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1988 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
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Date	April 17, 1988
Venue	The Pit, Albuquerque, NM
MVP	Alonzo Mourning and; Billy Owens
Attendance	12,815
Network	ABC
Announcers	Keith Jackson and Dick Vitale
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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

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No.	Name	Height	Weight	Position	Hometown	High school	College of Choice
11	Litterial Green	6-1	185	G	Moss Point, MS	Moss Point	Undecided^[7]
21	Milton Bell	6-6	210	F	Richmond, VA	John Marshall	Georgetown
22	Malik Sealy	6-7	180	F	Bronx, NY	St. Nicholas of Tolentine	St. John's
25	Chris Jackson	6-0	170	G	Gulfport, MS	Gulfport	LSU
32	Jerrod Mustaf	6-10	200	C	Hyattsville, MD	DeMatha	Maryland
33	Alonzo Mourning	6-10	230	C	Chesapeake, VA	Indian River	Georgetown
34	Billy Owens	6-8	215	F	Carlisle, PA	Carlisle	Syracuse
35	Donald Hodge	6-10	230	C	Washington, DC	Calvin Coolidge	Temple
36	Crawford Palmer	6-8	225	C	Arlington, VA	Washington-Lee	Duke
42	Christian Laettner	6-10	225	C	Buffalo, NY	Nichols	Duke
43	Anthony Peeler	6-5	200	G	Kansas City, MO	Paseo	Missouri
50	Robert Werdann	6-10	250	C	Jamaica, NY	Archbishop Molloy	St. John's
N/A	Kenny Williams	6-9	220	F	Elizabeth City, NC	Northeastern	North Carolina^[8]

West roster

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No.	Name	Height	Weight	Position	Hometown	High school	College of Choice
10	Todd Day	6-7	180	G/F	Memphis, TN	Hamilton	Arkansas
11	Lee Mayberry	6-2	170	G	Tulsa, OK	Will Rogers	Arkansas
15	Darrick Martin	5-11	170	G	Long Beach, CA	St. Anthony	UCLA
24	Don MacLean	6-9	220	F	Simi Valley, CA	Simi Valley	UCLA
32	Raymond Thompson	6-5	195	G	Summit, IL	Argo	Iowa
33	Stacey Poole	6-5	200	F	Jacksonville, FL	Nathan B. Forrest	Florida
34	Matt Steigenga	6-7	220	F	Grand Rapids, MI	South Christian	Michigan State
40	Shawn Kemp	6-10	230	F	Elkhart, IN	Concord	Kentucky^[9]
42	Chris Mills	6-61⁄2	210	F	Los Angeles, CA	Fairfax	Kentucky
50	LaPhonso Ellis	6-9	220	C	East St. Louis, IL	Lincoln	Notre Dame
53	Stanley Roberts	6-11	265	C	Hopkins, SC	Lower Richland	LSU
55	Eric Anderson	6-8	210	F	Chicago, IL	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". Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
^ "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 July 16, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "The Next 48 are up" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 30, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2018. 1988 game and rosters at page 73.
^ ^a ^b "McDonald's All-American all-time rosters" (PDF). Retrieved January 25, 2018. 1988 roster at pages 4-5.
^ ^a ^b "MCDONALD'S ALL-AMERICANS". The Courier-Journal. April 25, 1988. p. 7.
^ ^a ^b "Presenting McDonald's All American High School Basketball Team for 1988". Ebony. April 1988. pp. 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 (November 27, 1989). "Seattle's Shawn Kemp, just an NBA babe, is a potential – 11.27.89 – SI Vault". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013. Retrieved December 10, 2013. Published: November 08, 1988 (November 8, 1988). "Kemp Leaves Kentucky". Nytimes.com. Retrieved December 10, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)