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Posted: Wednesday March 18, 2009 11:33AM; Updated: Wednesday March 18, 2009 3:30PM

SI.com's All-America official roster

Story Highlights

Oklahoma sophomore Blake Griffin is SI.com's player of the year

Steph Curry fell out of contention for POY after Davidson's relegation to the NIT

Another one-time POY contender Luke Harangody comes in on the third team

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Blake Griffin is SI.com's player of the year after leading the nation in rebounding and his Sooners to a No. 2 seed in the NCAA tournament.
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Seth Davis and Luke Winn serve up their picks for SI.com's All-America Team:

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Blake Griffin, Oklahoma

COACH OF THE YEAR
John Calipari, Memphis

FIRST TEAM

G: Ty Lawson, 5-11 Jr., North Carolina
15.9 ppg, 6.5 apg, 3.32 assist-to-turnover ratio, 46.7 percent threes

The Tar Heels' whirling dervish was the most efficient offensive player in the country.

F: Terrence Williams, 6-6 Sr., Louisville
12.3 ppg, 8.5 rpg, 5.1 apg, 2.15 assist-to-turnover ratio

T-Will does everything for the Cards, including running their offense as a point forward.

F: Blake Griffin, 6-10 Soph., Oklahoma
21.9 ppg, 14.3 rpg, 63.5 percent FGs

The Terminator led the nation in rebounding and was a clear choice for Player of the Year.

F: Tyler Hansbrough, 6-9 Sr., North Carolina
21.4 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 85.6 percent FTs

He didn't have a Wooden/Naismith-type season, but still anchored UNC's ACC title run.

C: DeJuan Blair, 6-7 Soph., Pittsburgh
15.6 ppg, 12.2 rpg

His unrivaled offensive glasswork (5.5 per game) is the No. 1 reason for Pitt's success.

SECOND TEAM

G: Stephen Curry, 6-3 Jr., Davidson
28.6 ppg, 5.7 apg, 4.3 rpg, 2.6 spg

Steph lost ground in All-America race when Wildcats missed NCAAs, but still led nation in scoring.

G: Eric Maynor, 6-2 Sr., VCU
22.4 ppg, 6.2 apg, 3.5 rpg, 2.05 assist-to-turnover ratio

Best point guard no one talks about had a monster year in the CAA (and owns his own title belt).

G: James Harden, 6-4 Soph., Arizona State
20.8 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 4.2 apg

Smooth, unselfish lefty made a case for being the No. 2 player in the NBA draft, after Griffin.

F: Sam Young, 6-6 Sr., Pitt
18.7 ppg, 6.1 rpg

Oldest-looking Panther has country's best shot-fake, and creates major matchup problems.

C: Hasheem Thabeet, 7-3 Jr., UConn
13.7 ppg, 10.9 rpg, 4.6 bpg, 64.3 percent FGs

Nation's biggest defensive game-changer made life in the lane miserable for opponents.

THIRD TEAM

G: Levance Fields, 5-10 Sr., Pitt
10.7 ppg, 7.6 apg

Top point guard in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.87:1) was also Panthers' go-to guy in the clutch.

G: Jeff Teague, 6-2 Soph., Wake Forest
19.1 ppg, 3.5 apg

Electric scorer couldn't be contained off dribble, and shot 44.6 percent from beyond the arc.

G: Tyreke Evans, 6-5 Fr., Memphis
16.6 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 3.8 apg, 2.1 spg

Thrived as a scoring point guard, leading Tigers on a 25-0 run up to the NCAA tournament.

F: Gerald Henderson, 6-4 Jr., Duke
16.6 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 2.5 apg

Late bloomer led Blue Devils in scoring, assists, steals and defensive boards in ACC games.

F: Luke Harangody, 6-8 Jr., Notre Dame
23.2 ppg, 12.0 rpg, 2.1 apg

While Irish crumbled (and landed in NIT), 'Gody was still putting up huge numbers in paint.

 
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