1988 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
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| Date | April 17, 1988 | ||||||||||||
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| Arena | The Pit | ||||||||||||
| City | Albuquerque, NM | ||||||||||||
| MVP/MOP |
Alonzo Mourning and Billy Owens | ||||||||||||
| Attendance | 12,815 | ||||||||||||
| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||
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The 1988 McDonald's All-American Boys Game was an All-star basketball game played on Sunday, April 17, 1988 at The Pit in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school boys graduating in 1988. The game was the 11th annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game first played in 1978.
1988 game
The game was telecast live by ABC. The East team had many forwards and centers in its roster, among them Alonzo Mourning and Billy Owens, two of the top-ranked big men of their class. Kenny Williams, another highly regarded prospect, was selected but did not play. Chris Jackson, the highest ranked point guard in the nation, was also part of the East team. The West had Shawn Kemp and LaPhonso Ellis, two other forwards/centers who were in the top positions of the high school rankings, along with Darrick Martin and Lee Mayberry, two of the best guards.[1] Mourning was the top scorer of the East with 16 points, while Owens had 10 points and 14 rebounds; Jackson scored 13 points and Malik Sealy had 12. Kemp scored 18 (the highest number of points in the game), while Todd Day had 15 points. Mourning and Owens were selected as co-MVPs.[2][3] Of the 25 players, 21 went on to play at least 1 game in the NBA.
East roster
| No. | Name | Height | Weight | Position | Hometown | High school | College of Choice |
| 11 | Litterial Green | 6-1 | 185 | G | Moss Point, MS, U.S. | Moss Point | Undecided[7] |
| 21 | Milton Bell | 6-6 | 210 | F | Richmond, VA, U.S. | John Marshall | Georgetown |
| 22 | Malik Sealy | 6-7 | 180 | F | Bronx, NY, U.S. | St. Nicholas of Tolentine | St. John's |
| 25 | Chris Jackson | 6-0 | 170 | G | Gulfport, MS, U.S. | Gulfport | LSU |
| 32 | Jerrod Mustaf | 6-10 | 200 | C | Hyattsville, MD, U.S. | DeMatha | Maryland |
| 33 | Alonzo Mourning | 6-10 | 230 | C | Chesapeake, VA, U.S. | Indian River | Georgetown |
| 34 | Billy Owens | 6-8 | 215 | F | Carlisle, PA, U.S. | Carlisle | Syracuse |
| 35 | Donald Hodge | 6-10 | 230 | C | Washington, DC, U.S. | Calvin Coolidge | Temple |
| 36 | Crawford Palmer | 6-8 | 225 | C | Arlington, VA, U.S. | Washington-Lee | Duke |
| 42 | Christian Laettner | 6-10 | 225 | C | Buffalo, NY, U.S. | Nichols | Duke |
| 43 | Anthony Peeler | 6-5 | 200 | G | Kansas City, MO, U.S. | Paseo | Missouri |
| 50 | Robert Werdann | 6-10 | 250 | C | Jamaica, NY, U.S. | Archbishop Molloy | St. John's |
| N/A | Kenny Williams | 6-9 | 220 | F | Elizabeth City, NC, U.S. | Northeastern | North Carolina[8] |
West roster
| No. | Name | Height | Weight | Position | Hometown | High school | College of Choice |
| 10 | Todd Day | 6-7 | 180 | G/F | Memphis, TN, U.S. | Hamilton | Arkansas |
| 11 | Lee Mayberry | 6-2 | 170 | G | Tulsa, OK, U.S. | Will Rogers | Arkansas |
| 15 | Darrick Martin | 5-11 | 170 | G | Long Beach, CA, U.S. | St. Anthony | UCLA |
| 24 | Don MacLean | 6-9 | 220 | F | Simi Valley, CA, U.S. | Simi Valley | UCLA |
| 32 | Raymond Thompson | 6-5 | 195 | G | Summit, IL, U.S. | Argo | Iowa |
| 33 | Stacey Poole | 6-5 | 200 | F | Jacksonville, FL, U.S. | Nathan B. Forrest | Florida |
| 34 | Matt Steigenga | 6-7 | 220 | F | Grand Rapids, MI, U.S. | South Christian | Michigan State |
| 40 | Shawn Kemp | 6-10 | 230 | F | Elkhart, IN, U.S. | Concord | Kentucky[9] |
| 42 | Chris Mills | 6-6½ | 210 | F | Los Angeles, CA, U.S. | Fairfax | Kentucky |
| 50 | LaPhonso Ellis | 6-9 | 220 | C | East St. Louis, IL, U.S. | Lincoln | Notre Dame |
| 53 | Stanley Roberts | 6-11 | 265 | C | Hopkins, SC, U.S. | Lower Richland | LSU |
| 55 | Eric Anderson | 6-8 | 210 | F | Chicago, IL, U.S. | St. Francis de Sales | Indiana |
Coaches
The East team was coached by:
- Head Coach Bob Hurley of St. Anthony (Jersey City, New Jersey)
The West team was coached by:
- Head Coach Jim Hulsman of Albuquerque High School (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
All-American Week
Contest winners
- The 1988 Slam Dunk contest was won by Matt Steigenga.
References
- ↑ HOOP SCOOP'S FINAL RANKING OF THE NATION'S TOP 100 SENIORS - CLASS OF 1988
- ↑ 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. 1988 game and rosters at page 73.
- 1 2 "McDonald's All-American all-time rosters" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-01-25. 1988 roster at pages 4-5.
- 1 2 "MCDONALD'S ALL-AMERICANS". The Courier-Journal. April 25, 1988. p. 7.
- 1 2 "Presenting McDonald's All American High School Basketball Team for 1988". Ebony. April 1988. p. 10-11.
- ↑ Committed later to Georgia Bulldogs basketball.
- ↑ Williams originally committed to North Carolina, but he failed to meet the academic requirements and attended Barton Community College instead. "Carolina Kids". Sports Illustrated. December 17, 1990.
- ↑ Kemp had signed to play at Kentucky, but his SAT score was too low and he had to sit out his first year. In November 1988 he was involved in a theft case and left Kentucky, transferring to Trinity Valley Community College. Jack McCallum (1989-11-27). "Seattle's Shawn Kemp, just an NBA babe, is a potential – 11.27.89 – SI Vault". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2013-12-10. Published: November 08, 1988 (1988-11-08). "Kemp Leaves Kentucky". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2013-12-10.