2014 McDonald's All-Americans named today

[itgoeslike]

However there is something to be said about only 1 team since they started the McD's All American has won the NCAA title without one...does this jinx us...I think not!

Purvis officially joins next season. . . We'll have a McD's All American as well as 5-Star, 6'6" guard with a chip on his shoulder. . .

 

[UCweCONN]

I guess they needed to free up another spot for Duke or Kentucky.

 

[MilliniumPrince]

daniel hamilton ‏@Dham_547s
lol it's good y'all everybody that know me know I been the underdog my whole life it's just fuel to the fire

This is all I needed to see. Add it to the tank then use it to burn your doubters.

 

[uconnforlife]

If you think Goodman hates the huskies now just wait till DHam gets here. That dude has a personal vendetta against that whole family

 

[James]

Wowwwwwww. What a snub .

 

[tcf15]

Marcus Williams chimes in...

Kos‏@_MWill
@Dham_5 aye lil bro... mcds doesnt have anything to do with how well your future turns out. keep grindin!

 

[Tenspro2002]

Marcus Williams chimes in...

Kos‏@_MWill
@Dham_5 aye lil bro... mcds doesnt have anything to do with how well your future turns out. keep grindin!

In Marcus's case, he probably could have used less McD's himself.

 

[gtcam]

daniel hamilton ‏@Dham_547s
lol it's good y'all everybody that know me know I been the underdog my whole life it's just fuel to the fire

Very mature and I think we can all understand if Daniel Hamilton is upset. Its things like this in life that shape you into a bigger and better person if you can use it as an inspiration to be better than those who receive things that should be yours. Welcome to the UCONN family and you show them on the court and in the classroom. An All American in college is even better!!

 

[gtcam]

What a shocker! 4 Puke, 4 KenSucky, 3 UNC, 2 Kansas, 2 UCLA... These schools never get recruits on the All American team.

And those unsigned, are considering some of these schools...

It's not always how good you are, it's more about who you sign with... And If Hamilton signed with any of these schools, he would have been on the team.

http://epkzone.com/2014allamericangames/media/2014_MCDAAG_Final_Team_Roster.pdf

Puke = where AAs go to sit on a bench or play 4 years and go home

 

[rip7774]

Ever since Bynum surprise pick and eventual turn pro early i don't mind the snubs one bit.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

yup, uconn has never had an McD's AA, not only does ESPN have a complete anti-uconn agenda but so do the people who pick these rosters. In fact, I heard McDonald's CEO hates huskies and made a personal call to organizers of the game to make sure no player whom is committed to Uconn is chosen...

No one should eat at McDonalds. I haven't eaten there in years. I had to go to FF rehab though ,talk about addictive.
UDub had a McD's and some here don't even count that as a quality road win.

 

[HooperScooper]

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebas...ers-announced-for-mcdonalds-all-american-game

The highest-ranked player eligible for the game that wasn't chosen was Daniel Hamilton, a St. John Bosco (Calif.) product who is headed to Connecticut. He is ranked No. 16 in the 247Sports Composite.

Why am I not surprised?

 

[Hi-Low]

....maybe he's better off, wtf goes on there.

 

[Walker11]

goshdarn football team

 

[BeanTownBob]

Sucks for DHam and any potential pub UConn would have received for it. But to be perfectly honest I've thought for the past couple of years the Jordan game has done the better job with collection/selection of talent. Just doesn't have as much name recognition.

Jordan brand can pull 5th year guys who aren't eligible for McD's making a bigger and better talent pool. Don't think there is a chance DHam gets snubbed there

 

[DogMania]

As much as I enjoy watching future UConn players compete in the McDonald's All American game, I like getting hungry talented players bent on proving doubters wrong.

 

[boog204]

sucks that he didn't get the vote, but in the big scheme of things it is meaningless... there is not some sort of anti-uconn bias with this game. we generally get the "on the cusp" guy (ranked 15-20) and sometimes they get chosen, sometimes they don't.

 

[mauconnfan]

While I agree with boog if you look at the opposite end of the spectrum it does mean something if you commit to UNC, Duke, Kentucky or Kansas……….we've seen that for a long time. Good news there is these guys thing they're excellent then Roy and K ruin their careers and the Kentucky guys play for the NBA and not with each other…….KU/Self does it okay but the others, let them have the McD AA's our teams always end up better! When's the last time Duke or Kentucky beat us?

 

[donyell34]

Would have been nice for DH and some pub for the huskies. It is crazy though not being picked.

 

[imno1]

He must not be that good then right?

 

[UConNation]

Not Blackmon and Allen. Allen torched DHam at the City of Palms for 31. DHam had a double double but only 15pts / 10 assists.

I was just looking through the West roster and trying to figure out who DHam should have been taken over on that roster, and of those players that are listed above, I agree that the only one that IMO should be on there over DHam is Allen.

 

[upstater]

Dinos Trigonis ‏@trigonis30 13h
@GoodmanESPN @FrankieBur Jeff if u think there are 20 better talents in 2014 than Daniel Hamilton than you need to choose another profession

 

[huskiesNhoos]

To be fair the sf position is loaded on both squads. Even looking at the sg's you could really only have issue with blackmon on the east, and booker and allen on the west

 

[aceboon]

I was just looking through the West roster and trying to figure out who DHam should have been taken over on that roster, and of those players that are listed above, I agree that the only one that IMO should be on there over DHam is Allen.

Allen plays in and is from FL, wtf is he doing on a "West" roster? Seems like he was forced on there. I also have to cosign @BeanTownBob with his comments regarding the Jordan Brand Classic picking better rosters. Tyler Ennis was an obvious snub in last year's MCDAA game but he was on the Jordan roster, seems to be less politics in play with that game.

 

[UConNation]

Allen plays in and is from FL, wtf is he doing on a "West" roster? Seems like he was forced on there. I also have to cosign @BeanTownBob with his comments regarding the Jordan Brand Classic picking better rosters. Tyler Ennis was an obvious snub in last year's MCDAA game but he was on the Jordan roster, seems to be less politics in play with that game.

I agree with both of your comments. I wasn't trying to say that Allen should've been on the West roster. I just meant that he deserved to be an AA. I also agree that the Jordan roster seems to do a better job at picking the best talent in America.