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2008-09 Season Summary

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National Champion: North Carolina
Final Four: Connecticut, Michigan State, North Carolina and Villanova

Consensus Player of the Year: Blake Griffin

AP Preseason #1: North Carolina ▪ AP Final #1: Louisville

Conference Summary

Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games ▪ Sorted by SRS
Rk Conference Schls W L W-L% SRS SOS AP NCAA FF Regular Season Champ Tournament Champ
1 Atlantic Coast Conference 12 255 142 .642 12.49 7.82 5 7 1 North Carolina Duke
2 Pacific-10 Conference 10 205 137 .599 11.90 8.06 3 6 0 Washington Southern California
3 Big East Conference 16 335 214 .610 11.82 7.91 6 7 2 Louisville Louisville
4 Big 12 Conference 12 260 153 .630 11.41 6.66 3 6 0 Kansas Missouri
5 Big Ten Conference 11 232 143 .619 10.85 7.76 2 7 1 Michigan State Purdue
6 Southeastern Conference 12 242 158 .605 8.35 4.56 1 3 0 South Carolina (East)
Tennessee (East)
Louisiana State (West)		 Mississippi State
7 Mountain West Conference 9 170 125 .576 6.45 4.03 1 2 0 Brigham Young
New Mexico
Utah		 Utah
8 Conference USA 12 217 178 .549 3.76 2.87 1 1 0 Memphis Memphis
9 Atlantic 10 Conference 14 244 206 .542 2.75 1.83 1 3 0 Xavier Temple
10 Missouri Valley Conference 10 181 150 .547 2.49 1.95 0 1 0 Creighton
Northern Iowa		 Northern Iowa
11 Horizon League 10 168 152 .525 0.30 0.81 1 2 0 Butler Cleveland State
12 Western Athletic Conference 9 158 135 .539 0.30 0.02 0 1 0 Utah State Utah State
13 West Coast Conference 8 130 129 .502 -0.31 1.37 1 1 0 Gonzaga Gonzaga
14 Colonial Athletic Association 12 201 190 .514 -2.26 -1.78 0 1 0 Virginia Commonwealth Virginia Commonwealth
15 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference 10 161 160 .502 -2.57 -1.80 0 1 0 Siena Siena
16 Atlantic Sun Conference 7 122 100 .550 -2.76 -1.27 0 1 0 Jacksonville East Tennessee State
17 Big West Conference 9 133 146 .477 -2.90 -1.63 0 1 0 Cal State Northridge Cal State Northridge
18 Mid-American Conference 12 175 210 .455 -3.60 -2.07 0 1 0 Bowling Green State (East)
Buffalo (East)
Ball State (West)
Central Michigan (West)
Akron
19 Summit League 10 142 173 .451 -3.74 -1.79 0 1 0 North Dakota State North Dakota State
20 Sun Belt Conference 13 203 207 .495 -4.69 -3.15 0 1 0 Western Kentucky (East)
Arkansas-Little Rock (West)		 Western Kentucky
21 Southland Conference 11 179 159 .530 -4.82 -3.10 0 1 0 Stephen F. Austin (East)
Sam Houston State (West)		 Stephen F. Austin
22 Big Sky Conference 9 124 150 .453 -5.10 -2.31 0 1 0 Weber State Portland State
23 America East Conference 9 140 141 .498 -6.16 -4.72 0 1 0 Binghamton
Vermont		 Binghamton
24 Ohio Valley Conference 10 148 163 .476 -6.37 -4.47 0 1 0 Tennessee-Martin Morehead State
25 Southern Conference 12 183 201 .477 -7.69 -4.83 0 1 0 Chattanooga (North)
Western Carolina (North)
Davidson (South)		 Chattanooga
26 Ivy Group 8 101 125 .447 -7.92 -5.46 0 1 0 Cornell
27 Patriot League 8 112 131 .461 -8.29 -6.41 0 1 0 American American
28 Big South Conference 9 136 145 .484 -9.25 -5.49 0 1 0 Radford Radford
29 Northeast Conference 11 151 189 .444 -9.47 -6.76 0 1 0 Robert Morris Robert Morris
30 Independent 4 61 58 .513 -11.25 -3.80 0 0 0 Chicago State
31 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference 11 148 202 .423 -12.97 -7.42 0 1 0 Morgan State Morgan State
32 Southwest Athletic Conference 10 112 199 .360 -16.45 -9.49 0 1 0 Alabama State Alabama State

