Where does Aaron Craft career rank at Ohio State?

[victor2111]

Aaron Craft career is almost over at Ohio State, where do you rank him in your favorite players and where should he be ranked in the history of the program? It is up there with Evan Turner or pass him? Sullinger? Would Aaron Craft be on the Mount Rushmore of Ohio State BB?

Here is where he is at right now with 3 regular season games left in his Senior season:
- #1 assist leader tOSU history
- #1 steal leader tOSU history
- #2 steal B10 history. Needs 4 more steals to become #1 in B10 history
- 3 Sweet 16, 1 Elite 8, 1 Final Four so far
- Only Buckeye BB player to ever have 1,000pts, 500assist, and 250steals in their career
- B10 DPOY 2012, B10 6th MOY 2010, Academic All American 3 times, Big 10 first team 2013, Big 10 tourney MVP 2013.


1,238points 658assist 320steals.


Where does he rank in Ohio State history. Is he on the Mount Rushmore of OSU BB and if not, can he get there by doing something the rest of the season before he leaves Ohio State this season?

[angrybaldman]

He is probably my favorite OSU hoops player ever.

I'd rank him above Turner.

Conley is a more talented player, but Craft was here all four years. I'd have Craft as my starting PG on an all-OSU team.

He is on my OSU basketball Mt. Rushmore.

[victor2111]

IT is tough.

- Conley/Oden were the two best players in Matta era. But they both only played one year, great one year though, best in Matta era.
- Then you have guys like Evan Turner, NPOY, Jared Sullinger, BEAST FOR TWO YEARS.
- Then you go back to history and have Michael Redd & Jim Jackson.
- Then you can go WAY Back in history and add the great players of the 60era.

He is one of favorites but having a hard time ranking him. If I did an mount rushmore, he would be in the talk for sure, but hard to put 4 guys up there, and for me i didn't get to see the older guys so that is always tough to rank.

I will miss him for sure.

[mauricxe]

For sure the best defender we have had here.

But ive only watched since Matta got here so what do I know

[nerk]

Aaron Craft will be one of most underappreciated players in tOSU history. To me, he is one of the 7 best.

Jerry Lucas, John Havlichek, Jim Jackson, Dennis Hopson, Clark Kellogg, Aaoron Craft, Herb Williams

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I'm with ABM, he is my favorite BB player of all time and he is on my BB Mt. Rushmore. Kid gave it all every play of every game and he did it with class.

[WANG]

Favorite player I can remember watching.

Does all the right things, plays his butt off, 100% hustle all of the time.

If he could score, then he would be a slam dunk as the GOAT at OSU, but as it sits he will probably be a fan favorite for a looooong time.

[buckeyebikerbabe]

Feb 23, 2014 18:55:08 GMT -5 @jtrbucks said:

I'm with ABM, he is my favorite BB player of all time and he is on my BB Mt. Rushmore. Kid gave it all every play of every game and he did it with class.

Make it three! Mike Conley was my favorite before Craft, but he was only here for a year. Craft is what every college athlete should be - gives it all, all the time, both on and off the bb floor.

[arkon]

What about Granville "Give the ball to Granville!" Waiters?

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Craft, Kellogg, Hopson and Matta.

[gobucksgo]

For us only winning one NC in BB in our history, we have had many great players grace the floor of St. John and The Shot. Craft will be in the discussion for a very long time. He is no doubt, one of the best to play here. I absolutely put him on my Mt. Rushmore of tOSU basketball. He embodies what you want from your players.