<Tr> <Td> <2017 </Td> <Td> 2019> </Td> </Tr> <P> The 2018 McDonald's All - American Boys Game was an All - star basketball game that was played on Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, home of the Atlanta Hawks . The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school boys graduating in 2018 . The game was the 41st annual version of the McDonald's All - American Game first played in 1977 . </P> <P> The 24 players were selected from 2,500 nominees by a committee of basketball experts . They were chosen not only for their on - court skills, but for their performances off the court as well . Coach Morgan Wootten, who had more than 1,200 wins as head basketball coach at DeMatha High School, was chairman of the selection committee . </P> <P> When the rosters were announced on January 16, 2018, Duke & Kansas both had three selectees, while Oregon, Kentucky, North Carolina & Vanderbilt each had two . At the announcement of roster selections, only 10 schools were represented & had 6 players uncommitted . On Jan. 20, Zion Williamson committed to Duke, giving them four selections which gave them most of any school . On Jan. 22, Moses Brown committed to UCLA which brought the total number of schools to 11 . John Mirabello (Northwest Catholic High School, West Hartford, Conn .) and Brad Lauwers (A.J. Dimond High School, Anchorage, Alaska) coached the East and West teams, respectively . </P>

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