KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) today announced a unique battle between brothers as coaches as well as the player rosters for the 2018 Reese’s® College All-Star game, which will be played on Reese’s Final Four Friday®, March 30, at the Alamodome as part of the 2018 NCAA® Men’s Final Four® in San Antonio. Reese’s brand is the official candy partner of the NCAA.
Yale head coach James Jones will face off against his brother, Boston University head coach Joe Jones, in the game, which is set for a 3:35 p.m. CDT start and will be televised live on CBS Sports Network. The Reese’s College All-Star game features two 10-man teams composed of some of the finest seniors from NCAA Division I.
James Jones, the Ivy League Coach of the Year in both 2015 and 2016, is one of the most successful coaches in Ivy League history. Jones’ 159 Ivy victories and 288 overall wins are both the third most in league history.
Having just completed his 19th season at Yale, James Jones is the longest tenured coach in the Ivy League. He is the winningest coach in school history, having surpassed Hall of Fame Coach Joe Vancisin, who led Yale to 204 victories, when the Bulldogs beat Holy Cross on Mar. 22, 2014.
In 2015-16, James Jones guided the Bulldogs to the most successful season in school history. Yale won 23 games, the most since 1906-07 and captured a second straight Ivy League title with a 13-1 record, matching the 1961-62 team for the best in school history. Yale advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 54 years where the Bulldogs upset Baylor to earn the first NCAA Tournament victory in Yale history.
Joe Jones, the younger of the brothers, just completed his seventh season as head coach of the Terriers and has a record of 122-102. During his tenure, he has led BU to a Patriot League regular season title in 2014 and second-place finish in both the 2017 Patriot League and 2013 America East regular season.
Prior to Boston University, Jones was the associate head coach at Boston College in 2010-11, head coach at Columbia from 2003-2010, and an assistant coach at Villanova (1997-2003) and Hofstra (1994-97).
Reese’s Division I East All-Stars
Bryson Scott, Fort Wayne
Jordan Howard, Central Arkansas
Marcus Foster, Creighton
Gabe DeVoe, Clemson
Xavier Cooks, Winthrop
George King, Colorado
Peyton Aldridge, Davidson
Zach Thomas, Bucknell
Thomas Welsh, UCLA
Vladimir Brodziansky, TCU
Head Coach: James Jones, Yale
Reese’s Division I West All-Stars
Jordan McLaughlin, USC
Trae Bell-Haynes, Vermont
Bogdan Bliznyuk, Eastern Washington
Tyler Nelson, Fairfield
Desi Rodriguez, Seton Hall
Hayden Dalton, Wyoming
Yante Maten, Georgia
Gabe Levin, Long Beach State
Ben Lammers, Georgia Tech
Rokas Gustys, Hofstra
Head Coach: Joe Jones, Boston U
Rosters, Coaches Set for Reese's College All-Star Game
The NABC today announced a unique battle between brothers as coaches as well as the player rosters for the 2018 Reese’s College All-Star game, which will be played on Reese’s Final Four Friday, March 30, at the Alamodome as part of the 2018 NCAA Men’s Final Four in San Antonio.
