2008–09 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season

2008–09 Big 12 men's basketball standings
	† 2009 Big 12 Tournament winner; Rankings from AP Poll

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
Basketball seasons
	← 07–08 09–10 →

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

Name	School	Pts	PPG
Scoring
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

Name	School	TOT	RPG
Rebounding
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

Name	School	TOT	APG
Assists
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

Name	School	TOT	SPG
Steals
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

Name	School	TOT	BPG
Blocks
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

Name	School	FG%
Field Goals
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

Name	School	3FG%
3-Pt Field Goals
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.

Name	School	FT%
Free Throws
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

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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
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

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