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Message: [QUOTE="Orangutan, post: 2126983, member: 4946"] 2013 McDonald's All American rosters (HG ranking in parenthesis) [U]East[/U] Lindsay Allen (25) Makayla Epps (37) Kaela Davis (2) Lexie Brown (15) Diamond DeShields (3) Ieshia Small (19) Taya Reimer (4) Nia Coffey (24) Ronni Williams (13) Stephanie Mavunga (23) Kai James (22) Alaina Coates (28) [U]West[/U] Jessica Washington (14) Kelsey Plum (26) Tyler Scaife (9) Rebekah Dahlman (16) Linnae Harper (5) Rebecca Greenwell (6) Jordan Reynolds (42) Oderah Chidom (10) Erica McCall (11) Kailee Johnson (20) Mercedes Russell (1) Kendall Cooper (12) McD's is theoretically the 24 best players (plus or minus some fudging for positional balance) and they did have Epps, Plum, Coates, and Allen on the rosters. All outside the HG top 24 but ultimately very good college players. The HG top-24 players not on the McD's roster were - Allisha Gray, Jannah Tucker, Jessica Jackson, Raigyne Moncrief, Marques Webb. So yes, it looks like the McD's selectors did a better job evaluating talent than HG did that year. For what it's worth, the West crushed the East that year. I believe Russell was the MVP. [/QUOTE]