Overall: 27-8, .771 W-L% (17th of 330)
Conference: 14-2, 1st in Big 12 (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bill Self (27-8)
PS/G: 76.4 (39th of 330) ▪ PA/G: 65.4 (106th of 330)
SRS: 18.02 (11th of 330) ▪ SOS: 7.90 (28th of 330)
NCAA Tournament: (#3 seed in Midwest)
Won Midwest First Round (84-74) versus #14 North Dakota State
Won Midwest Second Round (60-43) versus #11 Dayton
Lost Midwest Regional Semifinal (67-62) versus #2 Michigan State
| Pre | 11/17 | 11/24 | 12/1 | 12/8 | 12/15 | 12/22 | 12/29 | 1/5 | 1/12 | 1/19 | 1/26 | 2/2 | 2/9 | 2/16 | 2/23 | 3/2 | 3/9 | Final |
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| 24 | 24 | 22 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 14 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun, Nov 16, 2008 | REG | Missouri-Kansas City | Summit | W | 71 | 56 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | REG | Florida Gulf Coast | A-Sun | W | 85 | 45 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Mon, Nov 24, 2008 | REG | N | Washington | Pac-10 | W | 73 | 54 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | |
| 4 | Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | REG | N | Syracuse | Big East | L | 81 | 89 | OT | 3 | 1 | L 1 |
| 5 | Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | REG | Coppin State | MEAC | W | 85 | 53 | 4 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 6 | Mon, Dec 1, 2008 | REG | Kent State | MAC | W | 87 | 60 | 5 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 7 | Wed, Dec 3, 2008 | REG | New Mexico State | WAC | W | 100 | 79 | 6 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Dec 6, 2008 | REG | Jackson State | SWAC | W | 86 | 62 | 7 | 1 | W 4 | ||
| 9 | Sat, Dec 13, 2008 | REG | N | Massachusetts | A-10 | L | 60 | 61 | 7 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 10 | Sat, Dec 20, 2008 | REG | Temple | A-10 | W | 71 | 59 | 8 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 11 | Tue, Dec 23, 2008 | REG | @ | Arizona | Pac-10 | L | 67 | 84 | 8 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 12 | Tue, Dec 30, 2008 | REG | Albany (NY) | AEC | W | 79 | 43 | 9 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 13 | Sat, Jan 3, 2009 | REG | Tennessee | SEC | W | 92 | 85 | 10 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 14 | Tue, Jan 6, 2009 | REG | Siena | MAAC | W | 91 | 84 | 11 | 3 | W 3 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Jan 10, 2009 | REG | @ | Michigan State | Big Ten | L | 62 | 75 | 11 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 16 | Tue, Jan 13, 2009 | REG | Kansas State | Big 12 | W | 87 | 71 | 12 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 17 | Sat, Jan 17, 2009 | REG | @ | Colorado | Big 12 | W | 73 | 56 | 13 | 4 | W 2 | |
| 18 | Mon, Jan 19, 2009 | REG | Texas A&M | Big 12 | W | 73 | 53 | 14 | 4 | W 3 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Jan 24, 2009 | REG | @ | Iowa State | Big 12 | W | 82 | 67 | 15 | 4 | W 4 | |
| 20 | Wed, Jan 28, 2009 | REG | @ | Nebraska | Big 12 | W | 68 | 62 | 16 | 4 | W 5 | |
| 21 | Sat, Jan 31, 2009 | REG | Colorado | Big 12 | W | 66 | 61 | 17 | 4 | W 6 | ||
| 22 | Mon, Feb 2, 2009 | REG | @ | Baylor | Big 12 | W | 75 | 65 | 18 | 4 | W 7 | |
| 23 | Sat, Feb 7, 2009 | REG | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | W | 78 | 67 | 19 | 4 | W 8 | ||
| 24 | Mon, Feb 9, 2009 | REG | @ | Missouri | Big 12 | L | 60 | 62 | 19 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 25 | Sat, Feb 14, 2009 | REG | @ | Kansas State | Big 12 | W | 85 | 74 | 20 | 5 | W 1 | |
| 26 | Wed, Feb 18, 2009 | REG | Iowa State | Big 12 | W | 72 | 55 | 21 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 27 | Sat, Feb 21, 2009 | REG | Nebraska | Big 12 | W | 70 | 53 | 22 | 5 | W 3 | ||
| 28 | Mon, Feb 23, 2009 | REG | @ | Oklahoma | Big 12 | W | 87 | 78 | 23 | 5 | W 4 | |
| 29 | Sun, Mar 1, 2009 | REG | Missouri | Big 12 | W | 90 | 65 | 24 | 5 | W 5 | ||
| 30 | Wed, Mar 4, 2009 | REG | @ | Texas Tech | Big 12 | L | 65 | 84 | 24 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 31 | Sat, Mar 7, 2009 | REG | Texas | Big 12 | W | 83 | 73 | 25 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 32 | Thu, Mar 12, 2009 | CTOURN | N | Baylor | Big 12 | L | 64 | 71 | 25 | 7 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 33 | Fri, Mar 20, 2009 | NCAA | N | North Dakota State | Summit | W | 84 | 74 | 26 | 7 | W 1 | |
| 34 | Sun, Mar 22, 2009 | NCAA | N | Dayton | A-10 | W | 60 | 43 | 27 | 7 | W 2 | |
| 35 | Fri, Mar 27, 2009 | NCAA | N | Michigan State | Big Ten | L | 62 | 67 | 27 | 8 | L 1 |