One more game report, some stats plus MickeyD's selections

Cordova High tops Antelope as Bill Paterson reports.

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Sacramento High 64, Valley High 54

SAC –- Aaron Cameron 20, Robert Garrett 17

V –- Robert Perry 17, Kyron Cooper 13, Redmond Vera 12

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The McDonald's AA selections sure seem to indicate that both California prep basketball and that in other western states isn't on a par with the rest of the talent in the country.

It's two consecutive years without a representative from the Golden State.

Here's Jeff Goodman and Justin Young on the process. 

Here's how the final names are determined:

The selection process for the McDonald’s All-American game is an elaborate one, beginning with nominations from all fifty states that typically range from 1,500 to 1,800 players.  After a verification process, the nominees are then sent to the selection committee which is comprised of analysts, scouts, reporters, and coaches from across the country.

Sports America Inc, the company that manages the process for McDonald’s, trims the list of nominees to 125 players that are initially sent to the selection committee at the end of the December with members of the committee then being allowed to add players who they believe should have been on the initial list.  Round two asks each committee member to vote for their top 50 in early January.  Once the ballots are returned to Sports America in mid-January, the votes are tallied with the top 100 vote getters being named McDonald’s All-American finalists.  Round three of the process takes the top 50 finalists and asks the committee to vote for their top 30.

The fourth and final round of voting asks each committee member to create their own McDonald’s team with two point guards, two shooting guards, two small forward, two power forwards, and two centers for both the East and West teams.  Players are then ranked based on the number of ballots they appear on.

In early February, selection committee chairman Morgan Wooten reviews and approves the twenty names selected, notifies them of their selection, and is also given the right to name as many as four additional members to the team.

As for the selections, here you go (from Maxpreps):

East

Bradley Beal, Chaminade (St. Louis, Mo.) – Florida signee
Chane Behanan, Bowling Green (Ky.) – Louisville
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Greenville (Ga.) – Georgia
Michael Carter-Williams, St. Andrew's (Barrington, R.I.) – Syracuse
Rakeem Christmas, Academy of the New Church (Bryn Athyn, Pa.) – Syracuse
Quinn Cook, Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) – Duke
Michael Gilchrist, St. Patrick (Elizabeth, N.J.) – Kentucky
P.J. Hairston, Hargrave Military Academy (Chatham, Va.) – North Carolina
James McAdoo, Norfolk Christian (Norfolk, Va.) – North Carolina
Johnny O'Bryant, East Side (Cleveland, Miss.) – Louisiana State
Marshall Plumlee, Christ School (Arden, N.C.) – Duke
Shannon Scott, Milton (Ga.) – Ohio State

Coach: Bob Cimino, Mount Vernon (N.Y.)

West

Khem Birch, Notre Dame Prep (Fitchburg, Mass.) – Pittsburgh
Wayne Blackshear, Morgan Park (Chicago, Ill.) – Louisville
Anthony Davis, Perspectives (Chicago, Ill.) – Kentucky
Branden Dawson, Wallace (Gary, Ind.) – Michigan State
Myck Kabongo, Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.) – Texas
LeBryan Nash, Lincoln (Dallas, Texas) – Oklahoma State
Austin Rivers, Winter Park (Fla.) – Duke
Marquis Teague, Pike (Indianapolis, Ind.) – Kentucky
Adonis Thomas, Melrose (Memphis, Tenn.) – Memphis
Amir Williams, Detroit Country Day (Beverly Hills, Mich.) – Ohio State
Kyle Wiltjer, Jesuit (Portland, Ore.) – Kentucky
Cody Zeller, Washington (Ind.) – Indiana

Coach: Gene Pingatore, St. Joseph (Westchester, Ill.)