▁ass ists ▁and ▁eight ▁reb ounds . ▁The ▁team ▁earned ▁a ▁post season ▁bid ▁to ▁that ▁year ' s ▁College In s ider . com ▁Tournament . ▁They ▁lost ▁in ▁the ▁quarter final s , ▁however . ▁ ▁Cooper ' s ▁junior ▁year ▁saw ▁him ▁burst ▁onto ▁the ▁national ▁scene ▁during ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁NCAA ▁Tournament . ▁The ▁# 1 3 - seed ▁Bob c ats ▁scored ▁two ▁ups ets ▁en ▁route ▁to ▁the ▁school ' s ▁third ▁ever ▁" S weet ▁ 1 6 " ▁appearance . ▁They ▁ups et ▁# 4 - seed ▁Michigan ▁and ▁then ▁took ▁down ▁# 1 2 - seed ▁South ▁Florida ▁before ▁finally ▁succ umb ing ▁to ▁# 1 - seed ▁North ▁Carolina . ▁Ear lier ▁in ▁the ▁season , ▁Cooper ▁recorded ▁Ohio ▁University ' s ▁first - ever ▁triple ▁double ▁with ▁ 1 4 ▁points , ▁ 1 0 ▁reb ounds ▁and ▁ 1 0 ▁ass ists ▁in ▁a ▁win ▁at ▁Port land . ▁He ▁was ▁named ▁a ▁final ist ▁for ▁both ▁the ▁C ous y ▁Award ▁and ▁L ute ▁Ol son ▁Award ; ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁season ▁Cooper ▁already ▁held ▁the ▁school ▁record ▁for ▁career ▁ass ists ▁and ▁needed ▁only ▁one ▁more ▁ste al ▁to ▁sur pass ▁that ▁record ▁as ▁well . ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁named ▁a ▁first ▁team ▁all - con ference ▁perform er ▁for ▁the ▁second ▁year ▁in ▁a ▁row . ▁ ▁ESP N ▁college ▁basketball ▁anal yst ▁Jay ▁Bil as ▁dub bed ▁him ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the