2008–09 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season

2008–09 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Duration	December 30, 2008 through March 8, 2009
Number of teams	12
NBA Draft
Top draft pick	Blake Griffin
Picked by	Los Angeles Clippers, 1st Overall
Regular Season
Regular Season Champion	Kansas (14–2)
Season MVP	Blake Griffin
Tournament
Champions	Missouri
Finals MVP	DeMarre Carroll

2008–09 Big 12 men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
#14 Kansas	14	–	2		.875			27	–	8		.771
#7 Oklahoma	13	–	3		.813			30	–	6		.833
#9 Missouri†	12	–	4		.750			31	–	7		.816
Kansas State	9	–	7		.563			22	–	12		.647
Texas	9	–	7		.563			23	–	12		.657
Texas A&M	9	–	7		.563			24	–	10		.706
Oklahoma State	9	–	7		.563			23	–	12		.657
Nebraska	8	–	8		.500			18	–	13		.581
Baylor	5	–	11		.313			24	–	15		.615
Iowa State	4	–	12		.250			15	–	17		.469
Texas Tech	3	–	13		.188			14	–	19		.424
Colorado	1	–	15		.063			9	–	22		.290
† 2009 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008–09 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season marks the 13th season of Big 12 Conference basketball.

Preseason

Big 12 Coaches Poll

Rank	Team	Votes
1	Oklahoma (3)	109
2	Texas (4)	107
3	Baylor (2)	103
3	Kansas (3)	103
5	Texas A&M	79
6	Oklahoma State	69
7	Missouri	51
8	Kansas State	50
9	Nebraska	49
10	Texas Tech	39
11	Iowa State	20
12	Colorado	13

All-Big 12 players

• Curtis Jerrells, Baylor
• Sherron Collins, Kansas
• Blake Griffin, Oklahoma
• A. J. Abrams, Texas
• Damion James, Texas

Player of the Year

• Blake Griffin, Oklahoma

Newcomer of the Year

• Mario Little, Kansas

Freshman of the Year

• Willie Warren, Oklahoma

Regular season

Rankings

AP Poll[1]	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18
Baylor	RV	RV	RV	24	22	21	21	19	23	21	RV	RV
Colorado
Iowa State
Kansas	24	24	22	RV	25	RV	RV		RV	RV	RV	RV	21	16	15	15	9	11	14
Kansas State													RV	RV		RV
Missouri					RV	RV	25	RV	RV	RV		RV	RV	17	11	11	15	14	9
Nebraska				RV
Oklahoma	12	12	11	6	5	4	4	4	6	6	6	4	2	2	2	3	4	6	7
Oklahoma State			RV							RV							RV	RV	RV
Texas	7	7	6	8	6	5	9	8	7	11	14	11	16	RV	RV	25	RV	RV	RV
Texas A&M	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV								RV
Texas Tech

In-season honors

Players of the week

Throughout the conference regular season, the Big 12 offices name a player of the week each Monday.

Date	Player(s)
Nov. 17	Blake Griffin, Oklahoma, F, So.
Nov. 24	Blake Griffin, Oklahoma, F, So.
Dec. 1	Blake Griffin, Oklahoma, F, So.
Dec. 8	Craig Brackins, Iowa State, F, So. A. J. Abrams, Texas, G, Sr.
Dec. 15	Cory Higgins, Colorado, G, So.
Dec. 22	James Anderson, Oklahoma State, G/F, So.
Dec. 29	Craig Brackins, Iowa State, F, So.
Jan. 5	Sherron Collins, Kansas, G, Jr.
Jan. 12	Blake Griffin, Oklahoma, F, So.
Jan. 19	Austin Johnson, Oklahoma, G, Sr.
Jan. 26	Craig Brackins, Iowa State, F, So.
Feb. 2	Denis Clemente, Kansas State, G, Jr.
Feb. 9	DeMarre Carroll, Missouri, F, Sr.
Feb. 16	Blake Griffin, Oklahoma, F, So.
Feb. 23	Sherron Collins, Kansas, G, Jr. James Anderson, Oklahoma State, G, So.
Mar. 2	Sherron Collins, Kansas, G, Jr.
Mar. 9	Blake Griffin, Oklahoma, F, So.

