Parade released its High School All American team on Wednesday, and two of the four McDonald’s All Americans headed to Duke were not included on Parade’s list.
That raises a natural question: Who’s right about Grayson Allen and Tyus Jones? Parade or McDonald’s?
First, it’s important to note that, overall, the two organizations usually agree. Of the 68 Duke players to be named Parade All Americans under Mike Krzyzewski, 55 were also named to the McDonald’s team.
On the flip side, prior to Allen and Jones, 10 other Duke recruits were McDonald’s All Americans but snubbed by Parade.
Here are the two lists:
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McDonald’s only |
Parade only |
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Quin Snyder |
Mark Alarie |
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Chris Collins |
Kevin Strickland |
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Steve Wojciechowski |
Antonio Lang |
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Nate James |
Erik Meek |
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Daniel Ewing |
Jeff Capel |
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Sean Dockery |
Chris Carrawell |
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Quinn Cook |
Mike Chappell |
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Marshall Plumlee |
William Avery |
|
Amile Jefferson |
Shelden Williams |
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Matt Jones |
Jamal Boykin |
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Brian Zoubek |
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Josh Hairston |
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Semi Ojeleye |
The Parade list has the biggest misses, including transfers Boykin and Chappell, as well as Josh Hairston. But Parade also found some diamonds that McDonald’s missed, most notably Alarie and Shelden Williams.
The 10 McDonald’s only players averaged 741 points in their Duke careers, compared to 922 for the Parade onlys.
McDonald’s only had a national defensive player of the year (Wojciechowski) and combined for six All ACC honors. Wiliams won two national defensive player of the year awards, and he and the Parade only list combined for four All America teams, 11 All ACC honors and an ACC Player of the Year (Carrawell).