1986 McDonald's All-American Boys Game

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1986 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
1st Half2nd Half Total
East 4361 104
West 5249 101
DateApril 11, 1986
ArenaJoe Louis Arena
CityDetroit, MI
MVP/MOPJ. R. Reid
Officials1
2
3
Attendance15,527
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersJim Thacker and Dick Vitale
McDonald's All-American
< 19851987 >

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[]

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[]

[3][6][7][8]

No. Name Height Weight Position Hometown High school College of Choice
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 6-81⁄2 220 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 6-8 205 F Buffalo, NY, U.S. Grover Cleveland Notre Dame

West roster[]

[3][6][7][8]

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[]

The East team was coached by:

The West team was coached by:

References[]

  1. ^ "HOOP SCOOP'S FINAL RANKING OF THE NATION'S TOP 100 SENIORS - CLASS OF 1986". Archived from the original on 2018-07-31. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
  2. ^ A LOOK BACK AT THE McDONALD’S ALL AMERICAN® GAMES SUPERSTARS AND UNFORGETTABLE MEMORIES FROM GAMES PAST
  3. ^ a b c "The Next 48 are up" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-01-29. 1986 game and rosters at page 72.
  4. ^ McCabe, Mick (April 13, 1986). "Coleman lays claim as top rebounder". Detroit Free Press. p. 3E.
  5. ^ Sutton, Stan (April 13, 1986). "Chapman crowd-pleaser in East's 104-101 win". The Courier-Journal. p. 27.
  6. ^ a b "McDonald's All-American all-time rosters" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-01-25. 1986 roster at pages 4.
  7. ^ a b "PREP'S ELITE 25 MEET IN MCDONALD'S GAME". Detroit Free Press. April 7, 1986. p. 83.
  8. ^ a b "Presenting McDonald's All American High School Basketball Team for 1986". Ebony. April 1986. pp. 12–13.
  9. ^ 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.

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