mcdonald's game announcement

Set your VCR's because the McDonald's All-American High School Game will be played tomorrow night in Ames, Iowa. But the actual basketball game is only part of and hoopla. There was a little Slam and Jam contest tonight, March 23 and it will also be televised tomorrow night before the game is shown live. The Sprite Slam Jam will be shown before the game on Wednesday, March 24th at 4:30 p.m. PST on ESPN.

Several contests were featured, a three point contest, which was won by none other than Jason Kapono, who hit seven shots in a row to take a first round lead with a score of 21. Also impressive were the two 6’11 centers, Jonathan Bender and Brian Cook who each scored 14. The final round was set with Kapono, Nelson, Dunleavy and Wilkins. Of course, Kapono finally won the contest beating the other finalists. Didn't we tell you last summer that we saw Jason hit 8 consecutive three's in a game? You bet we did.

The Slam Dunk contest was close, but eventually Jason Williams won, beating out Donnell Harvey beat out Carlos Boozer, Nick Collison, Jonathan Bender, Joe Forte, Kenny Satterfield, Damien Wilkins, and Donnell Harvey, who was clearly the crowd favorite.

Be sure to check out the game tomorrow. Here are the rosters for the McDonald's All-American game:

West Team	East Team
Brett Nelson (6'-3" PG) St. Albans, WV (Florida)	Majestic Mapp (6'-1" PG) St. Raymond, NY (Virginia)
Jason Gardner (5'-11" PG) North Central, IN (Arizona)	Jason Williams (6'-2" PG) St. Joseph, NJ (Duke)
Jason Kapono (6'-7" PG/SG/SF/PF) Artesia, CA (Unsigned)	Joseph Forte (6'-3" SG) DeMatha, MD (UNC)
Jason Richardson (6'-6" SG/SF) Arthur Hill, MI (Mich. State)	Kenny Satterfield (6'-3" SG) Rice, NY (Cincinnati)
Jonathan Bender (6'-11" C) Picayune Memorial, MS (Mississippi State)	Casey Sanders (6'-11" C) Tampa Prep, FL (Duke)
Brian Cook (6'-11" C) Lincoln Community, IL (Illinois)	Marvin Stone (6'-10" C) Virgil I. Grissom, AL (Kentucky)
LaVell Blanchard (6'-7" SF) Ann Arbor Pioneer, MI (Unsigned)	Keith Bogans (6'-4" SG/SF) DeMatha, MD (Kentucky)
Michael Dunleavy, Jr. (6'-7" SG) Jesuit, OR (Duke)	Damien Wilkins (6'-7" SF) Dr. Phillips, FL (NC State)
Casey Jacobsen (6'-6" SG) Glendora, CA (Stanford)	DerMarr Johnson (6'-9" PF) MCI Prep., ME (Unsigned)
Carlos Boozer, Jr. (6'-9" PF) Juneau-Douglas, AK (Unsigned)	Donnell Harvey (6'-7" C/PF) Randolph-Clay, GA (Unsigned)
Nick Collison (6'-9" PF) Iowa Falls, IA (Kansas)
Head Coach: Don Showalter (Mid-Prairie High School, Wellman, IA) Assistant: Chris Kern (Mid-Prairie High School, Wellman, IA)	Head Coach: William Fox, Jr. (Father Judge High School, Philadelpha, PA) Assistant: Bill Koch (Father Judge High School, Philadelpha, PA)