Question: The 2008–09 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in competitive college basketball during the 2008–09 NCAA Division I season, they were seeded tenth in the South Regional bracket of the single-elimination 2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, where it also advanced one round before losing to which American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), from the Oklahoma Sooners?

Context articles: 1984–85 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team
2008–09 USC Trojans men's basketball team
2012–13 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
1986–87 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
2008–09 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
1985–86 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
1984–85 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
Blake Griffin
1989–90 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team
2009–10 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

The 1984–85 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team represented the University of Oklahoma in competitive college basketball during the 1984–85 NCAA Division I season.
 The Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team played its home games in the Lloyd Noble Center and was a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) former Big Eight Conference at that time.
 The team posted a 31–6 overall record and a 13–1 conference record to finish first in the Conference for head coach Billy Tubbs.
 This was the first Big Eight Conference Tournament Championship and second Conference Regular Season Championship for Tubbs.
 This was Tubbs' first NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament #1 seed.
The 2008–09 USC Trojans men's basketball team represented the University of Southern California during the 2008-09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.
 The Trojans, led by 4th year head coach Tim Floyd, played their home games at the Galen Center and were members of the Pacific-10 Conference.
 They finished the season 22–13, 9–9 in Pac-10 play.
 They won the 2009 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament over Arizona State.
 They went to the 2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a 10th seed, where they lost in the 2nd round to Michigan State.
The 2012–13 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.
 For the 46th consecutive year, the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team played its home games in Ann Arbor, Michigan, at the Crisler Center.
 This season marked the team's 96th consecutive year as a member of the Big Ten Conference, and it is occasionally referred to as "Team 96".
 The team was led by sixth-year head coach John Beilein.
 As the defending 2011–12 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season regular season co-champions, the Wolverines finished fourth in the conference in 2012–13 and as National Runner-up in the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament after losing in the championship game to Louisville.
 The team achieved a 31–8 record, the most wins by the program in 20 seasons.
The 1986–87 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1986–87 season.
 The team played its home games in the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.
 Under the direction of head coach Bill Frieder, the team finished fifth in the Big Ten Conference.
 The team earned the number nine seed in the 1987 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where it advanced one round before losing.
 The team was unranked all season in the Associated Press Top Twenty Poll.
 and it also ended the season unranked in the final UPI Coaches' Poll.
 Gary Grant and Antoine Joubert served as team co-captains and Grant earned team MVP.
The 2008–09 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in competitive college basketball during the 2008–09 NCAA Division I season.
 The 2008–09 season marked the team's ninety-second consecutive season as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Big Ten Conference.
 The team finished the season with a 21–14 overall record and a 9–9 conference record.
 The 9–9 conference record tied for seventh place in the 2008–09 Big Ten conference standings.
 Michigan was seeded seventh in the single-elimination 2009 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament where it advanced one round.
 They were seeded tenth in the South Regional bracket of the single-elimination 2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, where it also advanced one round before losing to the Blake Griffin-led Oklahoma Sooners.
 C.J. Lee and David Merritt served as team co-captains, and Manny Harris and DeShawn Sims shared team MVP honors.
The 1985–86 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1985–86 season.
 The team played its home games in the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.
 Under the direction of head coach Bill Frieder, the team repeated as the Big Ten Conference Champion.
 The team earned the number two seed in the 1986 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where it advanced one round before losing.
 The team began the season ranked number three and ended the season ranked number five after peaking at number two in the Associated Press Top Twenty Poll.
 It was ranked in all seventeen weeks, and it also ended the season ranked number five in the final UPI Coaches' Poll.
 Butch Wade and Roy Tarpley served as team captains and Tarpley earned team MVP.
The 1984–85 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1984–85 season.
 The team played its home games in the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.
 Under the direction of head coach Bill Frieder, the team won the Big Ten Conference.
 The team earned the number one seed in the 1985 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where it advanced one round before losing.
 Although the team began the season unranked it was in the Associated Press Top Twenty Poll a total of twelve of the seventeen weeks, including a peak of number two where it ended the season, and it also ended the season ranked number two in the final UPI Coaches' Poll.
 During the season, the team led the Big Ten Conference in scoring margin (8.8) and Roy Tarpley led the conference in rebound with a 9.9 average in conference games.
 Leslie Rockymore and Butch Wade served as team captains and Tarpley earned team MVP.
 Tarpley earned 1985 NCAA All-American recognition.
Blake Austin Griffin (born March 16, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
 He played college basketball for the Oklahoma Sooners, when he was named the Consensus National Player of the Year as a sophomore.
 Griffin was selected first overall by the Clippers in the 2009 NBA draft, and has since been a five-time NBA All-Star and a four-time All-NBA selection.
The 1989–90 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team represented the University of Oklahoma in competitive college basketball during the 1989–90 NCAA Division I season.
 The Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team played its home games in the Lloyd Noble Center and was a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) former Big Eight Conference at that time.
 The team posted a 27–5 overall record and an 11–3 conference record to finish tied for second in the Conference for head coach Billy Tubbs.
 This was the third Big Eight Conference Tournament Championship for Tubbs and his third NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament #1 seed in a row.
 The team earned the conference tournament championship competing in a conference in which three teams held the #1 national ranking in consecutive weeks in late February and early March.
The 2009–10 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan during the 2009-10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.
 The team was coached by John Beilein and played its home games in Ann Arbor, Michigan at the Crisler Arena, which has a capacity of 13,751, for the forty-third consecutive year.
 This season marked the team's ninety-third consecutive year as a member of the Big Ten Conference.
 The team finished the season with a 15–17 overall record and a 7–11 conference record, which was tied for seventh in the conference standings.
 It was seeded eighth in the single-elimination 2010 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament where it advanced one round.
 On October 16, Michigan was one of five Big Ten schools to begin its season by celebrating Midnight Madness.