NCAA D1 National Championships Bracket 2008 N.I.T. Bracket 2008
Kansas come back after 20 years as National Champion !! Extremely interesting final game of the NCAA Final Four. The game ended in overtime after Kansas managed to end regular time with amazing 3-pointer by Mario Chalmers and took control of the game in overtime, where they won 75-68. So patient for 20 years, Kansas had no problem working an extra five minutes to bring a long-awaited championship back to the heartland. Mario Chalmers hit a 3-pointer with 2.1 seconds left in regulation to push the game into overtime, and the Jayhawks grinded it out from there for a 75-68 victory Monday night over Memphis in one of the best title games in recent memory. The shot earned Chalmers the most outstanding player honor. It was the first title for Kansas since 1988, when Danny Manning, now an assistant coach for the Jayhawks, led them to an upset of Oklahoma. The most memorable performance in this one came from freshman Derrick Rose of Memphis, who completely took over the game in the second half, scoring 14 of his team's 16 points during one stretch to lift the Tigers to a 60-51 lead. But Kansas (37-3) used the strategy any smart opponent of Memphis' would fouling the heck out of one of the country's worst free-throw-shooting teams and when Rose and Chris Douglas-Roberts combined to miss four of five over the last 1:12, it left the door open for KU. Hustling the ball down the court with 10.8 seconds left and no timeouts, Sherron Collins handed off to Chalmers at the top of the 3-point line and Chalmers took the shot from the top. It hit nothing but net and tied the score at 63. USBasket.com All-NCAA D1 Awards 2008
Player of the Year: Chris Douglas-Roberts (6'7''-G-87) of Memphis Freshman of the Year: Michael Beasley (6'9''-F-89) of Kansas State 1st Team Michael Beasley of Kansas State D.J. Augustin (5'11''-G-87) of Texas Chris Douglas-Roberts of Memphis Tyler Hansbrough (6'9''-F-85) of North Carolina Kevin Love (6'10''-C-88) of UCLA 2nd Team Luke Harangody (6'8''-F-88) of Notre Dame Shan Foster (6'6''-G/F-86) of Vanderbilt D.J. White (6'9''-F-86) of Indiana Stephen Curry (6'0''-G-88) of Davidson Eric Gordon (6'4''-G-88) of Indiana Sports Illustrated All-America Teams
First Team D.J. Augustin (5'11''-G-87) (Texas) Chris Douglas-Roberts (6'7''-G-87) (Memphis) Tyler Hansbrough (6'9''-F-85) (North Carolina) Michael Beasley (6'9''-F-89) (Kansas State) Kevin Love (6'10''-C-88) (UCLA) Second Team Eric Gordon (6'4''-G-88) (Indiana) Stephen Curry (6'0''-G-88) (Davidson) Jerryd Bayless (6'3''-G) (Arizona) D.J. White (6'9''-F-86) (Indiana) Luke Harangody (6'8''-F-88) (Notre Dame) ESPN.com's All-America Teams
