McDonald's All Americans™ Featured on Majority of Men's and Women's NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 Teams
The 22 Teams with McDonald's All Americans Could be Solid Indicators of This Year's NCAA Champion
PRNewswire
OAK BROOK, Ill.
Mar 25, 2004
What teams will take home the 2004 NCAA Men's and Women's Basketball Championship trophies? The teams in the NCAA Men's and Women's sweet 16 with McDonald's All Americans on the roster just might be the answer.
March Madness is in full swing and if history is any indication, the following six teams: Duke, Kansas, Illinois, Texas, UConn and Wake Forest seem to have the best chance for an NCAA Championship. Since 1979, at least one McDonald's All American boy player has been a part of all but one NCAA title. In all, more than 60 McDonald's All American alumni have played a role in winning the NCAA crown.
This will be the second year that members from the All American Girls Team will participate in the NCAA tournament, since the Inaugural Game just took place in 2002. If the tradition holds true, 13 teams with All American players could be competing for the 2004 Women's National Championship.
Combined, there are 43 McDonald's All Americans (16 Boys, 27 Girls) on NCAA sweet 16 teams this year. The players, the year they played in the McDonald's All American Game® and their schools are:
Boys Players Name Year Played School Chris Duhon 2000 Duke Daniel Ewing 2001 Duke Loul Deng 2003 Duke Sean Dockery 2002 Duke Shavlik Randolph 2002 Duke J.J. Redick 2002 Duke J.R. Giddens 2003 Kansas Aaron Miles 2001 Kansas David Padgett 2003 Kansas Wayne Simien 2001 Kansas Dee Brown 2002 Illinois Brian Boddicker 2000 Texas Taliek Brown 2000 UConn Charlie Villanueva 2003 UConn Chris Paul 2003 Wake Forest Eric Williams 2002 Wake Forest Girls Players Name Year Played School Mistie Bass 2002 Duke Alison Bales 2003 Duke Brittany Hunter 2003 Duke Alexis Kendrick 2002 Georgia Cori Chambers 2003 Georgia Courtney LaVere 2002 Notre Dame Crystal Erwin 2003 Notre Dame Seimone Augustus 2002 LSU Tamika Kursh 2002 Louisiana Tech Willnett Crockett 2002 UConn Ann Strother 2002 UConn Barbara Turner 2002 UConn Nicole Wolff 2002 UConn Elizabeth Sherwood 2003 UConn Dee Davis 2003 Vanderbilt Jennifer Hall 2003 Vanderbilt Liz Podominick 2003 Minnesota Jennifer Harris 2003 Penn State Katie Gearlds 2003 Purdue Erin Lawless 2003 Purdue Brooke Smith 2002 Stanford Tye'sha Fluker 2002 Tennessee Shanna Zolman 2002 Tennessee Dominique Redding 2003 Tennessee Nina Norman 2002 Texas Kalee Carey 2003 Texas Tiffany Jackson 2003 Texas
The 2004 McDonald's All American High School Boys Basketball Game marks its 27th Anniversary and tips off at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, March 31. The Game will be broadcast live on ESPN, beginning at 9 p.m. (EST).
The third annual McDonald's All American Girls Game also will be played at the Ford Center on Wednesday, March 31, and will precede the Boys Game with tip-off at 6:30 p.m. (EST). ESPN2 will air the game on Thursday, April 1 at 5 p.m. (EST).
A portion of the proceeds from the 2004 McDonald's All American Game benefit the Ronald McDonald's House Charities of Oklahoma.
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