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game that was played on April 2, 2014 at the

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, home of the

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. It was the 37th annual

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for high school boys. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited blue chip boys

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players graduating in 2014. Chicago, which became the first city to host the game in back-to-back years in 2012, will continue to host the game annually at least until 2015. The rosters for the game were announced at 6:00 PM ET on January 29 on

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. At the time of the announcement 22 of the 24 players had committed to Division I basketball programs.

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and

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led the field with four commits each. One of the game's major storylines was that local big men

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(McDonald's Morgan Wootten Player of the Year) and

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( Naismith Player of the Year) opposed each other.

Rosters

The 2014–15 Duke Blue Devils (

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, Okafor, and

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) and 2014–15 Kentucky Wildcats (

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, and

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) shared the lead among committed players at the time of the original roster announcement on January 29. Three hometown players (Okafor, Alexander and

) were selected for the game. Texas led the way with five natives (

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, Justin Jackson,

, and Kelly Oubre Jr.).

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committed to

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on February 11, but Turner remained uncommitted at the time of the game. He committed to

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4 weeks after the game on April 30. 8 days before the game, Okafor was recognized as the Morgan Wootten Player of the Year. 2 days before the game,

won the slam dunk contest, James Blackmon, Jr. won the three-point contest and

won the skills competition.

East Roster

, PF, Kansas *

, C, Texas *

, PG, Duke *

, PF, Kentucky * James Blackmon, Jr., SG, Indiana *

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, SG, Ohio State * Justin Jackson, SF, North Carolina *

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, PG, Maryland *

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, SG, Seton Hall *

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, SF, North Carolina *

, SF, Duke *

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, PF, UCLA

West Roster

, C, Duke *

, PG, SMU * Stanley Johnson, SF, Arizona *

, PF, Kentucky * Kelly Oubre Jr., SF, Kansas *

, SG, UNLV *

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, PG, North Carolina *

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, PF, Stanford *

, PG, Kentucky *

, SG, Duke *

, SG, Kentucky * Thomas Welsh, C, UCLA

Coaches

Frank Allocco (West Head Coach) Brian Sullivan (West Assistant Coach) Mark Noack (West Assistant Coach) Lou Wilson (East Head Coach) Dale DeBerry (East Assistant Coach) Hank Lloyd (East Assistant Coach)

Results

The West defeated the East by a 105–102 score. Okafor and Justin Jackson earned co-MVP of the game after posting 17 points and 7 rebounds and 23 points and 5 rebounds, for their respective West and East teams.

Notes

External links

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