AP Poll Summary

School Conf 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
Louisville Big East 3 3 3 11 9 9 19 18 23 20 9 7 5 5 7 6 6 5 1
North Carolina ACC 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 2 1 2
Memphis CUSA 13 13 18 18 17 23         22 18 14 8 5 5 5 4 3
Pittsburgh Big East 5 6 4 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 4 3 6 4 4 1 3 2 4
Connecticut Big East 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 5
Duke ACC 8 10 7 4 7 6 5 5 2 3 2 1 4 6 9 7 7 9 6
Oklahoma Big 12 12 12 11 6 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 2 2 2 3 4 6 7
Michigan State Big Ten 6 5 5 13 18 19 11 10 8 7 7 9 13 9 6 9 8 7 8
Missouri Big 12             25             17 11 11 15 14 9
Gonzaga WCC 10 9 9 5 4 8 7 16     23 20 18 19 17 17 14 12 10
Villanova Big East 23 23 20 17 15 18 18 15 18 23 20 21 17 13 12 10 11 10 11
Wake Forest ACC 21 20 19 15 11 10 6 6 4 2 1 6 7 7 8 13 10 8 12
Syracuse Big East       16 13 11 17 13 11 8 8 15 20 23 24   25 18 13
Kansas Big 12 24 24 22   25               21 16 15 15 9 11 14
Washington Pac-10                       23 22   22 21 16 13 15
Florida State ACC                           25   23 24 22 16
Purdue Big Ten 11 11 10 9 14 13 10 9 14 19 18 16 12 20 19 16 19 24 17
UCLA Pac-10 4 4 13 12 16 14 13 12 10 9 13 17 15 11 20 22 20 15 18
Arizona State Pac-10 15 15 14 19 20 20 20 17 20 16 17 14 24 18 14 14 21 23 19
Xavier A-10     16 14 10 7 14 22 16 15 15 10 9 14 16 19 17 19 20
Louisiana State SEC                             23 18 12 20 21
Butler Horizon               25 21 17 16 13 11 15 21 24 22 16 22
Marquette Big East 16 15 15 25 24 24     18 14 11 8 8 10 10 8 13 21 23
Clemson ACC           25 22 20 12 10 10 12 10 12 13 12 18 17 24
Utah MWC                                     25
School Conf 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
Baylor Big 12       24 22 21 21 19 23 21                  
Boston College ACC                 17                    
Brigham Young MWC                                   25  
California Pac-10                   22                  
Davidson Southern 20 21 24 22 23 22                          
Dayton A-10                             25        
Florida SEC 19 18 17 23             24                
Georgetown Big East 22 22 21 20 19 15 12 11 9 13 12 25              
Illinois Big Ten                     25 19 23 22 18 20 23    
Kentucky SEC                       24 19            
Miami (FL) ACC 17 17 22 21                              
Michigan Big Ten             24 23   25                  
Minnesota Big Ten             23 21 22 18 21                
Notre Dame Big East 9 8 8 7 12 12 8 7 13 12 19                
Ohio State Big Ten         21 17 15 24           24          
Saint Mary's (CA) WCC                       22              
Southern California Pac-10 18 19                                  
Tennessee SEC 14 14 12 10 8 16 16 14 15 24                  
Texas Big 12 7 7 6 8 6 5 9 8 7 11 14 11 16     25      
Utah State WAC                         25 21          
West Virginia Big East                 25                    
Wisconsin Big Ten 25 25 25                                

