UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA BLAKE GRIFFIN 6-10 • 251 • SOPHOMORE • FORWARD BIG 12 PLAYER OF THE YEAR NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR CAREER NOTES Ranks fi rst at OU in career fi eld goal percentage (.618), second in rebounds per game (11.8), third in double-doubles (40), sixth in points per game (18.8), ninth in rebounds (805) and 17th in points (1,278) ... Sports two-year NCAA Tournament per-game aver- ages of 22.3 points, 11.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists, and a school-record .778 fi eld goal mark ... Joined Wayman Tisdale and Alvan Adams as the only Sooners to reach 1,000 career points during their true sophomore season. 2008-09 NOTES GRIFFIN’S NATIONAL Consensus national player of the year ... Big 12 Player of the Year ... Unanimous fi rst-team All-Big 12 selection ... Averaged PLAYER OF THE YEAR 22.7 points, 14.4 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.2 blocks and 1.1 steals in 33.3 minutes per game while shooting .654 from the fi eld ... Ranked No. 1 nationally in rebounding and double-doubles (30), second in fi eld goal percentage and 11th in scoring ... His points, HONORS rebounds and fi eld goal marks led the Big 12 while his assists average paced all league players taller than 6-foot-5 ... Set OU and Naismith Trophy Big 12 single-season records for rebounds (504), rebounding average, fi eld goal percentage and double-doubles ... Also set OU single-season marks for free throw attempts (324) and free throw attempts per game (9.3) ... Led team in rebounding 31 times Oscar Robertson Trophy (USBWA) in his 35 games ... Became fi rst Sooner to grab at least 18 rebounds in four straight games (fi rst four games of the year) ... His AP Player of the Year rebound total was the highest in a season by an NCAA Division I player since Indiana State’s Larry Bird in 1978-79 (505) ... His rebounding average was the highest since Wake Forest’s Tim Duncan averaged 14.7 in 1996-97 ... Recorded at least 20 points and Rupp Trophy 15 rebounds a Big 12-record 15 times (previous single-season record was seven) ... Became the fi rst player in Big 12 history to CBS/Chevrolet Player of the Year record back-to-back games of at least 20 points and 20 boards ... Registered three games of at least 20 points and 20 rebounds (previous Big 12 career record was two) ... Notched the only game of at least 40 points and 20 rebounds in Big 12 history when NABC Player of the Year he fi nished with a career-high 40 points and a career-high 23 rebounds Feb. 14 against Texas Tech (had double-doubles in both Sports Illustrated Player of the Year halves) ... His 40 points against the Red Raiders were the most by a Sooner in 15 seasons while his 23 rebounds were the most in 20 years ... Averaged 28.5 points, 15.0 rebounds and 2.3 assists while shooting .780 from the fi eld in team’s four NCAA Tourna- The Sporting News Player of the Year ment games ... Recorded 33 points and 17 rebounds versus Michigan for the NCAA Tournament’s fi rst 30/15 game since 2003 CBSsports.com Player of the Year (Kansas’ Nick Collison) ... Scored at least 20 points in 24 of 35 games and at least 30 points six times ... Logged at least two assists in 26 games and at least three assists in 16 outings ... Earned a record-tying six Big 12 Player of the Week awards ... Finished the FoxSports.com Player of the Year season with team highs of 90 dunks (2.6 average) and 13 charges taken. Athlon Sports Player of the Year 2007-08 NOTES A fi rst-team All-Big 12 selection by league coaches and Associated Press ... Named to the Big 12 All-Rookie Team ... A fi rst-team all-district pick by the USBWA and NABC ... Scored in double fi gures in 21 of his last 25 games ... Averaged 14.7 points, 9.1 rebounds (both team highs) and 1.8 assists in 28.4 minutes per contest while shooting a team-high .568 from the fi eld ... Ranked ninth in Big 12 in scoring, fourth in rebounding and third in fi eld goal percentage ... The last OU true frosh to average as many points and rebounds was Wayman Tisdale in 1983 ... Battled knee injuries during conference play and still averaged 15.7 points and 9.7 boards ... Averaged 16.9 points, 10.4 boards and 2.2 assists in his 13 full league outings ... Two-time Big 12 Player of the Week (Dec. 31 and Jan. 28) and the Jan. 14 Rookie of the Week ... Recorded 10 double-doubles (averaged 19.2 points and 13.9 rebounds in those games) ... His last seven double-doubles came against NCAA Tournament teams (averaged 20.3 points and 14.7 boards in those seven games) ... Missed a game following each of two separate injuries (sprained MCL in left knee fi ve minutes into Jan. 14 game at Kansas and partial tear of medial meniscus in right knee fi ve minutes into March 1 contest vs. Texas A&M). GRIFFIN’S CAREER STATS Year G-GS MP-Avg. FG-A Pct. 3G-A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def-Tot Avg. PF-D A TO B S TP Avg. 2007-08 33-28 937-28.4 184-324 .568 0-2 .000 116-197 .589 108-193-301 9.1 82-2 61 76 28 33 484 14.7 2008-09 35-35 1165-33.3 300-459 .654 3-8 .375 191-324 .590 135-369-504 14.4 89-1 80 116 41 39 794 22.7 Career 68-63 2102-30.9 484-783 .618 3-10 .300 307-521 .589 243-562-805 11.8 171-3 141 192 69 72 1278 18.8 162 NCAA TOURNAMENT SOUTH REGIONAL.