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2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
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The 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 10, 2008, and ended with the 2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament's championship game on April 6, 2009, at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. The season saw six different teams achieve the AP #1 ranking during the year (just one shy of the NCAA record). Oklahoma sophomore Blake Griffin was the dominant individual performer, sweeping National Player of the Year honors. The season began with North Carolina becoming the first unanimous preseason #1 team, and ended with the Tar Heels dominating the NCAA tournament en route to their fifth NCAA title. UNC won its six NCAA tournament games by double digits, and by an average of 19.8 points per game. Junior Wayne Ellington was named Final Four Most Outstanding Player.
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Final 561.0 2400.0 0001-04-04 Finals Semifinals Semi-Finals National Championship Game 0001-04-06 National Semifinals
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62 59 49 43 81 82 83 76 73 69 67
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Old Dominion Penn State dbr:2008-09_Villanova_Wildcats_men's_basketball_team North Carolina dbr:2008-09_Connecticut_Huskies_men's_basketball_team dbr:San_Diego_State_Aztecs Baylor dbr:2008-09_Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_men's_basketball_team Michigan State
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62 63 66 69 72 89
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Old Dominion Penn State dbr:2008-09_Baylor_Bears_men's_basketball_team North Carolina dbr:2008-09_Michigan_State_Spartans_men's_basketball_team
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Ford Field was the site of the season ending Final Four and Championship game for 2008-09.
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University of Miami Harvard University
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men
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Harvard Crimson Miami Hurricanes
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Harvard Miami
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2008
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2 3 1
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dbr:Detroit,_Michigan
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2009-04-06
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E3 M2 W1 S1 2 3 1
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2009-03-10 0001-11-10
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The 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 10, 2008, and ended with the 2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament's championship game on April 6, 2009, at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. The season saw six different teams achieve the AP #1 ranking during the year (just one shy of the NCAA record). Oklahoma sophomore Blake Griffin was the dominant individual performer, sweeping National Player of the Year honors. The season began with North Carolina becoming the first unanimous preseason #1 team, and ended with the Tar Heels dominating the NCAA tournament en route to their fifth NCAA title. UNC won its six NCAA tournament games by double digits, and by an average of 19.8 points per game. Junior Wayne Ellington was named Final Four Most Outstanding Player.
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