Season Leaders

Minimum Stat Requirements
Games
1. Curtis Jerrells-BAY 39
  Henry Dugat-BAY 39
  Kevin Rogers-BAY 39
  LaceDarius Dunn-BAY 39
5. Delvon Roe-MIST 38
  DeMarre Carroll-MO 38
  Deon Thompson-NC 38
  DJ Jackson-PAST 38
  Durrell Summers-MIST 38
  Dante Cunningham-NOVA 38
  Danny Green-NC 38
  Corey Stokes-NOVA 38
  Corey Fisher-NOVA 38
  Chris Allen-MIST 38
  Bobby Frasor-NC 38
  Arinze Onuaku-SYR 38
  Andrew Jones-PAST 38
  Ed Davis-NC 38
  Jonny Flynn-SYR 38
  J.T. Tiller-MO 38
  Wayne Ellington-NC 38
  Talor Battle-PAST 38
  Travis Walton-MIST 38
  Rick Jackson-SYR 38
  Scottie Reynolds-NOVA 38
  Matt Lawrence-MO 38
  Miguel Paul-MO 38
  Reggie Redding-NOVA 38
  Marquise Gray-MIST 38
  Marcus Denmon-MO 38
  Larry Drew-NC 38
  Korie Lucious-MIST 38
  Kim English-MO 38
  Keith Ramsey-MO 38
  Kalin Lucas-MIST 38
  Justin Safford-MO 38
  Zaire Taylor-MO 38
Field Goals
1. Lester Hudson-TNMART 313
2. Stephen Curry-DAVID 312
3. Blake Griffin-OK 300
  Luke Harangody-NDAME 300
5. Jermaine Taylor-CFL 291
6. Stefon Jackson-TXEP 282
7. Drake Reed-AP 275
8. David Holston-CHIST 269
9. Jodie Meeks-KY 263
10. Sam Young-PITT 261
Field Goal Attempts
1. Lester Hudson-TNMART 697
2. Stephen Curry-DAVID 687
3. Stefon Jackson-TXEP 660
4. Luke Harangody-NDAME 653
5. David Holston-CHIST 632
6. Josh Akognon-CASTFU 618
7. Jermaine Taylor-CFL 606
8. Seth Curry-LIB 583
9. Jodie Meeks-KY 568
10. Courtney Pigram-ETNST 550
  Jeremy Hazell-SH 550
Field Goal Percentage
1. Jeff Pendergraph-AZST .660
2. Blake Griffin-OK .654
3. Joey Henley-SACHRT .626
4. Keith Benson-OAK .622
5. Ahmad Nivins-STJOE .612
6. Marqus Blakely-VT .610
7. Robert Glenn-IUPUI .610
8. Luke Nevill-UT .607
9. Matt Mullery-BROWN .606
10. Justin Rutty-QUIN .604
3-Point Field Goals
1. David Holston-CHIST 147
2. Josh Akognon-CASTFU 136
3. Stephen McDowell-CHAT 135
  Erik Kangas-OAK 135
5. Stephen Curry-DAVID 130
6. Kyle McAlarney-NDAME 124
7. Austin Kenon-VAMI 119
8. Jimmy Baron-RI 118
9. Jodie Meeks-KY 117
10. Garrison Carr-AMER 114
3-Point Field Goal Attempts
1. David Holston-CHIST 395
2. Josh Akognon-CASTFU 366
3. Stephen Curry-DAVID 336
4. Erik Kangas-OAK 324
  Robert Vaden-ALBIRM 324
6. Stephen McDowell-CHAT 318
7. Austin Kenon-VAMI 305
8. Dionte Christmas-TEMP 304
9. Tyrone Lewis-NIAG 299
  Lester Hudson-TNMART 299
3-Point Field Goal Percentage
1. Mike Rose-EKY .481
2. Booker Woodfox-CREIGH .476
3. Jared Stohl-PORT .456
4. Ryan Tillema-GB .454
5. Jimmy Baron-RI .454
6. Jack McClinton-MIAFL .453
7. Brandon Hazzard-TROY .449
8. Rihards Kuksiks-AZST .443
9. Chavis Holmes-VAMI .442
10. Andrew Goudelock-CCHAR .440
Free Throws