1st Team Chris Chris Douglas-Roberts (6'7''-G-87) of Memphis Tyler Hansbrough (6'9''-F-85) of N.Carolina Michael Beasley (6'9''-F-89) of Kansas State Kevin Love (6'10''-C-88) of UCLA D.J. Augustin (5'11''-G-87) of Texas 2nd Team Luke Harangody (6'8''-F-88) of Notre Dame Shan Foster (6'6''-G/F-86) of Vanderbilt D.J. White (6'9''-F-86) of Indiana Roy Hibbert (7'2''-C-86) of Georgetown Stephen Curry (6'0''-G-88) of Davidson 3rd Team Chris Lofton (6'2''-G-86) of Tennessee Darren Collison (6'0''-G-87) of UCLA Brook Lopez (7'0''-F-88) of Stanford Derrick Rose (6'4''-G-88) of Memphis Eric Gordon (6'4''-G-88) of Indiana DiGiorno College All-Star Game Duke's DeMarcus Nelson (6'4''-G-85) scored a game-high 21 points to lead the National All-Stars past the American All-Stars, 106-100, in the DiGiorno College All-Star game presented by the National Association of Basketball Coaches Friday night at the Alamodome. Nelson was selected as the National most outstanding player while Houston's Rob McKiver (6'3''-G-84), who scored a team-high 20 points and hit five three-point goals was named most outstanding player for the American All-Stars. Tied at 45-45 at halftime, the Nationals went on an 11-3 run midway through the second half to take the lead for good. Georgetown's Jonathan Wallace (6'1''-G-86) started the run with a three-point goal and Will Daniels (6'8''-F-86) of Rhode Island added the next four points. Xavier's Josh Duncan (6'9''-F-86) had 16 points and eight rebounds for Coach Oliver Purnell 's National team and Rider's Jason Thompson (6'11''-F) added 12 points and eight rebounds. Shan Foster (6'6''-G/F-86) of Vanderbilt scored 15 points and hit on four three-point goals. Sundiata Gaines (6'1''-G-86) of Georgia added 18 points for Coach Dave Odom 's American All-Stars and Louisville's David Padgett (6'11''-F/C-85) led all rebounders with 11. Courtesy of NABC American Team: James Gist (6'8''-F-86) (Maryland) Mike Green (6'1''-G-85) (Butler) Sundiata Gaines (Georgia) Jaycee Carroll (6'2''-G-83) (Utah State) Rob McKiver (Houston) Charles Rhodes (6'8''-F/C-85) (Mississippi State) Brian Butch (6'11''-F/C-84) (Wisconsin) Brian Randle (6'8''-F-85) (Illinios) Robbie Cowgill (6'10''-F-86) (Washington State) Alex Harris (6'6''-G-86) (UC-Santa Barbara) David Padgett (Louisville) Head Coach: Dave Odom , former South Carolina Assistant Coaches: Rick Duckett , Barry Sanderson , Ken Potosnak , Sheldon Everett National Team: Jonathan Wallace (Georgetown) Marcelus Kemp (6'5''-G-84) (Nevada) Cliff Hammonds (6'3''-G-85) (Clemson) DeMarcus Nelson (Duke) Ramel Bradley (6'2''-G-85) (Kentucky) Shan Foster (Vanderbilt) Will Daniels (Rhode Island) Aleks Maric (6'11''-C-84) (Nebraska) Josh Duncan (Xavier) Joseph Jones (6'9''-F/C-86) (Texas A&M) Jason Thompson (Rider) Head Coach: Oliver Purnell , Clemson Assistant Coaches: Ron Bradley , Shaka Smart, Frank Smith , Josh Postorino , Mike Morrell USBWA All-America Awards 2008
USBWA Oscar Robertson Player of the Year: Tyler Hansbrough (6'9''-F-85) of University of North Carolina of North Carolina 1st Team D.J. Augustin (5'11''-G-87) of The University of Texas of Texas Michael Beasley (6'9''-F-89) of Kansas State University of Kansas State Chris Douglas-Roberts (6'7''-G-87) of University of Memphis of Memphis Tyler Hansbrough of North Carolina Kevin Love (6'10''-C-88) of Univ.of Calif.at Los Angeles of UCLA 2nd Team Shan Foster (6'6''-G/F-86) of Vanderbilt Luke Harangody (6'8''-F-88) of Notre Dame Chris Lofton (6'2''-G-86) of