Dwayne Bacon will be tough to leave out of the McDonald's All-American Game after four 30-point performances in five days on the biggest weekend of the high school basketball season.
Photo by Randy Kemp
Next Wednesday will be a big one for some of the nation's best high school senior boys basketball players.
The McDonald's All-American Game will pick 24 standouts from its expansive list of over 800 nominees (Jan. 28, 6 p.m. ET, ESPNU) to participate in high school basketball's premier postseason showcase.
The 2015 game will be held April 1 at the United Center in Chicago. Past participants include Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan and Shaquille O'Neal.
A little over half of the selections will be relative no-brainers – players like
Ben Simmons,
Jaylen Brown and
Malik Newman can start making plans to be in the Windy City now. Committee chairman Morgan Wootten will have his hands full with the remaining eight or nine spots and the announcement is sure to set off a social media firestorm.
Here's the list of players we think
will, not necessarily
should, earn one of 24 spots next week:
Name, Height, Position, School – CollegeDwayne Bacon, 6-6, G,
Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) – Florida State
Antonio Blakeney, 6-3, G,
Oak Ridge (Orlando, Fla.) – LSU
Carlton Bragg, 6-8, F,
Villa Angela-St. Joseph (Cleveland) – Kansas
Isaiah Briscoe, 6-3, G,
Roselle Catholic (N.J.) – Kentucky
Jaylen Brown, 6-6, G,
Wheeler (Marietta, Ga.) – Undecided
Jalen Brunson, 6-1, G,
Stevenson (Lincolnshire, Ill.) – Villanova
Jalen Coleman, 6-3, G,
La Lumiere (LaPorte, Ind.) – Illinois
Deyonta Davis, 6-9, F,
Muskegon (Mich.) – Michigan State
Tyler Davis, 6-9, F/C,
Plano West (Texas) – Texas A&M
Cheick Diallo, 6-9, F/C,
Our Savior New American (Centereach, N.Y.) – Undecided
Henry Ellenson, 6-9, F/C,
Rice Lake (Wis.) – Marquette
Brandon Ingram, 6-8, G/F,
Kinston (N.C.) – Undecided
Chase Jeter, 6-10, F/C,
Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) – Duke
Luke Kennard, 6-4, G,
Franklin (Ohio) – Duke
Dedric Lawson, 6-8, F,
Hamilton (Memphis, Tenn.) – Memphis
Keelon Lawson, 6-7, F,
Hamilton (Memphis, Tenn.) – Memphis
Malik Newman, 6-3, G,
Callaway (Jackson, Miss.) – Undecided
Ivan Rabb, 6-9, F,
Bishop O'Dowd (Oakland, Calif.) – Undecided
Ben Simmons, 6-9, F,
Montverde Academy (Fla.) – LSU
Diamond Stone, 6-10, F/C,
Dominican (Whitefish Bay, Wis.) – Undecided
Caleb Swanigan, 6-8, F/C,
Homestead (Fort Wayne, Ind.) – Undecided
Elijah Thomas, 6-8, F/C,
Lancaster (Texas) – Texas A&M
Allonzo Trier, 6-4, G,
Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.) – Arizona
Stephen Zimmerman, 7-0, C,
Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) – Undecided
