The 2000 McDonald's All-American Boys Game was an

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game played on Wednesday, March 29, 2000 at the FleetCenter in

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. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school boys graduating in 2000. The game was the 23rd annual version of the

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first played in 1978.

2000 game

The game was telecast live by

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. The venue was the FleetCenter, home of the

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of the

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. The game was characterized by the high efficiency of the West players: the team took advantage of the bigger players in the roster and scored many points in the paint. Center

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was the MVP of the game with 23 points and 15 rebounds. Other players who starred were DeShawn Stevenson, the game top scorer with 25 points; Darius Miles with his 17 points; Andre Brown, another player who recorded a double-double with 20 points and 14 rebounds, like Gerald Wallace (15 pts/10 rebs); Andre Barrett, the agile 5-9

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, recorded 12 assists, the second best performance in the event history. 2000 game and rosters at page 81. Of the 24 players, 13 went on to play at least 1 game in the

. Following their good performance in the All-American game both Miles and Stevenson decided to forgo college and declared for the

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: Miles was the 3rd overall pick and Stevenson the 23rd.

East roster

2000 roster at pages 8-9.

West roster

Coaches

The East team was coached by: * Head Coach William Loughnane of South Boston High School (

) * Asst Coach Mike Rubin of East Boston High School (

) The West team was coached by: * Head Coach Rick Sherley of Alief Hastings High School ( Alief, Texas) * Asst Coach Mike Smallwood of Alief Hastings High School ( Alief, Texas)

All-American Week

Contest winners

* The 2000 Slam Dunk contest was won by DeShawn Stevenson. * The 2000 3-point shoot-out was won by Chris Duhon.

References

External links

McDonald's All-American on the webMcDonald's All-American all-time rosters

Game stats at Realgm.com
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