Tennessee A.J. Price (6'2''-G-86) of Connecticut D.J. White (6'9''-F-86) of Indiana Buckeyes Best Minutemen for 2008 NIT Championship Ohio State's Jamar Butler (6'1''-G-85) had 19 points and eight assists in his final college game, leading the Buckeyes to a 92-85 win over Massachusetts on Thursday night to capture the 2008 MasterCard NIT championship. OSU dominated each of their four opponents on the way to New York, then had enough at the end to withstand every run the Minutemen could muster. 'This is continuing a rebuilding of the program,' Ohio State coach Thad Matta said. 'It feels good after what we went through last season.' Kosta Koufos (7'0''-F/C-89) added 22 points in earning the tournament's Most Outstanding Player award. Evan Turner (6'6''-G/F) finished with 20 for the Buckeyes (24-13), who reached the preseason NIT title game but were run out of the Garden by Texas A&M. Ricky Harris (6'2''-G-87) scored 27 for UMass (25-11), hitting three 3-pointers in the closing minutes to help the Minutemen stay close. The last of them made it 77-75 with 3:13 left, but Othello Hunter scored moments later and after Harris missed another 3 try at the other end, Butler drained a 3-pointer from the wing to give Ohio State some breathing room. Turner took care of things from the free throw line over the final minute and a half, helping the Buckeyes wrap up the title. 'I've seen this team go through a lot,' Matta said, moments before cutting down the net. 'I'm happy for them.' Etienne Brower (6'7''-F-85, college: Boston U.), one of four players in the starting lineup who grew up in New York, had 17 points and 12 rebounds for UMass. Gary Forbes (6'7''-G/F-85, college: Virginia) finished with 16 points and six assists, and Dante Milligan (6'9''-F-84, college: Pittsburgh) scored 14. Massachusetts dominated Ohio State on the boards, outrebounding the bigger Buckeyes 49-37 -- and corralling a startling 30 on the offensive end. But UMass figured to be in trouble when the frenetic pace that it so enjoys kept up in the second half: Ohio State was 15-1 this season when scoring at least 70 points. Massachusetts put a scare into Ohio State from the moment the last notes of the national anthem were played, rushing the entire length of the court to shake hands with its stoic, startled Big Ten opponent. The Minutemen kept racing once the ball was thrown up, forcing three turnovers in the first 2½ minutes and taking a 10-2 lead on a basket by Milligan. The Buckeyes came right back, with Hunter scoring four of his 17 points to cap a 13-2 run and take a brief lead. But the Minutemen again edged ahead, and Forbes' 3-pointer with 3:50 left before halftime got the team's assistant coaches so animated the referees stopped to calm them down. Fourteen busloads of people were ferried to New York from the UMass campus in Amherst, but they represented just a fraction of the partisan crowd. The school sold its allotment of tickets quickly, and appeared to have far more dressed in its slightly darker shade of red than its counterpart from Columbus. Courtesy of NIT CollegeHoops.net