Ohio State's last appearance in the Sweet 16 came five years ago, thanks to the biggest shot of Aaron Craft's Buckeye career.
Then a junior point guard, Craft buried a clutch three-point shot with less than a second left to give No. 2 seed Ohio State a 78-75 win over No. 10 seed Iowa State, sending the Buckeyes to Los Angeles for a Sweet 16 tilt with Arizona.
Craft finished with 18 points in the victory, the game-winning three-point shot his lone attempt from behind the arc against the Cyclones. DeShaun Thomas, who had the play run for him to take the final shot against ISU, finished with a game-high 22 points to lead Ohio State in scoring that night in Dayton, Ohio.
The shot from Craft came just seconds after he missed crucial free throws down the stretch that nearly cost Ohio State the game. Less than a week later, LaQuinton Ross buried a similar shot to advance the Buckeyes to the Elite Eight.
Since that 2013 run, Ohio State has yet to advance out of the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament, twice making it to the second round but falling to Arizona in 2015 before dropping a six-point contest to Gonzaga a week ago in Boise, Idaho.
