{"id":580122,"date":"2026-02-03T18:52:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/580122\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T18:52:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:52:14","slug":"the-10-highest-ranked-players-who-did-not-make-the-mcdonalds-all-american-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/580122\/","title":{"rendered":"The 10 highest-ranked players who did not make the McDonald’s All American game"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2026 McDonald\u2019s All American game rosters were announced on Monday, and 24 of the top high school basketball players were selected for the event. This event has traditionally been viewed as the most prestigious post-season All-Star game for high school players.<\/p>\n

READ: Updated 2026 Rivals150<\/a><\/p>\n

Dating back to 1978, the 2026 game will be the 48th annual game. A who\u2019s who of players have participated in the event, with names like Shaquille O\u2019Neal, Chris Webber, LeBron James, and Kevin Durant earning overall game MVP honors.<\/p>\n

This year is a little unique as there are multiple top-ranked players who did not qualify due to injury. Five-Star Plus+ point guard Dylan Mingo<\/a>, five-star forward Baba Oladotun<\/a>, and four-star forward Qayden Samuels<\/a> have dealt with various injuries throughout the high school season, preventing them from being eligible to play in the game.<\/p>\n

The 48th Annual McDonald\u2019s All American<\/a> game will be played at the Desert Diamond Arena in Phoenix, AZ, on March 31. Everyone\u2019s lens is a little different. Let\u2019s go through the 10 highest-ranked players in the 2026 Rivals150 not to make the list.<\/p>\n

5-star SG Bryson Howard, Duke<\/p>\n

Bryson Howard<\/a>
Height\/Weight: 6-4\/190
High School: Frisco (TX) Heritage
Rivals150: No. 10<\/p>\n

5-star SG Abdou Toure, Arkansas<\/p>\n

Abdou Toure<\/a>
Height\/Weight: 6-5\/200
High School: Notre Dame (CT)
Rivals150: No. 11<\/p>\n

4-star SF Colben Landrew, UConn<\/p>\n

Colben Landrew<\/a>
Height\/Weight: 6-6\/225
High School: Wheeler (GA)
Rivals150: No. 15<\/p>\n

4-star SG Quentin Coleman, Wake Forest<\/p>\n

Quentin Coleman<\/a>
Height\/Weight: 6-4\/190
High School: Principia (MO)
Rivals150: No. 20<\/p>\n

4-star PG Miles Sadler, West Virginia<\/p>\n

Miles Sadler<\/a>
Height\/Weight: 5-11\/170
High School: CIA Bella Vista (AZ) Prep
Rivals150: No. 22<\/p>\n

4-star SF Boyuan Zhang<\/p>\n

Boyuan Zhang<\/a>
Height\/Weight: 6-8\/200
High School: Veritas (CA) Prep
Rivals150: No. 25<\/p>\n

4-star SG Dakari Spear, Texas Tech<\/p>\n

Dakari Spear<\/a>
Height\/Weight: 6-4\/190
High School: Dynamic (TX) Prep
Rivals150: No. 27<\/p>\n

4-star PG Lucas Morillo, Illinois<\/p>\n

Lucas Morillo<\/a>
Height\/Weight: 6-6\/200
High School: The Newman (MA) School
Rivals150: No. 28<\/p>\n

4-star C Ethan Taylor, Michigan State<\/p>\n

Ethan Taylor<\/a>
Height\/Weight: 7-1\/240
High School: Link (MO) Academy
Rivals150: No. 29<\/p>\n

4-star SF Lincoln Cosby<\/p>\n

Lincoln Cosby<\/a>
Height\/Weight: 6-9\/205
High School: Montverde (FL) Academy
Rivals150: No. 32<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 McDonald\u2019s All American game rosters were announced on Monday, and 24 of the top high school…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":580123,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3724],"tags":[34778,12056,7,78311,31495,54897,78312,12064,35858,78313,12079,31497,12083,37567],"class_list":{"0":"post-580122","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-abdou-toure-26-notre-dame","9":"tag-baba-oladotun-27-james-hubert-blake","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-boyuan-zhang-26-veritas-prep","12":"tag-bryson-howard-26-heritage-high-school","13":"tag-colben-landrew-26-wheeler","14":"tag-dakari-spear-26-dynamic-prep","15":"tag-dylan-mingo-26-long-island-lutheran","16":"tag-ethan-taylor-26-link-academy","17":"tag-lincoln-cosby-27-montverde-academy","18":"tag-lucas-morillo-26-the-newman-school","19":"tag-miles-sadler-26-bella-vista-college-preparatory-school","20":"tag-qayden-samuels-26-bishop-mcnamara","21":"tag-quentin-coleman-26-the-principia-school"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=580122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/580123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}