All-American Teams 2008 CollegeHoops.net Player of the Year: Tyler Hansbrough (6'9''-F-85) (UNC) CollegeHoops.net 1st Team All-American D.J. Augustin (5'11''-G-87) (Texas) Chris Douglas-Roberts (6'7''-G-87) (Memphis) Michael Beasley (6'9''-F-89) (Kansas State) Tyler Hansbrough (North Carolina) Kevin Love (6'10''-C-88) (UCLA) CollegeHoops.net 2nd Team All-American Derrick Rose (6'4''-G-88) (Memphis) Shan Foster (6'6''-G/F-86) (Vanderbilt) D.J. White (6'9''-F-86) (Indiana) Luke Harangody (6'8''-F-88) (Notre Dame) Brook Lopez (7'0''-F) (Stanford) CollegeHoops.net 3rd Team All-American Darren Collison (6'0''-G-87) (UCLA) Eric Gordon (6'4''-G-88) (Indiana) O.J. Mayo (6'5''-G-87) (USC) Brandon Rush (6'6''-G-85) (Kansas) Ryan Anderson (6'10''-F) (California) CollegeHoops.net 4th All-American Jerryd Bayless (6'3''-G) (Arizona) A.J. Price (6'2''-G-86) (UCONN) Stephen Curry (6'0''-G-88) (Davidson) Gary Forbes (6'7''-G/F-85) (UMASS) Roy Hibbert (7'2''-C-86) (Georgetown) Honorable Mention: Jamont Gordon (6'4''-G/F-87) (Mississippi State) Mike Green (6'1''-G-85) (Butler) James Harden (6'5''-G-89) (Arizona State) Ty Lawson (5'11''-G-87) (UNC) Chris Lofton (6'2''-G-86) (Tennessee) Drew Neitzel (6'0''-G-85) (Michigan State) DeMarcus Nelson (6'4''-G-85) (Duke) Tyrese Rice (6'1''-G-87) (Boston College) Sean Singletary (6'0''-G-85) (Virginia) Tyler Smith (6'7''-F-86) (Tennessee) Kyle Weaver (6'6''-G-86) (Washington State) 2007-08 USBWA All-District teams District 1 First Team Tyrese Rice (6'1''-G-87) Boston College Will Daniels (6'8''-F-86) Rhode Island A.J. Price (6'2''-G-86) Connecticut Gary Forbes (6'7''-G/F-85) Massachusetts Jeff Adrien (6'7''-F-86) Connecticut Second Team Hasheem Thabeet (7'3''-C-87) Connecticut Jimmy Baron (6'2''-G-86) Rhode Island Geoff McDermott (6'8''-G/F-87) Providence Marqus Blakely (6'5''-F) Vermont Matt Janning (6'4''-G/F-88) Northeastern District 2 First Team Donte Greene (6'9''-F-88) Syracuse Charron Fisher (6'4''-G/F-85) Niagara Jonny Flynn (6'0''-G-89) Syracuse Antoine Agudio (6'3''-G-85) Hofstra Bryant Dunston (6'8''-F) Fordham Second Team Ryan Wittman (6'6''-G/F) Cornell Edwin Ubiles (6'6''-G/F-86) Siena Michael Lee (6'9''-F-86) St. Bonaventure Justin Burrell (6'8''-F-88) St. John's Kenny Hasbrouck (6'3''-G-86) Siena District 3 First Team Jason Thompson (6'11''-F) Rider Pat Calathes (6'10''-G/F-85) St. Joseph's Sam Young (6'6''-F-85) Pittsburgh Scottie Reynolds (6'2''-G-87) Villanova Brian Laing (6'5''-G/F-85) Seton Hall Second Team Dionte Christmas (6'5''-G) Temple Dejuan Blair (6'7''-F-89) Pittsburgh Shawn James (6'10''-F/C-83) Duquesne Ahmad Nivins (6'9''-F-87) St. Joseph's Tony Lee (6'0''-G) Robert Morris District 4 First Team Roy Hibbert (7'2''-C-86) Georgetown Eric Maynor (6'2''-G-87) VCU Will Thomas (6'7''-F-86) George Mason Joe Alexander (6'8''-F) West Virginia Reggie Williams (6'6''-F) VMI Second Team Florian Campbell (6'4''-G/F-86) George Mason A.D. Vassallo (6'6''-G/F-86) Virginia Tech Dajuan Summers (6'8''-F-88) Georgetown Deron Washington (6'7''-G/F-85) Virginia Tech Jessie Sapp (6'3''-G) Georgetown District 5 