Blake Griffin OU Sooners
Blake Griffin is a 6-10 Sophomore that plays for the Oklahoma Sooners. Many college basketball anaylst predict that he will be the Player of the Year in college basketball this season.
As a freshman, Blake Griffin averaged 14.7 points per game along with 9.1 rebounds. Here is a look back at Blake’s freshman year at OU.
A first-team All-Big 12 selection by league coaches and Associated Press … Named to the Big 12 All-Rookie Team … A first-team all-district pick by the USBWA and NABC … Scored in double figures 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 field … Ranked ninth in Big 12 in scoring, fourth in rebounding and third in field 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) … Scored a career-high 29 points and grabbed 15 rebounds in Feb. 19 overtime win vs. Baylor … Finished with 27 points and 14 rebounds in a two-point loss to Kansas State (Jan. 12) … Grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds in Feb. 16 win at Texas Tech … Missed a game following each of two separate injuries (sprained MCL in left knee five minutes into Jan. 14 game at Kansas and partial tear of medial meniscus in right knee five minutes into March 1 contest vs. Texas A&M) … Averaged team highs of 18.8 points and 9.0 rebounds in 22.0 minutes per game during OU’s four-game Labor Day weekend trip to Canada.
