus, MI, U.S. | Romulus | Michigan |
| - | Anthony Pendleton | 6-4 | 175 | G | Flint, MI, U.S. | Northwestern | Iowa[7] |
| - | Mark Randall | 6-8 | 190 | F | Englewood, CO, U.S. | Cherry Creek | Kansas |
| - | Dwayne Schintzius | 7-1 | 225 | C | Brandon, FL, U.S. | Brandon | Florida |
| - | Stephen Thompson | 6-3 | 170 | G | Los Angeles, CA, U.S. | Crenshaw | Syracuse |
| - | Scott Williams | 6-10 | 215 | C | Hacienda Heights, CA, U.S. | Glen A. Wilson | North Carolina |
Coaches
The East team was coached by:
- Head Coach Stewart Vetter, Jr. of Flint Hill School (Oakton, Virginia)
The West team was coached by:
- Head Coach J. E. Evans of Keith High School (Orrville, Alabama)
References
- ↑ HOOP SCOOP'S FINAL RANKING OF THE NATION'S TOP 100 SENIORS - CLASS OF 1986
- ↑ A LOOK BACK AT THE McDONALD’S ALL AMERICAN® GAMES SUPERSTARS AND UNFORGETTABLE MEMORIES FROM GAMES PAST
- 1 2 3 "The Next 48 are up" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-01-29. 1986 game and rosters at page 72.
- 1 2 "McDonald's All-American all-time rosters" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-01-25. 1986 roster at pages 4.
- 1 2 "PREP'S ELITE 25 MEET IN MCDONALD'S GAME". Detroit Free Press. April 7, 1986. p. 83.
- 1 2 "Presenting McDonald's All American High School Basketball Team for 1986". Ebony. April 1986. pp. 12–13.
- ↑ Pendleton had committed to Iowa, but he changed his mind when coach George Raveling transferred to USC. Wanting to follow Raveling, Pendleton expressed his intention to commit to USC instead. The NCAA found him ineligible under the Proposition 48, which was enacted in 1986, and Pendleton had to sit out his first year of college. He then enrolled at USC and played there. "Pendleton Leaves Iowa, Enrolls at USC, Must Sit Out One Year". The Los Angeles Times. September 3, 1986.