2011 McDonald's All-American Boys Game

The 2011 McDonald's All-American Boys Game was an All-star basketball game that was played on Wednesday, March 30, 2011, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, home of the Chicago Bulls. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school boys graduating in 2011. The game was the 34th annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game first played in 1978.

2011 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
East West
111 96
1st half2nd half Total
East 5754 111
West 4452 96
DateMarch 30, 2011
VenueUnited Center, Chicago, Illinois
MVPMichael Kidd-Gilchrist
James Michael McAdoo
RefereesDon Olson
Jerry Scherzinger
Dave Cronin
Attendance19,909
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersBob Wischusen (play–by–play)
Stephen Bardo &
Jay Williams (color commentators)
McDonald's All-American

2011 Game

The 2011 game was played at the Chicago Bulls' United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on March 30, 2011.[1]

2011 West Roster

[2]

# Name Height Weight Position Hometown High school College choice
24 Khem Birch 6-9 210 F/C Montreal, Quebec, Canada Notre Dame Preparatory School Pittsburgh[n 1]
21 Wayne Blackshear 6-5 205 G/F Chicago, Illinois Morgan Park High School Louisville
32 Anthony Davis 6-10 220 F/C Chicago, Illinois Perspectives Charter School Kentucky
22 Branden Dawson 6-5 220 G/F Gary, Indiana Lew Wallace High School Michigan State
12 Myck Kabongo 6-1 170 G Toronto, Ontario, Canada Findlay Prep Texas
2 Le'Bryan Nash 6-7 230 F Dallas, Texas Lincoln High School Oklahoma State
25 Austin Rivers 6-4 189 G Winter Park, Florida Winter Park High School Duke
30 Marquis Teague 6-2 165 G Indianapolis, Indiana Pike High School Kentucky
4 Adonis Thomas 6-7 210 G/F Memphis, Tennessee Melrose High School Memphis
1 Amir Williams 6-10 220 C Birmingham, Michigan Detroit Country Day School Ohio State
14 Kyle Wiltjer 6-10 221 F Portland, Oregon Jesuit High School Kentucky[n 2]
40 Cody Zeller 6-10 210 F Washington, Indiana Washington High School Indiana

2011 East Roster
# Name Height Weight Position Hometown High school College choice
32 Bradley Beal 6-5 177 G St. Louis, Missouri Chaminade College Preparatory School Florida
21 Chane Behanan 6-7 230 F Bowling Green, Kentucky Bowling Green High School Louisville
22 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 6-5 190 G Greenville, Georgia Greenville High School Georgia
5 Michael Carter-Williams 6-5 175 G Hamilton, Massachusetts St. Andrew's School Syracuse
25 Rakeem Christmas 6-9 230 F Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the New Church Syracuse
2 Quinn Cook 6-0 180 G Hyattsville, Maryland Oak Hill Academy Duke
14 Michael Gilchrist 6-7 210 F Somerdale, New Jersey St. Patrick High School Kentucky
15 P. J. Hairston 6-6 220 G/F Greensboro, North Carolina Hargrave Military Academy North Carolina
44 James Michael McAdoo 6-8 210 F Norfolk, Virginia Norfolk Christian School North Carolina
11 Johnny O'Bryant III 6-10 245 C Cleveland, Mississippi East Side High School LSU
40 Marshall Plumlee 6-10 245 F/C Warsaw, Indiana Christ School Duke
3 Shannon Scott 6-2 170 G Alpharetta, Georgia Milton High School Ohio State
  1. Birch transferred to UNLV midway through the 2011–12 season.
  2. Wiltjer transferred to Gonzaga after the 2012–13 season.

Coaches

The West team was coached by:

The East team was coached by:

All-American Week

Schedule
  • Monday, March 28: Powerade Jamfest
    • Slam Dunk Contest
    • Three-Point Shoot-out
    • Timed Basketball Skills Competition
  • Wednesday, March 30: 34th Annual Boys All-American Game

The Powerade JamFest is a skills-competition evening featuring basketball players who demonstrate their skills in three crowd-entertaining ways. The slam dunk contest was first held in 1987, and a 3-point shooting challenge was added in 1989. A timed basketball skills competition was added to the schedule of events in 2009.

Contest Winners
  • The 2011 Powerade Slam Dunk contest was won by LeBryan Nash.
  • The winner of the 2011 3-point shoot-out was Kyle Wiltjer.
  • The winner of the basketball skills competition was Michael Carter-Williams.

See also

2011 McDonald's All-American Girls Game

References
  1. McDonald's All-American Games headed to Chicago
  2. "2011 McDonald's All American High School Basketball Team Boys Alphabetical Roster" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 7, 2012.
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