The Buckeyes were down and out. Trailing by nearly double-digits with less than three minutes remaining, things looked bleak for the NCAA's number one overall seed. When Greg Oden fouled out in the final thirty seconds, as the Buckeyes trailed by two - the game seemed to fall into the laps of Xavier.

But a three by Ron Lewis with less than three seconds left on the clock, sent the game into overtime. From there Mike Conley Jr. took the game over, as Ohio State defeated Xavier 78-71.