1. Stefon Jackson-TXEP 312
2. Tyler Hansbrough-NC 249
3. Brandon Ewing-WY 233
4. Ben Woodside-NDST 231
5. Malcolm Delaney-VATECH 225
6. Stephen Curry-DAVID 220
7. Wesley Matthews-MARQ 213
8. Jodie Meeks-KY 211
9. Byron Eaton-OKST 208
10. James Harden-AZST 204
Free Throw Attempts
1. Stefon Jackson-TXEP 374
2. Blake Griffin-OK 324
3. Tyler Hansbrough-NC 296
4. Brandon Ewing-WY 280
5. Ben Woodside-NDST 275
6. James Harden-AZST 270
7. Byron Eaton-OKST 269
8. Diamon Simpson-STMACA 267
9. Malcolm Delaney-VATECH 259
10. Ahmad Nivins-STJOE 258
Free Throw Percentage
1. Brett Harvey-LOYMD .910
2. Josh White-NTX .906
3. Jodie Meeks-KY .902
4. Darren Collison-UCLA .897
5. Alan Voskuil-TXTECH .896
6. David Kool-WMI .894
7. Josh Akognon-CASTFU .892
8. Taylor Rochestie-WAST .891
9. Mike Schachtner-GB .889
10. Jack McClinton-MIAFL .885
Total Rebounds
1. Blake Griffin-OK 504
2. Kenneth Faried-MOREST 468
3. John Bryant-SC 467
4. DeJuan Blair-PITT 432
5. Luke Harangody-NDAME 401
6. Jon Brockman-WA 391
7. Hasheem Thabeet-CT 388
8. Cole Aldrich-KS 387
9. Ahmad Nivins-STJOE 378
10. Diamon Simpson-STMACA 377
Assists
1. Johnathon Jones-OAK 290
2. Levance Fields-PITT 270
3. Jonny Flynn-SYR 254
4. Julyan Stone-TXEP 236
5. Nick Calathes-FL 231
6. Ty Lawson-NC 230
7. Brock Young-ECAR 227
8. Ronald Moore-SIENA 224
9. Dijuan Harris-CHAR 223
10. Brandon Brooks-ALST 212
  John Roberson-TXTECH 212
Steals
1. Cedric Jackson-CLEVST 112
2. Chavis Holmes-VAMI 105
3. David Holston-CHIST 97
4. Tyrone Lewis-NIAG 91
  Tywain McKee-COPST 91
6. Devan Downey-SC 89
7. Travis Holmes-VAMI 87
8. Jeremy Chappell-RMOR 86
  Kevin Palmer-TXAMCC 86
  Terrence Williams-LOU 86
  Stephen Curry-DAVID 86
Blocks
1. Jarvis Varnado-MSST 170
2. Hasheem Thabeet-CT 152
3. Tony Gaffney-MA 115
4. Kleon Penn-MCNST 102
5. Taj Gibson-SCA 100
6. Chris Johnson-LAST 95
7. Cole Aldrich-KS 94
8. Larry Sanders-VACOMM 92
  Luke Nevill-UT 92
10. Jerome Jordan-TLS 91
Turnovers
1. Demonte Harper-MOREST 136
2. Jonathan Amos-TOL 135
3. Tyreke Evans-MEM 133
4. Cedric Jackson-CLEVST 132
5. David Holston-CHIST 131
6. Cameron Tyler-FD 129
  Jonny Flynn-SYR 129
8. Courtney Fortson-AR 128
9. Frank Turner-CANI 126
  Stephen Curry-DAVID 126
Points
1. Stephen Curry-DAVID 974
2. Stefon Jackson-TXEP 908
3. Lester Hudson-TNMART 880
4. Jodie Meeks-KY 854
5. David Holston-CHIST 830
6. Jermaine Taylor-CFL 812
7. Blake Griffin-OK 794
8. Luke Harangody-NDAME 792
9. Ben Woodside-NDST 766
10. Josh Akognon-CASTFU 764
Points Per Game
1. Stephen Curry-DAVID 28.6
2. Lester Hudson-TNMART 27.5
3. Jermaine Taylor-CFL 26.2
4. David Holston-CHIST 25.9
5. Stefon Jackson-TXEP 24.5
6. Josh Akognon-CASTFU 23.9