Conference honors

Award	Recipient(s)
Player of the Year	Blake Griffin, Oklahoma, F, So.
Coach of the Year	Bill Self, Kansas
Defensive Players of the Year	Cole Aldrich, Kansas, C, So. J.T. Tiller, Missouri, G, Jr.
Newcomer of the year	Denis Clemente, Kansas State, G, Jr.
Freshman of the Year	Willie Warren, Oklahoma, G, Fr.**
Sixth Man Awards	LaceDarius Dunn, Baylor, G, So. Matt Lawrence, Missouri, G, Sr.
All-Big 12 First Team	Craig Brackins, Iowa State, F, So. Cole Aldrich, Kansas, C, So. Sherron Collins, Kansas, G, Jr.** DeMarre Carroll, Missouri, F, Sr. Blake Griffin, Oklahoma, F, So.**
All-Big 12 Second Team	Denis Clemente, Kansas State, G, Jr. Willie Warren, Oklahoma, G, Fr. James Anderson, Oklahoma State, G/F, So. A. J. Abrams, Texas, G, Sr. Damion James, Texas, G/F, Jr.
All-Big 12 Third Team	Curtis Jerrells, Baylor, G, Sr. Cory Higgins, Colorado, G, So. Leo Lyons, Missouri, F, Sr. Ade Dagunduro, Nebraska, G, Sr. Byron Eaton, Oklahoma State, G, Sr. Josh Carter, Texas A&M, G/F, Sr.
All-Big 12 Honorable Mention	LaceDarius Dunn (Baylor) Kevin Rogers (Baylor) Jacob Pullen (Kansas State) J. T. Tiller (Missouri) Austin Johnson (Oklahoma) Terrel Harris (Oklahoma State) John Roberson (Texas Tech) Alan Voskuil (Texas Tech)
Big 12 All-Defensive Team	Cole Aldrich, Kansas, C, So. J. T. Tiller, Missouri, G, Jr.** Ade Dagunduro, Nebraska, G, Sr. Terrel Harris, Oklahoma State, G, Sr. Justin Mason, Texas, G, Jr. Derrick Roland, Texas A&M, G, Jr.
Big 12 All-Rookie Team	Marcus Morris, Kansas, F, Fr. Tyshawn Taylor, Kansas, G, Fr.** Denis Clemente, Kansas State, G, Jr.** Zaire Taylor, Missouri, G, Jr. Willie Warren, Oklahoma, G, Fr.**

** – Unanimous Selection

National awards & honors

Player of the Year

Blake Griffin, Oklahoma

• Oscar Robertson Trophy
• CBSSports.com Player of the Year
• Sporting News Player of the Year
• Sports Illustrated Player of the Year
• Fox Sports Player of the Year
• Adolph Rupp Trophy

Coach of the Year

Bill Self, Kansas

• AP Coach of the Year^[2]
• USBWA Henry Iba Award
• CBSSports.com Coach of the Year
• Sporting News Coach of the Year
• Fox Sports Coach of the Year
• CBS/Chevrolet Coach of the Year

Mike Anderson, Missouri

• NABC Co-Coach of the Year

All-District Teams

USBWA

USBWA All-District 6

• Blake Griffin, Oklahoma
• Craig Brackins, Iowa State
• Cole Aldrich, Kansas
• Sherron Collins, Kansas
• Denis Clemente, Kansas State
• DeMarre Carroll, Missouri
• Leo Lyons, Missouri
• Willie Warren, Oklahoma
• James Anderson, Oklahoma State

USBWA All-District 7

• Curtis Jerrells, Baylor
• A.J. Abrams, Texas
• Damion James, Texas
• Josh Carter, Texas A&M
• John Roberson, Texas Tech

NABC

NABC All-District 8
First Team

• Craig Brackins, Iowa State
• Cole Aldrich, Kansas
• Sherron Collins, Kansas
• DeMarre Carroll, Missouri
• Blake Griffin, Oklahoma

Second Team

• Curtis Jerrells, Baylor
• Willie Warren, Oklahoma
• James Anderson, Oklahoma State
• A.J. Abrams, Texas
• Damion James, Texas

All-Americans

Blake Griffin, Oklahoma

• USBWA,First Team
• CBSSports.com, First Team
• Sporting News, First Team
• Sports Illustrated, First Team
• Fox Sports, First Team
• Adolph Rupp Award, First Team
• Associated Press, First Team

Sherron Collins, Kansas

• USBWA, Second Team
• CBSSports.com, Second Team
• Fox Sports, Second Team
• Sporting News, Third Team
• Associated Press, Third Team

Craig Brackins, Iowa State

• Associated Press, Honorable Mention

Cole Aldrich, Kansas

• Associated Press, Honorable Mention

DeMarre Carroll, Missouri

• Associated Press, Honorable Mention

Freshman Teams

Tyshawn Taylor, Kansas

• CBSSports.com, First Team

Willie Warren, Oklahoma

• CBSSports.com, First Team
• Fox Sports, First Team

NCAA All-Regional Teams

South Regional

• Blake Griffin, Oklahoma

West Regional

• DeMarre Carroll, Missouri
• J.T. Tiller, Missouri

Midwest Regional

• Cole Aldrich, Kansas

Statistical leaders

Statistics shown cover the entire 2008–09 season.

