2008–09 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season

Sports season
2008–09 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
DurationDecember 30, 2008
through March 8, 2009
Number of teams12
Regular Season
Regular Season ChampionKansas (14–2)
Season MVPBlake Griffin
Tournament
ChampionsMissouri
Finals MVPDeMarre Carroll
Basketball seasons
2008–09 Big 12 men's basketball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 14 Kansas 14 – 2   .875 27 – 8   .771
No. 7 Oklahoma 13 – 3   .813 30 – 6   .833
No. 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 [1]

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

Player of the Year

  • Blake Griffin, Oklahoma

Newcomer of the Year

Freshman of the Year

Regular season

Rankings

AP Poll[2] Pre Wk
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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

Coach of the year

Bill Self, Kansas

Mike Anderson, Missouri

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

Team

Postseason

Big Twelve tournament

First Round
Wednesday, March 11 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 12 		Semifinals
Friday, March 13 		Finals
Saturday, March 14
            
1 #11 Kansas 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 #14 Missouri 73
2 #6 Oklahoma 70
7 Oklahoma State 71
7 Oklahoma State 81
10 Iowa State 67
7 Oklahoma State 59
3 #14 Missouri 67
3 #14 Missouri 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. ^ "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  2. ^ "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. February 2, 2009. Archived from the original on February 7, 2009. Retrieved February 3, 2009.
  3. ^ AP Coach of the Year[permanent dead link]
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