NCAA Basketball 09

NCAA Basketball 09 is the 2008 installment in the NCAA Basketball series. It was released on November 17, 2008 for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, and Xbox 360. Miami Heat player Kevin Love (who was a UCLA forward at the time) is featured on the cover. A special edition called NCAA Basketball 09: March Madness Edition was released only for Xbox 360 on March 11, 2009.

NCAA Basketball 09
Developer(s)	EA Canada
Publisher(s)	Electronic Arts
Series	NCAA Basketball
Platform(s)	PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360
Release	NA: November 17, 2008 March Madness Edition NA: March 11, 2009
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer, multiplayer online

Reception

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
	PS2	PS3	Xbox 360
Metacritic	55/100[1]	68/100[2]	(M.M.) 74/100[3] 70/100[4]

Review scores

Publication	Score
	PS2	PS3	Xbox 360
1Up.com	C+[5]	C+[5]	C+[5]
Game Informer	N/A	7.25/10[6]	7.25/10[6]
GameSpot	N/A	7/10[7]	7/10[7]
GameTrailers	N/A	7/10[8]	N/A
GameZone	5.6/10[9]	7.4/10[10]	7/10[11]
IGN	5.1/10[12]	7.1/10[13]	7.1/10[13] (M.M.) 6.5/10[14]
Official Xbox Magazine (US)	N/A	N/A	6.5/10[15][16]
PlayStation: The Official Magazine	N/A	[17]	N/A
TeamXbox	N/A	N/A	(M.M.) 9.1/10[18] 8.1/10[19]
X-Play	N/A	N/A	[4]

The game received "mixed or average reviews" on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.^[4][1][2][3]

After seeing his likeness in this game, used without his permission, Ed O'Bannon agreed to be the lead plaintiff in O'Bannon v. NCAA.^[20]

See also

• NBA Live 09