1986 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
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| Date | April 11, 1986 | ||||||||||||
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| Venue | Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI | ||||||||||||
| MVP | J. R. Reid | ||||||||||||
| Referees | 1 2 3 | ||||||||||||
| Attendance | 15,527 | ||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| Announcers | Jim Thacker and Dick Vitale | ||||||||||||
| McDonald's All-American | |||||||||||||
The 1986 McDonald's All-American Boys Game was an All-star basketball game played on Sunday, April 11, 1986, at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school boys graduating in 1986. The game was the 9th annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game first played in 1978.
1986 game
[edit]The game was telecast by ESPN. The East team had many of the top ranked forwards of the 1986 class, including J. R. Reid, who went on to win Mr. Basketball USA; the West team relied on forwards Nick Anderson, Derrick Coleman and Terry Mills, and center Dwayne Schintzius.[1] The protagonists of the 1986 game were East players Rumeal Robinson, a guard who scored 19 points, Steve Hood (16 points) and Reid who won the MVP award (23 points, 8 rebounds); for the West, Derrick Coleman recorded 19 points and 15 rebounds, while Mills scored 20 points along with 5 rebounds. Schintzius and Randall scored 15 points each; Schintzius also had 5 blocks.[2][3][4][5] Of the 25 players, 13 went on to play at least 1 game in the NBA.
East roster
[edit]| No. | Name | Height | Weight | Position | Hometown | High school | College of Choice |
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| 3 | Rex Chapman | 6-4 | 180 | G | Owensboro, KY, U.S. | Apollo | Kentucky |
| 10 | Rumeal Robinson | 6-2 | 185 | G | Cambridge, MA, U.S. | Rindge and Latin | Michigan |
| 20 | Mark Tillmon | 6-1 | 185 | G | Washington, D.C., U.S. | Gonzaga | Georgetown |
| 23 | Chris Brooks | 6-6 | 205 | F | Mouth of Wilson, VA, U.S. | Oak Hill Academy | West Virginia |
| 25 | Ricky Jones | 6-6 | 190 | F | Pendleton, SC, U.S. | Pendleton | Clemson |
| 31 | Brian Oliver | 6-4 | 185 | G | Smyrna, GA, U.S. | Wills | Georgia Tech |
| 32 | Pete Chilcutt | 6-8+1⁄2 | 220 | F | Tuscaloosa, AL, U.S. | Tuscaloosa Academy | North Carolina |
| 33 | Alaa Abdelnaby | 6-10 | 215 | F / C | Bloomfield, NJ, U.S. | Bloomfield | Duke |
| 34 | J. R. Reid | 6-10 | 240 | F / C | Virginia Beach, VA, U.S. | Kempsville | North Carolina |
| 35 | Barry Bekkedam | 6-10 | 200 | F | Radnor, PA, U.S. | Archbishop Carroll | Villanova |
| 40 | Larry Rembert | 6-8 | 220 | F | Orrville, AL, U.S. | Keith | UAB |
| 44 | Steve Hood | 6-6 | 190 | F | Hyattsville, MD, U.S. | DeMatha | Maryland |
| 50 | Keith Robinson | 6-8 | 205 | F | Buffalo, NY, U.S. | Grover Cleveland | Notre Dame |
West roster
[edit]| No. | Name | Height | Weight | Position | Hometown | High school | College of Choice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Fess Irvin | 5-11 | 170 | G | Gonzales, LA, U.S. | East Ascension | LSU |
| 22 | Dwayne Bryant | 6-2 | 180 | G | New Orleans, LA, U.S. | De La Salle | Georgetown |
| 24 | Anthony Pendleton | 6-4 | 175 | G | Flint, MI, U.S. | Northwestern | Iowa[9] |
| 32 | Stephen Thompson | 6-3 | 170 | G | Los Angeles, CA, U.S. | Crenshaw | Syracuse |
| 33 | Dwayne Schintzius | 7-1 | 225 | C | Brandon, FL, U.S. | Brandon | Florida |
| 34 | Ron Huery | 6-6 | 187 | G / F | Memphis, TN, U.S. | Whitehaven | Arkansas |
| 42 | Mark Randall | 6-8 | 190 | F | Englewood, CO, U.S. | Cherry Creek | Kansas |
| 43 | Derrick Coleman | 6-9 | 215 | F | Detroit, MI, U.S. | Northern | Syracuse |
| 44 | Nelison Anderson | 6-5 | 210 | F | Chicago, IL, U.S. | Simeon | Illinois |
| 45 | Phil Henderson | 6-4 | 165 | G | Crete, IL, U.S. | Crete-Monee | Duke |
| 52 | Terry Mills | 6-10 | 207 | F | Romulus, MI, U.S. | Romulus | Michigan |
| 54 | Scott Williams | 6-10 | 215 | C | Hacienda Heights, CA, U.S. | Glen A. Wilson | North Carolina |
Coaches
[edit]The East team was coached by:
- Head Coach Stewart Vetter, Jr. of Flint Hill School (Oakton, Virginia)
The West team was coached by:
- Head Coach J. E. Evans of Keith High School (Orrville, Alabama)
References
[edit]- ^ "HOOP SCOOP'S FINAL RANKING OF THE NATION'S TOP 100 SENIORS - CLASS OF 1986". Archived from the original on July 31, 2018. Retrieved August 31, 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 August 31, 2018.
- ^ a b c "The Next 48 are up" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 30, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2018. 1986 game and rosters at page 72.
- ^ McCabe, Mick (April 13, 1986). "Coleman lays claim as top rebounder". Detroit Free Press. p. 3E.
- ^ Sutton, Stan (April 13, 1986). "Chapman crowd-pleaser in East's 104-101 win". The Courier-Journal. p. 27.
- ^ a b "McDonald's All-American all-time rosters" (PDF). Retrieved January 25, 2018. 1986 roster at pages 4.
- ^ a b "PREP'S ELITE 25 MEET IN MCDONALD'S GAME". Detroit Free Press. April 7, 1986. p. 83.
- ^ a b "Presenting McDonald's All American High School Basketball Team for 1986". Ebony. April 1986. pp. 12–13.
- ^ Pendleton had committed to Iowa, but he changed his mind when coach George Raveling transferred to USC. Wanting to follow Raveling, Pendleton expressed his intention to commit to USC instead. The NCAA found him ineligible under the Proposition 48, which was enacted in 1986, and Pendleton had to sit out his first year of college. He then enrolled at USC and played there. "Pendleton Leaves Iowa, Enrolls at USC, Must Sit Out One Year". Los Angeles Times. September 3, 1986.