First Team Tyler Hansbrough (6'9''-F-85) North Carolina DeMarcus Nelson (6'4''-G-85) Duke Stephen Curry (6'0''-G-88) Davidson Sean Singletary (6'0''-G-85) Virginia Ty Lawson (5'11''-G-87) North Carolina Second Team Greivis Vasquez (6'5''-G-87) Maryland Arizona Reid (6'5''-F-86) High Point K.C. Rivers (6'5''-G/F-87) Clemson Kyle Singler (6'8''-F-88) Duke James Gist (6'8''-F-86) Maryland District 6 First Team Richard Hendrix (6'8''-F-86) Alabama Jamont Gordon (6'4''-G/F-87) Mississippi St. Robert Vaden (6'5''-G/F-85) UAB Nick Calathes (6'6''-G/F) Florida Demetric Bennett (6'4''-G-85) South Alabama Second Team Dwayne Curtis (6'8''-C-85) Ole Miss Jack McClinton (6'1''-G-85) Miami Sundiata Gaines (6'1''-G-86) Georgia Kentrell Gransberry (6'9''-C-85) South Florida Charles Rhodes (6'8''-F/C-85) Mississippi St. District 7 First Team Courtney Lee (6'5''-G/F) Western Kentucky Chris Douglas-Roberts (6'7''-G-87) Memphis Shan Foster (6'6''-G/F-86) Vanderbilt Derrick Rose (6'4''-G-88) Memphis Chris Lofton (6'2''-G-86) Tennessee Second Team Tyler Smith (6'7''-F-86) Tennessee Patrick Patterson (6'9''-F-89) Kentucky Lester Hudson (6'3''-G-84) Tennessee-Martin Terrence Williams (6'6''-F-87) Louisville Joey Dorsey (6'9''-F-85) Memphis District 8 First Team Bo McCalebb (6'0''-G-85) New Orleans David Gomez (6'7''-F-85) Tulane Marcus Thornton (6'4''-G-87) LSU Tyrone Hamilton (6'1''-G-86) Centenary Chris Davis (6'1''-G) Southern Second Team Trey Gilder (6'9''-F-85) Northwestern State Anthony Randolph (6'11''-F-89) LSU Tony Hooper (5'11''-G-87) Louisiana-Monroe Adrian Banks (6'3''-G) Arkansas State Kyle Gibson (6'4''-G-87) Louisiana Tech District 9 First Team D.J. Augustin (5'11''-G-87) Texas Curtis Jerrells (6'1''-G-87) Baylor Rob McKiver (6'3''-G-84) Houston Josh Carter (6'7''-G/F-88) Texas A&M Martin Zeno (6'5''-G-85) Texas Tech Second Team Sonny Weems (6'6''-G/F-86) Arkansas A.J. Abrams (5'10''-G-86) Texas Joseph Jones (6'9''-F/C-86) Texas A&M Ryan Bright (6'6''-F) Sam Houston St. Damion James (6'7''-G/F-87) Texas District 10 First Team Luke Harangody (6'8''-F-88) Notre Dame D.J. White (6'9''-F-86) Indiana Eric Gordon (6'4''-G-88) Indiana Brian Roberts (6'2''-G-85) Dayton Mike Green (6'1''-G-85) Butler Second Team Jamar Butler (6'1''-G-85) Ohio St. A.J. Graves (6'1''-G-85) Butler Drew Lavender (5'7''-G-84) Xavier Tim Pollitz (6'6''-F) Miami (OH) Leon Williams (6'8''-F/C-86) Ohio District 11 First Team Drew Neitzel (6'0''-G-85) Michigan State Dominic James (5'11''-G-86) Marquette Brian Butch (6'11''-F/C-84) Wisconsin Raymar Morgan (6'7''-F-88) Michigan State Dan Coleman (6'9''-F-85) Minnesota Second Team Osiris Eldridge (6'3''-G-88) Illinois State Randal Falker (6'7''-F-85) Southern Illinois Daniel Ruffin (5'10''-G-84) Bradley Jerel McNeal (6'3''-G-87) Marquette Manny Harris (6'5''-G-89) Michigan District 12 First Team Michael Beasley (6'9''-F-89) Kansas State Blake Griffin (6'10''-F) Oklahoma Brandon Rush (6'6''-G-85) Kansas Mario Chalmers (6'1''-G-86) Kansas Aleks Maric (6'11''-C-84) Nebraska Second Team Darrell Arthur (6'9''-F-88) Kansas Bill Walker (6'6''-F-87) Kansas