Front Row (l-r): Video Coord. Eric Hoots, Head Trainer, Chris Hirth, Asst. Coach C.B. McGrath, Head Coach Roy Williams, J.B. Tanner, Ty Lawson, Danny Green, Bobby Frasor, Marcus Ginyard, Wayne Ellington, Marc Campbell, Asst. Coach Joe Holladay, Asst. Coach Steve Robinson, Dir. Of Basketball Operations Jerod Hale, Strength Coach Jonas Sahratian Back Row (l-r): Mgr. Molly Brenner, Mgr. Ryan Riedel, Head Mgr. Brandon Rhodes, Larry Drew II, Will Graves, Deon Thompson, Tyler Hansbrough, Tyler Zeller, Ed Davis, Mike Copeland, Jack Wooten, Patrick Moody, Mgr. Bobby Cooper, Mgr. Zach Lagod, Mgr. Scott Stout
| WINNING COACH | MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER |
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| ROY WILLIAMS | WAYNE ELLINGTON | NORTH CAROLINA |
| Location: Ford Field | Detroit, Michigan | |
| April 6, 2009 | |
FINAL FOUR
| Player | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | REB | PF | PTS |
| Michigan State | |||||
| Morgan | 1-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Roe | 1-1 | 0-1 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| Suton | 7-10 | 0-0 | 11 | 3 | 17 |
| Lucas | 4-12 | 6-8 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| Walton | 0-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Ibok | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Allen | 0-8 | 3-5 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Thornton | 0-1 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Summers | 4-10 | 3-4 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| Dahlman | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Green | 2-2 | 3-5 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| Crandell | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lucious | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Herzog | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gray | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-55 | 21-29 | 42 | 28 | 72 |
| North Carolina | |||||
| Thompson | 3-8 | 3-4 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| Hansbrough | 6-14 | 6-10 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| Lawson | 3-10 | 15-18 | 4 | 0 | 21 |
| Green | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| Ellington | 7-12 | 2-2 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| Campbell | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frasor | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Drew | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tanner | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Watts | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Davis | 5-7 | 1-4 | 8 | 4 | 11 |
| Moody | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Copeland | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zeller | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 28-61 | 28-40 | 35 | 22 | 89 |