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PG Aaron Craft (B1G 6th MOY '11, Def POY '12, Acad AA, Dolomiti En. TR - Italy)

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DZ83CK;2127717; said:
Craft may have played his best game as a Buckeye today against Gonzaga. First career double-double, at the most important time. His performance against Duke is up there as well, but I think this was his best overall performance for OSU. And he got robbed on that call by the ref that ruled him out of bounds when he actually made a brilliant play in the last minute.
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I was watching the game with a bunch of Jayhawk fans and they were gushing about Craft. They also that his play where the refs called him OB when he wasn't was one of the best plays they'd seen all year. Craft is one hell of an athlete....possibly the best on the team. When I say great athlete I mean all around physical, mental, and competitive spirit.

He is fast becoming my favorite OSU BB of the last 5 years and possibly more.
 
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Thanks to Aaron for being such a leader out there. I make my 10 year old son watch most games so that I can tell him to watch Craft. Comments are the same each time. "Son, that right there is how the game is played."
 
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matcar;2127798; said:
Thanks to Aaron for being such a leader out there. I make my 10 year old son watch most games so that I can tell him to watch Craft. Comments are the same each time. "Son, that right there is how the game is played."
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just follow aaron around, film him everywhere, show the video to your son, and then say, "son, that right there is how life is played." further parenting is then rendered unnecessary.
 
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OSU_Buckguy;2127805; said:
just follow aaron around, film him everywhere, show the video to your son, and then say, "son, that right there is how life is played." further parenting is then rendered unnecessary.
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He makes you a better person by just spending 5 minutes together
 
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Ohio State men's basketball: Craft steps up on court and off
By Adam Jardy
The Columbus Dispatch Sunday March 18, 2012

PITTSBURGH ? Aaron Craft made plenty of big plays in Ohio State?s 73-66 victory over Gonzaga yesterday, but arguably the biggest came less than 24 hours before the opening tip.

The Buckeyes opened the NCAA Tournament on Thursday night with a 78-59 victory against Loyola (Md.) that felt a little too close for comfort. After the ensuing practice, the Ohio State coaching staff had a message for the players: Don?t be too cool to call a team meeting.

Sophomore Lenzelle Smith immediately went up to classmate Aaron Craft and urged him to call the starters together. Text messages were sent, and all five starters met in the hotel room shared by Deshaun Thomas and Craft.

Fifteen minutes later, the Buckeyes believed they were back on a winning path.

?I?m glad we had the meeting because if we wouldn?t have had that meeting, we would?ve lost this game (Saturday), and that?s a fact,? Smith said. ?I guarantee you those problems that we talked about would have hindered us.?

The fact that the Buckeyes had a players-only meeting was not unique. Several players said they have come together during the season, including one time before they played Duke on Nov. 29. But Smith said this one was different.

?Nobody was yelling,? he said. ?It was actually people communicating. We?ve had team meetings in the past, but nobody said anything. Everyone listens to whoever is speaking, and that person is usually the only one speaking. We all spoke and told each other how we felt and where we were coming from. People made sure people wanted to play with each other.?

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http://www.buckeyextra.com/content/stories/2012/03/18/craft-steps-up-on-court-and-off.html

Once again, Aaron Craft provides plenty of heart and soul to an Ohio State triumph: Bill Livingston
Published: Saturday, March 17, 2012
By Bill Livingston, The Plain Dealer

PITTSBURGH -- Aaron Craft had played all afternoon against Gonzaga as if he were on the cover of his own personal fantasy game. Now it was time to take his game higher.

At the start of the second half Saturday, Craft, on his way to his first career double double in points and assists, scored seven straight points on a jumper and then two layups and a free throw. That was only picking up where he left off with a driving layup at the end of the first half. He used ball screens, found lanes, and finished what he started on nearly every attempt.

But a point guard needs to get everybody else going too, and so Craft was also coaxing embers into flame and scattering sparks.

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http://www.cleveland.com/livingston/index.ssf/2012/03/once_again_aaron_craft_provide.html

video interview after game...

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebask...ckeyes-win-but-have-to-get-over-sweet-16-hump
 
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