BY: PATRICK Z. MCGAVIN  (SunTimes.com) -- Five years ago, Evan Turner was regarded as the second-best college prospect at St. Joseph behind his close friend, Illinois guard Demetri McCamey. On Thursday night at Madison Square Garden, Turner was second again. The Philadelphia 76ers selected the West Side native and Ohio State forward with the No. 2 overall pick behind Kentucky point guard John Wall, the top selection of the Washington Wizards. Asked on ESPN about his quick recovery after he ... Read More

By: Darren Rovell (CNBC.com) -- For the past four years, Mark Titus has done a great job becoming the world’s most famous walk-on. When blogs got hot, he was there with Club Trillion. When lack of playing time didn’t allow him to display his skills, he took to YouTube with one of the most hilarious videos you’ll ever see. The number of people following him on Twitter? 18,281. That’s roughly double the people following Evan Turner, his Ohio ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) --  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Nebraska is prepared to join the Big Ten, according to multiple reports. Though the school issued a statement Wednesday night declaring that a decision had not already been made, the Nebraska Board of Regents has added a discussion of conference affiliation to Friday's scheduled meeting. It's then that the Big Ten could officially expand from 11 teams, maybe stopping at 12 teams for now, or maybe continuing with ... Read More

By: Tim Bielik (BleacherReport.com) -- Expansion fever seems to finally be finding its footing, as Nebraska will in all likelihood find a home in the Big Ten. With the Huskers being one of possibly a handful of teams about to join the Big Ten Conference, one thing that is being largely overlooked is the effect this process has on the rivalries in the conference. The most specific of these might be the greatest rivalry in college football if not sports: Ohio ... Read More

From: AP via LancasterEagleGazette.com -- COLUMBUS -- After losing $148,000 a year ago, Ohio State's athletic department will bank $23,400 for the 2009-10 fiscal year, according to numbers disclosed Thursday to The Associated Press by athletic director Gene Smith. Smith said the surplus came because of cost hold-downs and revenue increases in concessions and royalties. "We had a good year," Smith said. "There were some revenue increases in certain categories, but the expenditure controls by our unit managers ... Read More

By: Drew Gatewood (BleacherReport.com) -- Jon Diebler entered his college career with big expectations. He dominated the high school game and broke LeBron James' Ohio high school scoring records. Those lofty expectations proved to be a little too much to handle in Diebler’s freshman year. His sophomore year was a different story. He battled through transfer rumors during the summer between his freshman and sophomore seasons. That adversity made him a stronger player for the Buckeyes that upcoming fall. He ... Read More

By: David McKinney (UWeekly.com) -- Perhaps the Washington Wizards shouldn't start printing No. 11 jerseys with "Wall" on the back just yet. If anybody in the organization watched college basketball last year, then maybe - just maybe - they've heard of the guy who wore No. 21 for Ohio State. Evan Turner won just about every player of the year award after his stellar junior year at Ohio State, but he became the consensus No. 2 pick after declaring ... Read More

By: Blake Williams (TheLantern.com) -- Three years ago, the Ohio State Athletic Department began raising money for a $22 million basketball practice facility that coaches Thad Matta and Jim Foster said is vital to their programs. The facility, designed to be adjacent to the Schottenstein Center, was supposed to open this fall. However, the Athletic Department has raised just $4.6 million, said Pat Chun, associate athletic director for External Relations. “When the economy bottomed out, that changed our planning,” Chun ... Read More

By: David McKinney (UWeekly.com) -- Brace yourselves, Buckeye Nation. We might soon see yet another great quarterback gracing the beautiful campus of Ohio State University, and this one might be even better than our currently beloved No.2. I don't blame you if you have heard of Braxton Miller, a dual-threat quarterback from Huber Heights, who is already rated by Scout.com as the top player in the nation for 2011. Miller, the cousin of former Ohio State receiver Dee ... Read More

By: Eric Pincus(HoopsWorld.com) -- With the Washington Wizards, Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Nets coming out of the lottery with the top three picks, the order is finally set as teams prepare for the NBA Draft. The early consensus has John Wall and Evan Turner as the top two picks. Turner addressed the media Thursday and speculation the Sixers will take him second on June 24th. "I think it's a good city.  I think they're on the rise," said ... Read More

By: Drew Gatewood (BleacherReport.com) -- Columbus, Ohio—Senior guard David Lighty has re-fractured his left foot. The injury happened during spring conditioning, and he will have surgery on Friday to repair the damage. Lighty first injured his foot back in December of 2008, and he missed the rest of the 2008-2009 season with a medical redshirt. Lighty is expected to be fully recovered in about 12 weeks. He will have his surgery on campus at the Ohio State Medical Center with Dr. ... Read More

By: Andy Katz (ESPN.com) -- The NCAA's deadline to withdraw from the NBA draft was pushed up five weeks from its usual spot in mid-June. Thus, so too was our post-deadline top 25. This is what we know about the 2010-11 season: There won't be a truly great team. Sound familiar? It was true last season. And because of that, Duke has a chance to repeat as national champions. Not losing anyone early to the NBA draft after winning a national ... Read More

By: Drew Gatewood (BleacherReport.com) -- William Buford has big shoes to fill next season. Evan Turner is poised to be a top three pick is this year’s NBA Draft after winning every possible player of the year honors including the Naismith.  Turner finishes his career as the only Naismith Award winner in Ohio State history, something Buford is well aware of. Filling the shoes of Evan Turner will not be easy, but Ohio State’s young scoring guard is ... Read More