Oklahoma's Blake Griffin Player of the Year, Rick Pitino and Bruce Weber Share Coaching Honor

Trey Bradley by Senior Writer Written on March 18, 2009
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 28: Blake Griffin #23 of the Oklahoma Sooners celebrates on the sideline next to head coach Jeff Capel against the Purdue Boilermakers during the Championship game of the Pre-Season NIT tournament on November 28, 2008 at Madison Square
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It was a season in which no team could solidify control of the No. 1 spot. A combination of youth, inexperience and injuries altered the trajectories of many teams—in some cases multiple times.

Therefore, it should come as no surprise that the battle for national awards proved to be just as tumultuous and hotly contested.

We invited Bleacher Report's top college basketball writers to cast their votes for 2008-09's top coach, most outstanding player, and best conference.

And since the season has proved to be so unpredictable, we even made them predict an eventual NCAA Champion.

So on the eve of the NCAA Tournament, here are our choices.

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