Tomorrow between 5:30-6 p.m., the 48 players who will play in the McDonald's All-American High School Games will be revealed live on ESPNU.

There will be 24 players picked to play in the girls' game and 24 boys' players for the Mar. 31 game in Columbus, Ohio. It will be the 33rd annual game although this is just the ninth year that a girls' game is being held.

Considering that UConn recruits Bria Hartley and Samarie Walker were just selected to play in the WBCA All-American game, which will be held on April 3, it would not be a surprise to see them selected to the McDonald's game as well. Hartley, Walker and the other three UConn incoming freshmen (Stefanie Dolson, Lauren Engeln and Michala Johnson) were nominated but then again, if you started for your varsity team there's probably about a 30 percent chance that your name was on the initial list of nominees.

The people at McDonald's do need a little assistance in the media relations department since I happened to stumble across the announcement by doing a little checking up on UConn recruits this morning. You would think they'd be trying to get the word out there. Then again, the people at the WBCA continue to risk antagonizing those who cover women's basketball by annually releasing its list of high school all-americans a day early to USA Today, the same publication which recently laid off its long-time voice of women's basketball Dick Patrick so it's pretty evident that working with the women's basketball media to publicize these games happens to be pretty far down in the pecking order of importance.

As I mentioned in an earlier blog, if UConn gets sent to the Dayton regional, the McDonald's All-American Game is on March 31, the day after the regional final so if fans are willing to stay in Ohio an extra day and don't mind a 70-mile trip from Dayton to Columbus, they can check out the all-star game.

Here's some info about tickets from an official McDonald's release
Tickets for both the POWERADE Jam Fest (March 29, 6:30 p.m. ET) and the
McDonald’s All American High School Basketball Games (March 31, 5:30 p.m. for the girls, 8 p.m. for the boys) can be purchased at Ticketmaster.com, by calling 1-800-
745-3000 or at the Value City Arena Box Office. Ticket prices range from $8-$13 for the POWERADE Jam Fest and $7-$55 for the McDonald’s All American High School
Basketball Games.

GARDIN RE-SIGNED BY SUN
Forward Kerri Gardin has been signed to a training camp contract by the WNBA Connecticut Sun. Gardin has played in 67 games over the last two seasons in Connecticut, starting 23 times. Gardin has averaged 4.7 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.2 assists in her two years with the Sun.