7. Jodie Meeks-KY 23.7
8. Luke Harangody-NDAME 23.3
9. Ben Woodside-NDST 23.2
10. Jeremy Hazell-SH 22.7
Total Rebounds Per Game
1. Blake Griffin-OK 14.4
2. John Bryant-SC 14.2
3. Kenneth Faried-MOREST 13.0
4. DeJuan Blair-PITT 12.3
5. Ahmad Nivins-STJOE 11.8
6. Luke Harangody-NDAME 11.8
7. Jon Brockman-WA 11.5
8. Joseph Harris-CCAR 11.4
9. Artsiom Parakhouski-RADF 11.2
10. Cole Aldrich-KS 11.1
Assists Per Game
1. Johnathon Jones-OAK 8.1
2. Brock Young-ECAR 7.6
3. Levance Fields-PITT 7.5
4. Dijuan Harris-CHAR 7.2
5. Ashton Mitchell-SHST 6.8
6. Jonny Flynn-SYR 6.7
7. Brandon Brooks-ALST 6.6
8. Ty Lawson-NC 6.6
9. Chris Lowe-MA 6.4
10. John Roberson-TXTECH 6.4
Steals Per Game
1. Chavis Holmes-VAMI 3.4
2. Travis Holmes-VAMI 3.2
3. Devin Gibson-TXSA 3.0
4. David Holston-CHIST 3.0
5. Cedric Jackson-CLEVST 3.0
6. Devan Downey-SC 2.9
7. Tywain McKee-COPST 2.8
8. Chase Adams-CENTLA 2.7
9. Paul Gause-SH 2.7
10. Brigham Waginger-WCAR 2.6
Blocks Per Game
1. Jarvis Varnado-MSST 4.7
2. Hasheem Thabeet-CT 4.2
3. Tony Gaffney-MA 3.8
4. Kleon Penn-MCNST 3.5
5. Taj Gibson-SCA 2.9
6. Cruz Daniels-HP 2.8
7. Chief Kickingstallionsims-ALST 2.8
8. Chris Johnson-LAST 2.7
9. Larry Sanders-VACOMM 2.7
  Luke Nevill-UT 2.7
Effective Field Goal Percentage
1. Jeff Pendergraph-AZST .660
2. Blake Griffin-OK .657
3. Joey Henley-SACHRT .626
4. Keith Benson-OAK .622
5. Matt Mullery-BROWN .620
6. Chavis Holmes-VAMI .612
7. Marqus Blakely-VT .612
8. Ahmad Nivins-STJOE .612
9. Aaron Jackson-DUQU .611
10. Robert Glenn-IUPUI .610
True Shooting Percentage
1. Mark Payne-CADAV .707
2. Jeff Pendergraph-AZST .690
3. Kurt Cunningham-BOISE .684
4. Jared Stohl-PORT .680
5. T.J. Campbell-PORT .671
6. Ryan Rossiter-SIENA .670
7. Ahmad Nivins-STJOE .670
8. Jabril Banks-NCO .666
9. Chavis Holmes-VAMI .663
10. Luke Nevill-UT .659
Offensive Win Shares
1. Stephen Curry-DAVID 6.4
2. Jodie Meeks-KY 6.3
3. Blake Griffin-OK 6.1
4. Ahmad Nivins-STJOE 5.5
5. James Harden-AZST 5.1
6. Jerome Randle-CA 5.1
7. Aaron Jackson-DUQU 5.1
8. Jeff Pendergraph-AZST 5.1
9. John Bryant-SC 5.0
10. Gary Wilkinson-UTST 5.0
Defensive Win Shares
1. Hasheem Thabeet-CT 5.6
2. Robert Dozier-MEM 5.3
3. Andrew Lovedale-DAVID 5.0
4. Tyreke Evans-MEM 4.8
5. DeJuan Blair-PITT 4.8
6. Matt Kingsley-SFA 4.7
7. Diamon Simpson-STMACA 4.7
8. Terrence Williams-LOU 4.6
9. Shawn Taggart-MEM 4.4
10. Cedric Jackson-CLEVST 4.4
Win Shares
1. Stephen Curry-DAVID 9.9
2. Blake Griffin-OK 9.7
3. Hasheem Thabeet-CT 9.4
4. Ahmad Nivins-STJOE 8.4
5. Robert Dozier-MEM 8.4
6. Cole Aldrich-KS 8.3
7. DeJuan Blair-PITT 8.2
8. Jerome Jordan-TLS 7.7
9. Taj Gibson-SCA 7.7
10. Matt Kingsley-SFA 7.6