Where the players went to college

2025 NBA All-Star Game will take place at the Chase Center in San Francisco, CA, Sunday, February 16 at. 20 et. All-Star starters were announced on January 23, and the reserves will be announced on January 30 with the draft on February 6th.

This year’s event introduces an exciting VRI with a brand new Fireteam Mini-Tournament Format. The tournament will consist of three teams of eight NBA All-Stars along with a fourth team consisting of eight of the league’s rising stars.

Many stars participating in the 74th NBA All-Star game have strong ties to NCAA programs.

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*Only players who participated in an NCAA basketball program are listed.

Eastern Conference

Starters

Reserves

Western Conference

Starters

Reserves

Three voting groups determined starters for 2025 NBA All-Star Game:

Fans (50%)
NBA players (25%)
Media Panel (25%)

Complete voting results are available here: https://t.co/mrjb1zihai

Below are the overall scores for the top finishers at each position. pic.twitter.com/kxpilk5xyc

– NBA Communications (@nbapr) January 24, 2025

College collapse

Kentucky is the only school represented by more than one player in this year’s NBA All-Star game, with Karl-Anthony Towns and Tyler Herro in the eastern conference and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Anthony Davis at the western conference.

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All four players were coached by John Calipari, who led the University of Kentucky Lord’s basketball team from 2009 to 2024 before taking the main coach position in Arkansas last year.

Here is a list of conferences represented in this year’s NBA All-Star Game:

Location distribution

Here’s a look at the former NBA All-Star Game Locations, dating back to 1951.