Jahlil Okafor (black uniform) and Justin Jackson (red uniform) being honored as co-MVPs
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Date | April 2, 2014 9:30 PM ET | ||||||||||||
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Arena | United Center | ||||||||||||
City | Chicago, Illinois | ||||||||||||
MVP/MOP | Jahlil Okafor/Justin Jackson | ||||||||||||
Officials | Kenneth Moreland, Bryce Cann, Mark Maslona | ||||||||||||
Halftime show | DJ R-Tistic | ||||||||||||
Attendance | 17,116 | ||||||||||||
Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||
Announcers | Jalen Rose, Jay Williams, Carter Blackburn & Quint Kessenich | ||||||||||||
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The 2014 McDonald's All-American Boys Game is an All-star basketball game that was played on April 2, 2014 at the United Center in Chicago, home of the Chicago Bulls. It was the 37th annual McDonald's All-American Game for high school boys. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited blue chip boys high school basketball 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 ESPNU. At the time of the announcement 22 of the 24 players had committed to Division I basketball programs.Duke and Kentucky led the field with four commits each. One of the game's major storylines was that local big men Jahlil Okafor (McDonald's Morgan Wootten Player of the Year) and Cliff Alexander (Naismith Player of the Year) opposed each other.
The 2014–15 Duke Blue Devils (Tyus Jones, Justise Winslow, Okafor, and Grayson Allen) and 2014–15 Kentucky Wildcats (Karl-Anthony Towns, Trey Lyles, Tyler Ulis, and Devin Booker) shared the lead among committed players at the time of the original roster announcement on January 29. Three hometown players (Okafor, Alexander and Tyler Ulis) were selected for the game. Texas led the way with five natives (Myles Turner, Emmanuel Mudiay, Justin Jackson, Justise Winslow, and Kelly Oubre).Rashad Vaughn committed to UNLV on February 11, but Turner remained uncommitted at the time of the game. He committed to Texas 4 weeks after the game on April 30.