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

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Aaron Craft's atypical offseason led him to realize 'it's coming to an end': Ohio State basketball preview
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Aaron Craft will be one of two seniors on Thad Matta's squad this season. (AP)
By Zack Meisel, Northeast Ohio Media Group
November 04, 2013

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Aaron Craft's offseason resembled that of any typical 22-year-old.

He took classes. He journeyed through Haiti on a mission trip. He got engaged. And, of course, his roommates chronicled all of it on Twitter.

You know, all of the usual stuff.

The moment Ohio State's point guard returned to Columbus and readied for a new slate of practices and coursework, it dawned on him.

This is it.

"It starts hitting you," Craft said at Ohio State media day last month. "You start realizing it's coming to an end."

In August, Craft spent a week traversing the streets of Haiti, where he spoke with villagers via a translator and gained an overwhelming sense of perspective.

"It was a great experience, but at the same time, it was still pretty heartbreaking," Craft said. "I saw what people have to deal with down there on a daily basis. It's hot. There's no electricity. It's tough to come by water. That's just stuff we take for granted every day."

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http://www.cleveland.com/osu/index.ssf/2013/11/aaron_crafts_atypical_offseaso.html
 
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I have been thinking about this for a while so I thought I might as well post it. While I think Aaron is a tremendous basketball player, I just cannot understand why he is not a better shooter from the outside. I would think that someone who has practice and played basketball for as long as he has would be a better shooter. He still seems to have a slight motion at times even when he is shooting free throws. You can almost tell what he is going to miss one. With all the basketball skill that he possesses, it is just a shame that he is not a better shooter. I do not know maybe it is because he played football for a while while he was in high school and did not practice shooting that much. I am just baffled.
 
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LitlBuck said:
I have been thinking about this for a while so I thought I might as well post it. While I think Aaron is a tremendous basketball player, I just cannot understand why he is not a better shooter from the outside. I would think that someone who has practice and played basketball for as long as he has would be a better shooter. He still seems to have a slight motion at times even when he is shooting free throws. You can almost tell what he is going to miss one. With all the basketball skill that he possesses, it is just a shame that he is not a better shooter. I do not know maybe it is because he played football for a while while he was in high school and did not practice shooting that much. I am just baffled.
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Yeah, that's the only thing about Aaron that is a disappointment. He is good at literally everything, on and off the court, except he's in his fourth year and still struggles shooting the ball from distance. And it looks like he doesn't have confidence in his shot, either. I'm sure he worked very hard on trying to improve it this offseason, and to not see the results yet I'm sure makes it even more disappointing. Hopefully he will get better shooting the ball as the season wears on.
 
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Aaron Craft is the perfect roommate
And, oh yes, the Ohio State guard can play a little basketball, too
Originally Published: December 4, 2013
By Dana O'Neil | ESPN.com

Living With Aaron Craft
We all know Aaron Craft is a star point guard and a superb defender on the basketball court. But his roommates reveal plenty of things you may not have known about Craft.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The answer to the riddle, one apparently as hard to solve as that of the Sphinx, must be here in this basement apartment just off the Ohio State campus, the one with the Fathead of Urban Meyer's head tilting in the window. There's no place else to look. Others have tried and come up empty, so the solution must be here. It has to be.

And yet, when the riddle is posed, there is a pause, a bit of head-scratching, and "hmmmmmm ...''

Until finally, mercifully, Logan Jones, bless his soul, thinks he has it. While his three roommates sit silently trying to come up with something, anything, Jones offers up his aha! moment.

"Ice cream. He eats ice cream like every night," Jones says.

So there it is America, the secret dirt, the unearthed gossip:

Aaron Craft has a vice and it is a post-sunset addiction to cookie dough ice cream.

Someone alert TMZ.

"It's true,'' the Ohio State point guard admits when confronted later in the day with his problem. "If I could eat ice cream every day and at every meal, I would. But it's sort of frowned upon in society.''

Asked if he has a go-to brand, Craft shakes his head.

"No. You've got to go with what's on sale,'' he said.

Sigh. Of course you do, if you're Aaron Craft.

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http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10068006/ohio-state-aaron-craft-really-perfect
 
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It was sort of funny at the very end of the first half when the Maryland PG was dribbling trying to get the last shot. I think that Craft almost took that personal and thought "oh no you are not" and took the ball from him.
 
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If you didn't watch the CCSU game you missed where a little girl had asked through Make-A-Wish to meet Aaron Craft, and so they got to met yesterday and hang out and she got an autographed Craft jersey and got a chance to speak with the TV broadcast during the game.
 
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DZ83CK said:
If you didn't watch the CCSU game you missed where a little girl had asked through Make-A-Wish to meet Aaron Craft, and so they got to met yesterday and hang out and she got an autographed Craft jersey and got a chance to speak with the TV broadcast during the game.
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That Is Super! I heard the young girl on TV and I heard her mention Aaron's name but did not know that it was from the Make-A-Wish foundation.
 
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