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On March 9, 2016, Lonzo Ball was named the Morgan Wootten award winner, an award given to the best male McDonald's All American player who presents an outstanding character, leadership and embodies the value of being a student-athlete in the classroom and the community. The highest ranked nominee not chosen was Auburn signee, Mustapha Heron. Three other five-star recruits were also ineligible, number 15 ranked Rawle Alkins, number 16 ranked and Villanova signee, Omari Spellman, and number 24 ranked and Kentucky signee, Wenyen Gabriel. ESPN's number 9 ranked and Florida State signee, Jonathan Isaac was an ineligible postgraduate student. would become ineligible due to an injury before his senior year and enrolled early to NC State. 1 overall player in the 2016 high school class but was not eligible or invited to play due to an ACL tear at Oak Hill Academy which ended his senior year. Duke signee Harry Giles would remain the No. The West team roster was highlighted by ( Josh Jackson). The two highest rated players ( Jayson Tatum) were named to the East team. Who knew back in September that this game would carry significant postseason weight when it came to. At the time of the roster announcement the 24 players included 22 of the top 25 players according to the 2016 ESPN 100. Top 25 College Football Games of 2016 Regular Season 25. The rosters were announced on January 17. Proceeds from the 2016 McDonald's All American High School Basketball Games will go to Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) of Central Ohio and its Ronald McDonald House program.

Legendary UCLA coach John Wooden, who had been involved in the McDonald's All American Games since its inception, served as chairman of the Games and as an advisor to the selection committee. Coach Morgan Wootten, who had more than 1,200 wins as head basketball coach at DeMatha Catholic High School, was chairman of the selection committee. They were chosen not only for their on-court skills but for their performances off the court as well. The 24 players were selected from 2,500 nominees by a committee of basketball experts. The game is the 39th annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game first played in 1977. The game's rosters features the best and most highly recruited high school boys graduating in 2016. NBC's “Nightly News” had 6.6 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 4.6 million.The 2016 McDonald's All-American Boys Game was an All-star basketball game played on Wednesday, Maat the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, home of the Chicago Bulls. TNT had 1.59 million, ESPN had 1.23 million, MSNBC had 1.16 million and HGTV had 977,000.ĪBC's “World News Tonight” led the evening news ratings with an average of 8 million viewers last week. ABC had 3.5 million, NBC had 3 million, Fox had 2.8 million, Univision had 1.4 million, Ion Television had 1 million and Telemundo had 800,000.įox News Channel led the cable networks with a prime-time average of 2.24 million viewers. Viewership peaked at 9.8 million when the Celtics hit a last-second layup to win 115-114.Īmong the broadcast networks, CBS led the way last week with an average of 4.5 million viewers in prime time. Leading the way was the instant classic between the Brooklyn Nets and Boston Celtics, with 6.9 million viewers Sunday afternoon, making it the most-watched first round game since 2016, Nielsen said.
