June 25, 2026

Ohio State's Buzzer-Beaters Have Delivered NCAA Thrills


Four years ago on April 4, 2016, Villanova’s Kris Jenkins hit the only game-winning, buzzer-beating three-point field goal in NCAA championship game history. It’s not the first buzzer-beater to win a title. Lorenzo Charles of North Carolina State had that one to take down the University of Houston and Phi Slama Jama in 1983. There have been many such walk-offs in lower rounds, of course, with Christian Laettner’s winner against Kentucky in the 1992 East Regional in perhaps the greatest game ever played right there in the annals of the best buzzer-beaters ever. But Ohio State has had its share of classic game-clinching shots in NCAA Tournament action, if not any true, walk-off buzzer-beaters. Let’s rank the five best OSU rescues to beat the horn and extend the Buckeyes’ post-season run. 5. Alex Davis vs. Providence, 1990 West Regional first round Davis, a backup guard as a freshman, scored 22…

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