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Chicagoland (Illinois) area will have "three" players in the 37th annual Boys McDonald's All-American game, Kansas-bound Cliff Alexander, Duke-bound Jahlil Okafor and Kentucky recruit Tyler Ulis. And all three were selected to the starting lineups. “To be able to be in the same limelight as some other guys who have been in the McDonald's game is something I'm very proud of,” Okafor said. “Me and Tyler always talked about playing together. “I used to try to get him to play (AAU) with the Fire, and he tried to get me to Meanstreets. When we were freshmen and sophomores, I was trying to get him to Whitney Young and he was trying to get me to Marian Catholic.” AAU play helped Ulis make a name for himself nationally by outplaying Jones this summer, and Kentucky offered him not long after. “I've always dreamed of this,” Ulis said. “My mom has been talking about this game since I was 2 years old. Especially at my size, I'm not a typical guard to make this game. I think I'm the smallest ever to make it.” For whatever reason, the committee didn't select any girls from Illinois in the 13th Annual Girls game despite the record-setting play of Mount Carmel’s Tyra Buss. The 2013 Illinois Ms. Basketball is averaging better than 45 points a game and is on pace to break the single-season state record of 1,285 she set last season. An Indiana recruit, Buss is Illinois’ career scoring leader with more than 4,000 points. “I'm disappointed not making the team, but I felt very honored to be nominated for the game,” Buss said. “Some people ... haven't seen me play or don't think I play against good teams. I'm just going to keep working hard and try to prove everybody wrong, that I should have been on that team.” To read the official press release, click here. The games will take place on April 2, in Chicago at the United Center - girls tip off at 6pm CT, boys follow at approximately 8:30pm CT. For even more, visit http://www.mcdonaldsallamerican.com/aag/en/home.html NOTE: You can see the full list of nominees from Illinois by clicking here. Here are the FULL rosters   Girls Rosters Lynee' Belton, Bullis School (Clinton, Md.), 6-2, C, Duke Sierra Calhoun, Chris the King (Brooklyn, N.Y.), 6-0, G/F, Duke Bianca Cuevas, Nazareth Regional (Bronx, N.Y.), 5-6, G, South Carolina Sadie Edwards, Blair Academy (Meriden, Conn.), 5-9, G, UConn Myisha Hines-Allen, Montclair (N.J.), 6-1, G/F, Louisville Alexa Middleton, Riverdale (Murfreesboro, Tenn.), 5-8, G, Tennessee Kelsey Mitchell, Princeton (Cincinnati, Ohio), 5-8, G, Ohio State Mariya Moore, Salesian (Pleasant Hill, Calif.), 6-0, G/F, Louisville Shakayla Thomas, Sylacauga (Ala.), 5-11, G/F, Florida State Kathryn Westbeld, Fairmont (Ketterling, Ohio), 6-2, F, Notre Dame Jatarie White, Providence Day School (Charlotte, N.C.), 6-4, C, South Carolina A'ja Wilson, Heathwood Hall Episcopal (Hopkins, S.C.), Undecided   Ariel Atkins, Duncanville (Texas), 5-11, G, Texas Recee' Caldwell, FEAST Home School (San Antonio), 5-8, G, UCLA Jordin Canada, Winward (Los Angeles), 5-6, G, UCLA Mikayla Cowling, St. Mary's College High School (Benicia, Calif.), 6-1, G/F, California Lajahna Drummer, Long Beach Polytechnic (Los Angeles), 6-2, F, UCLA Gabby Green, St. Mary's College High School (Oakland, Calif.), California Brooke McCarty, Clear Springs (League City, Texas), 5-4, G, Texas Jaime Nared, Westview (Portland, Ore.), 6-1, G/F, Tennessee Alyssa Rice, Reynoldsburg (Ohio), 6-3, C, Kentucky Brianna Turner, Manvel (Pearland, Texas), 6-3, F, Notre Dame Chatrice White, Shelby (Nev.), 6-3, C, Illinois Gabby Williams, Edward C. Reed (Sparks, Nev.), 5-11, G, UConn

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Boys Rosters Cliff Alexander, Curie, 6-9, F, Kansas James Blackmon Jr., Marion (Ind.), 6-2, G, Indiana Justin Jackson, Homeschool Christian (Tomball, Texas), 6-7, F, North Carolina Tyus Jones, Apple Valley (Minn.), 6-1, G, Duke Kevon Looney, Milwaukee (Wis.) Hamilton, 6-8, F, UCLA Theo Pinson, Wesleyan Christian (Greensboro, N.C.), 6-8, F, North Carolina D'Angelo Russell, Montverde Academy (Fla.), 6-4, G, Ohio State Karl Towns Jr., St. Joseph (Metuchen, N.J.), 6-11, C, Kentucky Romelo Trimble, O'Connell (Upper Marlboro, Md.), 6-2, G, Maryland Myles Turner, Trinity (Bedford, Texas), 6-11, C, Undecided Isaiah Whitehead, Lincoln (Brooklyn, N.Y.), 6-4, G, Seton Hall Justise Winslow, St. John's (Houston), 6-6. F, Duke   Grayson Allen, Providence (Jacksonville, Fla.), 6-4, G, Duke Joel Berry, Lakes Highland (Apopka, Fla.), 6-0, G, North Carolina Devin Booker, Moss Point (Mass.), 6-5, G, Kentucky Stanley Johnson, Mater Dei (Fullerton, Calif.), 6-6, F, Arizona Trey Lyles, Arsenal Tech (Indianapolis), 6-10, F, Kentucky Emmanuel Mudiay, Prime Prep Academy (Dallas), 6-5, G, SMU Jahlil Okafor, Young, 6-10, C, Duke Kelly Oubre, Findlay College Prep (Henderson, Nev.), 6-7, F, Kansas Reid Travis, De La Salle (Minneapolis), 6-8, F, Stanford Tyler Ulis, Marian Catholic, 5-9, G, Kentucky Rashad Vaughn, Findlay College Prep (Henderson, Nev.), 6-6, G, Undecided Thomas Welsh, Loyola (Los Angeles), 6-11, C, UCLA Fun notes Ulis will be the shortest player on either team. It’s the sixth time three Illinois players were selected (1979, '88, '91, '98 and '02) and first since Proviso East’s Dee Brown, Julian’s Sean Dockery and Providence’s Michael Thompson represented the state in 2002.   People also read and follow... "Building Men and Women via Athletics" FACEBOOK AmateurSports365.com likes Amateur Sports News Network Create your Like Badge Join our Amateur Sports Digital Newsletter by Express Email Marketing

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