State Richard Roby (6'6''-G-85) Colorado Josh Young (6'1''-G-88) Drake Darnell Jackson (6'8''-F-85) Kansas District 13 First Team Trent Plaisted (6'11''-F/C-86) BYU Marcelus Kemp (6'5''-G-84) Nevada Lee Cummard (6'6''-G/F-85) BYU J.R. Giddens (6'5''-G-85) New Mexico Reggie Larry (6'6''-F) Boise State Second Team Lorrenzo Wade (6'6''-F) San Diego State Stefon Jackson (6'5''-G-85) UTEP Kevin Bell (5'10''-G-84) Fresno State Brandon Ewing (6'2''-G-86) Wyoming Luke Nevill (7'1''-C-86) Utah District 14 First Team Brook Lopez (7'0''-F) Stanford Ryan Anderson (6'10''-F) California Jon Brockman (6'7''-F-87) Washington Kyle Weaver (6'6''-G-86) Washington State Derrick Low (6'2''-G-86) Washington State Second Team Jeremy Pargo (6'2''-G-86) Gonzaga Jaycee Carroll (6'2''-G-83) Utah State Malik Hairston (6'6''-G-87) Oregon Patrick Mills (5'10''-G-88) St. Mary's Maarty Leunen (6'9''-F-85) Oregon District 15 First Team Kevin Love (6'10''-C-88) UCLA Jerryd Bayless (6'3''-G) Arizona James Harden (6'5''-G-89) Arizona State Darren Collison (6'0''-G-87) UCLA O.J. Mayo (6'5''-G-87) USC Second Team Chase Budinger (6'7''-F) Arizona Alex Harris (6'6''-G-86) UCSB Justin Hawkins (6'7''-F-85) New Mexico State Wink Adams (6'0''-G-85) UNLV Josh Akognon (5'11''-G-86) Cal State-Fullerton Academic All-America Teams
Academic All-American of the Year: Adam Emmenecker (6'1''-G-85) of Drake Academic All-America 1st Team D.J. Augustin (5'11''-G-87) of Texas Adam Emmenecker of Drake Justin Hare (6'2''-G-84) of Belmont Jack Leasure (6'3''-G-86) of Coastal Carolina Brett Winkelman (6'6''-F-86) of North Dakota State Academic All-America 2nd Team A.J. Graves (6'1''-G-85) of Butler Bryan Mullins (6'1''-G-87) of Southern Illinois Drew Neitzel (6'0''-G-85) of Michigan State Joe Reitz (6'7''-C-85) of Western Michigan Mike Schachtner (6'9''-F-86) of Wisconsin-Green Bay Academic All-America 3rd Team Ryan Bright (6'6''-F) of Sam Houston State Matt Nelson (6'9''-F) of Boise State Greg Paulus (6'1''-G-86) of Duke Alex Ruoff (6'6''-G) of West Virginia Drew Streicher (6'7''-G/F-85) of Butler John R. Wooden Award Candidates Ryan Anderson (6'10''-F) of California D.J. Augustin (5'11''-G-87) of Texas Jerryd Bayless (6'3''-G) of Arizona Michael Beasley (6'9''-F-89) of Kansas State Darren Collison (6'0''-G-87) of UCLA Stephen Curry (6'0''-G-88) of Davidson Chris Douglas-Roberts (6'7''-G-87) of Memphis Shan Foster (6'6''-G/F-86) of Vanderbilt Eric Gordon (6'4''-G-88) of Indiana Jamont Gordon (6'4''-G/F-87) of Mississippi State Mike Green (6'1''-G-85) of Butler Tyler Hansbrough (6'9''-F-85) of North Carolina Luke Harangody (6'8''-F-88) of Notre Dame Roy Hibbert (7'2''-C-86) of Georgetown Robbie Hummel (6'8''-G/F-89) of Purdue Chris Lofton (6'2''-G-86) of Tennessee Kevin Love (6'10''-C-88) of UCLA O.J. Mayo (6'5''-G-87) of USC DeMarcus Nelson (6'4''-G-85) of Duke A.J. Price (6'2''-G-86) of Connecticut Derrick Rose (6'4''-G-88) of Memphis Brandon Rush (6'6''-G-85) of Kansas Tyler Smith (6'7''-F-86) of Tennessee D.J. White (6'9''-F-86) of Indiana |
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