nicksmith June 23, 2009 Xbox 360 105 views Comments Print This Post  Email This Post

Another cover athlete for an upcoming sports video game has been announced today. Blake Griffin, the college basketball star from Oklahoma has been announced by EA today to be the player featured on the cover of EA SPORTS NCAA Basketball 10 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

The former Oklahoma Sooner is projected to be selected first overall by the Los Angeles Clippers in the NBA Draft this Thursday. Griffin has an explosive presence, exciting college stadiums with massive dunks, huge blocks, and aggressive rebounds, and was a natural choice to represent the college game as cover athlete for NCAA Basketball 10. Griffin is the consensus national Player of the Year, winning the Big 12, Associated Press, Naismith, Sporting News, and John Wooden Player of the Year awards, and led his team to an Elite Eight appearance in the 2009 March Madness Tournament, where they lost to eventual champions, UNC. The 2009 NBA Draft is presented by EA SPORTS.

“Seeing myself on the cover of NCAA Basketball 10 is such a great tribute to my time at Oklahoma,” said Griffin. “I loved playing in front of passionate fans and competing against some of the best schools in the country. Now I am looking forward to competing at the next level against the best players in the world.”

NCAA Basketball 10 brings the emotion, intensity, and spirit of college basketball by capturing every detail in the stadium, from cheerleaders and mascots to wild crowds and real NCAA Basketball announcers. NCAA Basketball 10 builds on a new game engine introduced last year, refining and improving core gameplay functions, and adding more depth to the popular ‘styles of play’ and ‘set your tempo’ features, making NCAA Basketball 10 a strategic and entirely unique basketball gameplay experience.

Yesterday EA announced that Patrick Kane, the young Chicago Blackhawks star, would be on the cover of NHL 10. This is just a short time after the announcement of Dwight Howard and Kobe Bryant each getting their likenesses added to basketball video games and Alex Ovechkin gracing the cover of 2K Sports‘ hockey game.