1998 McDonald's All-American Boys Game

The 1998 McDonald's All-American Boys Game was an All-star basketball game played on Wednesday, March 25, 1998 at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school boys graduating in 1998. The game was the 21st annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game first played in 1978.

1998 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
East West
128 112
1st half2nd half Total
East 5474 128
West 5755 112
DateMarch 25, 1998
VenueNorfolk Scope, Norfolk, VA
MVPRonald Curry
Referees1
2
3
Attendance10,253
NetworkESPN
McDonald's All-American

1998 game

The game was telecast live by ESPN for the first time (CBS was the previous telecaster). Korleone Young participated in the dunk contest but a preexisting injury prevented him to play in the game. The game saw many dunks, something usual for all-star games, and several 3-point shots. The first 2 points were scored by Kris Lang from an alley oop pass by Teddy Dupay. The West led at halftime, but the East completed the comeback thanks to Jason Capel (16 points in the second half) and game MVP Ronald Curry who almost recorded a triple-double with 19 points, 13 rebounds and 9 assists. Other players who starred were JaRon Rush, Quentin Richardson (both had 19 points); Al Harrington and Rashard Lewis (17 points); and Erick Barkley (12 assists).[1][2][3] Of the 24 players, 14 went on to play at least 1 game in the NBA. Three of them declared for the 1998 NBA draft and were drafted out of high school: Al Harrington (25th overall), Rashard Lewis (32nd overall) and Korleone Young (40th overall).

East roster

[2][4][5]

No. Name Height Weight Position Hometown High school College of Choice
00Kris Lang6-10220FGastonia, NC, U.S.Hunter HussNorth Carolina
12Dane Fife6-4185GClarkston, MI, U.S.ClarkstonIndiana
13Mike Miller6-8210FMitchell, SD, U.S.MitchellFlorida
20Frank Williams6-4200GPeoria, IL, U.S.ManualIllinois
22Ronald Curry6-2190GHampton, VA, U.S.HamptonNorth Carolina
23Vincent Yarbrough6-7200FCleveland, TN, U.S.ClevelandTennessee
24Teddy Dupay5-10175GCape Coral, FL, U.S.MarinerFlorida
25Jason Capel6-8215FFrederick, MD, U.S.St. John's at Prospect HallNorth Carolina
42Al Harrington6-9235FElizabeth, NJ, U.S.St. PatrickUndecided (Did not attend)
43Kevin Lyde6-9250CMouth of Wilson, VA, U.S.Oak Hill AcademyTemple
44Danny Miller6-7210GMount Holly, NJ, U.S.Rancocas ValleyMaryland
50Dan Gadzuric6-11245CByfield, MA, U.S.Governor Dummer AcademyUndecided
Committed later to UCLA.

West roster

[2][4][5]

No. Name Height Weight Position Hometown High school College of Choice
00Stromile Swift6-8210CShreveport, LA, U.S.Fair ParkUndecided
Committed later to LSU.
4JaRon Rush6-7215FKansas City, MO, U.S.Pembroke HillUCLA
5Jeff Boschee6-1175GValley City, ND, U.S.Valley CityKansas
10Erick Barkley6-1170GPittsfield, ME, U.S.Maine Central InstituteSt. John's
21Tayshaun Prince6-8190GCompton, CA, U.S.DominguezKentucky
34Quentin Richardson6-6225FChicago, IL, U.S.Whitney YoungDePaul
35Ray Young6-4200GAlameda, CA, U.S.St. Joseph Notre DameUCLA
42Korleone Young6-8220FChatham, VA, U.S.Hargrave Military AcademyUndecided (Did not attend)
43Rashard Lewis6-10215FHouston, TX, U.S.Alief ElsikUndecided (Did not attend)
44Richard Jefferson6-7215FPhoenix, AZ, U.S.Moon ValleyArizona
50Corey Maggette6-6210FOak Park, IL, U.S.FenwickDuke
55Joel Przybilla7-1235CMonticello, MN, U.S.MonticelloMinnesota

Coaches

The East team was coached by:

The West team was coached by:

All-American Week

Contest winners
  • The 1998 Slam Dunk contest was won by Ronald Curry.
  • The 1998 3-point shoot-out was won by Teddy Dupay.

References
  1. "A LOOK BACK AT THE McDONALD'S ALL AMERICAN GAMES SUPERSTARS AND UNFORGETTABLE MEMORIES FROM GAMES PAST" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 17, 2018. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  2. "The Next 48 are up" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 30, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2018. 1998 game and rosters at page 80.
  3. Johnson, Dave (March 26, 1998). "Mcdonald's All American Basketball Game: Ronald's Mcdonald's". Daily Press. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  4. "McDonald's All-American all-time rosters" (PDF). Retrieved January 25, 2018. 1998 roster at page 8.
  5. "NOTRE DAME SENIORS OVERLOOKED FOR ALL-AMERICAN STATUS". The Washington Post. March 1, 1998.
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