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Ty Sabin and Tim Daly help lead the West and East teams in this year's NABC All-Star Game. |
The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) today announced the coaches and team rosters for the 2017 Reese’s® Division III College All-Star game, which will be played as part of the 2017 NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Championship. Reese’s brand is the official candy partner of the NCAA.
The Reese’s Division III College All-Star game will be played on Saturday, March 17, at 3:30 p.m., prior to the NCAA Division III championship game, which begins at 6 p.m. at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Va. A link to view the game will be available on D3hoops.com, with Dave McHugh providing broadcast color commentary.
The teams are composed of two senior student-athletes from each of the eight regions in Division III, two at-large selections and two seniors who were selected by online voting on D3hoops.com.
2017 Reese’s NABC Division III All-Stars – East
| No. | Name | Ht. | Wt. | Pos. | Hometown | School | Region |
| 0 | Juwan Henry | 5-10 | 165 | G | Chicago, Ill. | North Park | Central |
| 1 | Shaquan Turk | 6-4 | 190 | F | Philadelphia, Pa. | Eastern | Atlantic |
| 2 | Tahron Harvey | 6-3 | 185 | G | Country Club Hills, Ill. | Benedictine | Central |
| 4 | Frank Schettino | 5-11 | 160 | G | Brooklyn, N.Y. | Staten Island | Atlantic |
| 5 | Aldin Medunjanin | 6-4 | 200 | G | New York, N.Y. | Skidmore | East |
| 11 | Samuel Borst-Smith | 6-3 | 185 | G | San Pedro, Calif. | Rochester | East |
| 12 | Ty Sabin | 6-2 | 190 | G | New Berlin, Wis. | Ripon | Central |
| 24 | Hugh Lindo | 6-4 | 190 | F | Enfield, Conn. | Eastern Connecticut | Northeast |
| 42 | Derek Hart | 6-7 | 235 | C | Poughkeepsie, N.Y. | Clarkson | East |
| 52 | Edward Ogundeko | 6-5 | 230 | F | Brooklyn, N.Y. | Trinity (Conn.) | Northeast |
Head coach: Page Moir
2017 Reese’s NABC Division III All-Stars – West
| No. | Name | Ht. | Wt. | Pos. | Hometown | School | Region |
| 1 | Johnathan Belton | 6-0 | 175 | G | Amherst, N.Y. | Medaille | Great Lakes |
| 2 | Sterling Holmes | 6-1 | 195 | G | San Antonio, Texas | Texas Lutheran | South |
| 3 | Zack Burnett | 6-2 | 195 | G | Fairfax, Va. | Lynchburg | South |
| 4 | Grant Shaeffer | 6-2 | 180 | G | Eden Prairie, Minn. | St. Thomas | West |
| 5 | Kenny Love | 6-1 | 197 | G | Santa Rosa, Calif. | Whitworth | West |
| 13 | Khory Moore | 6-0 | 185 | G | Arlington, Va. | Virginia Wesleyan | South |
| 24 | Steven Weidlich | 6-1 | 160 | G | Watchung, N.J. | Susquehanna | Mid-Atlantic |
| 31 | DeAllen Jackson | 6-2 | 200 | G | Akron, Ohio | Mount Union | Great Lakes |
| 33 | Jett Speelman | 6-7 | 240 | F | Granville, Ohio | Denison | Great Lakes |
| 44 | Tim Daly | 6-6 | 200 | C | Richmond, Va. |
Christopher Newport |
Mid-Atlantic |
Head coach: Jim Smith
Page Moir, a past president of the NABC, coached for 27 years at Roanoke, retiring with the most wins in school history with 428. The Maroons won three Old Dominion Athletic Conference titles under Moir and played in six NCAA Division III tournaments. He has played an integral role in the NCAA Division III championship being played in Salem and in the operation of the Reese’s Division III College All-Star Game.
Jim Smith is the winningest collegiate basketball coach at any level in the state of Minnesota. In 51 seasons at Saint John’s, his Johnnies teams compiled 36 winning seasons and won championships in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in five different decades. The 1956 Marquette University graduate entered this season ranked third among all Division III coaches with 786 career victories.