Individual

Scoring Name School Pts PPG Griffin, Blake OU 794 22.7 Brackins, Craig ISU 645 20.2 Collins, Sherron KU 661 18.9 Anderson, James OSU 638 18.2 Higgins, Cory CU 538 17.4 Abrams, A.J. UT 580 16.6 Carroll, DeMarre MU 629 16.6 Jerrells, Curtis BU 621 16.3 Dunn, LaceDarius BU 596 15.7 James, Damion UT 540 15.4

Rebounding Name School TOT RPG Griffin, Blake OU 504 14.4 Aldrich, Cole KU 387 11.1 Brackins, Craig ISU 303 9.5 James, Damion UT 322 9.2 Rogers, Kevin BU 288 7.6 Elonu, Chinemelu TAMU 249 7.3 Muonelo, Obi OSU 252 7.2 Carroll, DeMarre MU 273 7.2 Davis, Bryan TAMU 222 6.5 Moses, Marshall OSU 196 6.1

Assists Name School TOT APG Roberson, John TTU 212 6.42 Eaton, Byron OSU 199 5.69 Garrett, Diante ISU 161 5.03 Collins, Sherron KU 174 4.97 Jerrells, Curtis BU 186 4.89 Mason, Justin UT 141 4.03 Johnson, Austin OU 140 3.89 Miller, Cookie NU 109 3.63 Tiller, J.T. MU 138 3.63 Clemente, Denis KSU 112 3.50

Steals Name School TOT SPG Eaton, Byron OSU 77 2.20 Higgins, Cory CU 59 1.90 Tiller, J.T. MU 68 1.79 Harris, Terrel OSU 61 1.74 Pullen, Jacob KSU 54 1.59 Dugat, Henry BU 59 1.55 Carroll, DeMarre MU 59 1.55 Jerrells, Curtis BU 59 1.55 Miller, Cookie NU 45 1.50 Harley, Steve NU 45 1.4

Blocks Name School TOT BPG Aldrich, Cole KU 94 2.69 Elonu, Chinemelu TAMU 53 1.56 Davis, Bryan TAMU 46 1.35 Atchley, Connor UT 45 1.32 Griffin, Blake OU 41 1.17 Griffin, Taylor OU 36 1.00 Acy, Quincy BU 34 1.00 Pittman, Dexter UT 33 0.94 Samuels, Jamar KSU 32 0.94 Brackins, Craig ISU 30 0.94

Field Goals Name School FG% Griffin, Blake OU .654 Aldrich, Cole KU .598 Carroll, DeMarre MU .558 Rogers, Kevin BU .557 Anderson, James OSU .482 Higgins, Cory CU .476 Brackins, Craig ISU .475 James, Damion UT .468 Collins, Sherron KU .434 Jerrells, Curtis BU .431 Min. 5 FGM/Gm

3-Pt Field Goals Name School 3FG% Voskuil, Alan TTU .435 Holmes, B.J. TAMU. .415 Brown, Fred KSU .415 Lawrence, Matt MU .408 Anderson, James OSU .408 Velander, Paul NU .400 Carter, Josh TAMU .399 Page, Keiton OSU .399 Muonelo, Obi OSU .398 Abrams, A.J. UT .396 Min 1.5 3Pt FGM/Gm.

Free Throws Name School FT% Voskuil, Alan TTU .896 Abrams, A.J. UT .848 Carter, Josh TAMU .847 Higgins, Cory CU .830 Anderson, James OSU .829 Roberson, John TTU .829 Dunn, LaceDarius BU .821 Clemente, Denis KSU .798 Collins, Sherron KU .795 Aldrich, Cole KU .792 Min 2.5 Per Gm

Postseason

Big Twelve Tournament

	First Round (March 11)					Quarterfinals (March 12)					Semifinals (March 13)					Championship (March 14)
						1	Kansas (#11)	64
						9	Baylor	71
	8	Nebraska	49
	9	Baylor	65
											9	Baylor	76
										5	Texas	70
						4	Kansas State	58
						5	Texas	61
	5	Texas	67
	12	Colorado	56
																9	Baylor	60
																3	Missouri (#14)	73
						2	Oklahoma (#6)	70
						7	Oklahoma State	71
	7	Oklahoma State	81
	10	Iowa State	67
											7	Oklahoma State	59
										3	Missouri (#14)	67
						3	Missouri (#14)	81
						11	Texas Tech	60
	6	Texas A&M	83
	11	Texas Tech	88

NCAA Tournament

School	Region	Seed	Round 1	Round 2	Sweet 16	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
Oklahoma	South	2	15 Morgan St., W 82–54	10 Michigan, W 73–63	3 Syracuse, W 84–71	1 North Carolina, L 60–72
Missouri	West	3	14 Cornell, W 78–59	6 Marquette, W 83–79	2 Memphis, W 102–91	1 Connecticut, L 75–82
Kansas	Midwest	3	14 North Dakota State, W 84–74	11 Dayton, W 60–43	2 Michigan State, L 62–67
Texas	East	7	10 Minnesota, W 76–62	2 Duke, L 69–74
Oklahoma State	East	8	9 Tennessee, W 77–75	1 Pittsburgh, L 76–84
Texas A&M	West	9	8 BYU, W 79–66	1 Connecticut, L 66–92

National Invitation Tournament

School	Seed	Round 1	Round 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
Baylor	3	6 Georgetown, W 74–72	2 Virginia Tech, W 84–66	1 Auburn, W 74–72	1 San Diego St., W 76–62	2 Penn St., L 63–69
Kansas State	4	5 Illinois St., W 83–79 (OT)	1 San Diego St., L 52–70
Nebraska	6	3 New Mexico, L 71–83

References

1. "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. 2009-02-02. Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
2. AP Coach of the Year