No. 1 – Ron Lewis Tests Gus Johnson’s Pipes (2007)
And … our No. 1 play in recent memory for the postseason goes to Ron Lewis. Poor, poor Sean Miller. His teams have been sent away demoralized on more than one occasion by Ohio State.
Greg Oden was on the bench most of the day because of foul trouble, and No. 8 seed Xavier played with heart and grit. The Musketeers seemed to have the game in control with an upset on the way late in the second half. Despite an OSU rally, all Xavier needed to ice the game was the second of two free throws with just 9.2 seconds left. But … the second one lipped out.
OSU would quickly get the ball down the court and dribble a pop-pass hand-off to Lewis who would rise up and nail a three-pointer well beyond the arc to send the game into overtime.
Mike Conley, Jr. would then take the game over in the extra session, and the Buckeyes would continue on a heart-racing journey to the Final Four — eventually appearing in the national championship game.