While it may be true that your John Walls, Michael Beasleys, Kevin Durants, and various other college basketball stars don’t grow on trees, apparently, the McDonald’s restaurant manufactures them, much like they do Big Macs and Chicken McNuggets. The process involves locating these players while they are in pupa form and then lavishing enough attention on them, they become household names. McDonald’s, from what I can see, completes the chrysalis by thrusting these newly-hatched young `uns upon the sporting world.

And with that, the 2010 McDonald’s All-American Teams have been announced. Names like “Kyerie Irving, Brandon Knight, Josh Selby, Doron Lamb and Joe Jackson highlight the star-studded rosters — otherwise known as the players Dick Vitale will go ga-ga over in the upcoming seasons.

A number of these kids haven’t decided where they will attend college, but of those that have, Duke commit Irving stands out as the best, ranked fourth on the Rivals Top 35. The rosters, including the players’ hometown and college of choice:

East Roster:
G Reggie Bullock – Kingston (N.C.); North Carolina
F Tobias Harris – Hollow Hills (N.Y.); Tennessee
G Kyle Irving – St. Patrick (N.J.); Duke
G Joe Jackson – White Station (Tenn.); Memphis
C Perry Jones III – Duncanville (Texas); Baylor
G Jelan Kendrick – Wheeler (Ga.); Memphis
F C.J. Leslie – Word of God (N.C.); Undecided
G Kendall Marshall – Bishop O’Connell (Va.); North Carolina
F Jayvaughn Pinkston – Bishop Loughlin (N.Y.); Villanova
G Josh Selby – Lake Clifton (Md.); Undecided
C Jared Sullinger – Northland (Ohio); Ohio State
F Deshaun Thomas – Bishop Luers (Ind.); Ohio State

West Roster:
G Keith Appling – Detroit Pershing (Mich.); Michigan State
F Harrison Barnes – Ames (Iowa); North Carolina
F Terrence Jones – Jefferson (Ore.); Undecided
G Cory Joseph – Findlay Prep (Nev.); Undecided
G Brandon Knight – Pine Crest (Fla.); Undecided
G Doron Lamb – Oak Hill Academy (Va.); Undecided
G Ray McCallum – Detroit Country Day (Mich.); Undecided
C Fab Melo – Sagemont (Fla.); Syracuse
F Jereme Richmond – Waukegan (Ill.); Illinois
C Joshua Smith – Kentwood (Wash.); UCLA
F Tristan Thomas – Findlay Prep (Nev.); Texas
F Patric Young – Providence (Fla.); Florida

Get to know them, because next season, they’ll be gracing your sports programming from November until March.