Ohio State basketball All-Decade Starting Five

We’ve been looking at some of the best from the decade that just passed us by. Here’s our All-Decade Ohio State basketball starting five.

Center/Forward – Jared Sullinger (2010-2012)

ORG XMIT: RD 41640 Final four 3/31/2012 3/31/12 11:19:54 PM — New Orleans, LA, U.S.A — 2012 Final Four. — Men’s Semifinal action Ohio State Buckeyes vs Kansas Jayhawks: Ohio State Buckeyes forward Jared Sullinger (0) reacts after losing to Kansas Jayhawks. Photo by Robert Hanashiro , USA TODAY Staff (Via OlyDrop)

Sullinger came out of Northland High School in Columbus as a rare five-star recruit and didn’t disappoint. He flashed on the scene from game one his freshman season and surprised everyone by coming back for his sophomore season where he had an almost identical stat line as the previous year.

For his career, Sullinger almost averaged a double-double with 17.3 points and 9.7 rebounds. He led Ohio State to the Final Four in the 2011-2012 season where it lost to Kansas by two points. He was the Big Ten Freshman of the Year in 2010-2011. That year might have been the best Ohio State team of the decade, but a heartbreaking last-second loss to Kentucky in the Sweet-Sixteen ended things prematurely.