Jordan Brand Classic announces 2020 boys rosters

By Jordan Divens Feb 14, 2020, 6:00pm

National Player of the Year candidates Jalen Green, Cade Cunningham and Scottie Barnes headline list of stars headed to Chicago.

Cade Cunningham highlights
Cade Cunningham in action for top-ranked Montverde Academy.

Twenty-eight of the finest high school senior boys basketball players were announced Friday to play in the 19th Jordan Brand Classic, which will be played March 27th in the Wintrust Arena in Chicago.

Among the 28 were MaxPreps Player of the Year candidates Jalen Green, Cade Cunningham and Scottie Barnes, the latter two were selected from Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.), the nation's No. 1 squad. They'll join yet a third Montverde player, 6-10 center Day'ron Sharp, on the "away" team.

Green, an uncommitted 6-6 shooting guard from Prolific Prep in California, heads the "home," team.

This is the first year the game will be played in Wintrust Arena.

Among former players who starred in the game: Anthony Davis, Kevin Durant, LeBron James, Jayson Tatum and Zion Williamson.



Away Team
Scottie Barnes, 6-foot-8, F, Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) — Florida State
Brandon Boston, Jr., 6-6, G, Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.) — Kentucky
Josh Christopher, 6-5, G, Mayfair (Lakewood, Calif.)
Sharife Cooper, 6-0, G, McEachern (Powder Springs, Ga.) — Auburn
Cade Cunningham, 6-6, G, Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) — Oklahoma State
R.J. Davis, 6-1, G, Archbishop Stepinac (White Plains, N.Y.) — North Carolina
Caleb Love, 6-3, G, Christian Brothers (St. Louis) — North Carolina
Adam Miller, 6-4, G, Morgan Park (Chicago) — Illinois
Day'ron Sharpe, 6-10, C, Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) — North Carolina
Coach: Rob Smith  — Simeon (Chicago, Ill.)
Coach: Carl Arrigale — Neumann-Goretti (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Coach: Jorge Lopez — St. Raymond (Bronx, N.Y.)

Home Team
Jabri Abdur-Rahim, 6-6, W, Blair Academy (Blairstown, N.J.)
Coach: Ty Slaughter — Whitney Young (Chicago)
Coach: Glenn Farello — Paul VI (Fairfax, Va.)
Coach: David Evans — Wasatch Academy (Mt. Pleasant, Utah)
Jalen Green, Prolific Prep
Jalen Green, Prolific Prep
File photo by Gint Federas