From: SanLuisObispo.com -- Evan Turner continues to steal the show in Big Ten Tournament, scoring 11 of his game-high 31 points in a pair of overtime sessions to lead No. 5 Ohio State to an exciting, 88-81, victory over Illinois to advance to the conference finals. Turner, who drained a 37-foot three-pointer at the buzzer to beat Michigan on Friday, also had 10 rebounds and six assists, though he did turn the ball over 10 times and fouled out in the second OT. The top-seeded ... Read More

By: Dennis Punzel (Madison.com) -- INDIANAPOLIS -- The University of Wisconsin women's basketball team will attempt to go where no UW team has gone when it faces top-seeded Ohio State tonight in the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament at Conseco Fieldhouse. The Badgers are in the semifinals for the third time in the 16-year history of the tournament. They've never advanced any further. Wisconsin lost to Penn State 76-62 in the 2002 semifinals and last year they fell to Purdue 70-56. The Badgers' track record ... Read More

By: Ryne E. Hancock (BleacherReport.com) -- In order to be a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, in my opinion, you have to do the following: * Win more than four games against top-50 teams in the RPI, both before Jan. 1 and after. * Dominate your conference. * Be consistent. If you’re a Kansas State fan and reading this, then close this window right now, because it doesn’t apply to you. Same with Duke fans and intramurals commish Brittney Plowman as well. While we all know that ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- After finishing off a remarkable 50-day run, the Ohio State Buckeyes can enjoy a nine-day break knowing that no matter what else happens, they are Big Ten men's basketball champions and the No. 1 seed for the Big Ten Tournament. With a 73-57 victory over Illinois on Tuesday, No. 6 Ohio State ended its regular season at 24-7 and 14-4 in conference play. Purdue and Michigan State, both with two games to play, can tie ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Terrelle Pryor wanted to know the score. "I hope Purdue loses," the Ohio State quarterback said Sunday afternoon. Told the Boilermakers were trailing Michigan State, Pryor said, "That's good then." "I'm just happy the girls are in and now we need the guys coming in. I'm sure they'll get it done," Pryor said. Actually, Pryor and the football Buckeyes were in first, winning their fifth straight Big Ten title in the fall. Then the OSU women's ... Read More

By: Michael Rothstein (AnnArbor.com) -- COLUMBUS - Evan Turner sat in his hospital bed, his back fractured, his season bleak. Everything had gone so well for the Ohio State junior forward. He was averaging 20.6 points and 12.9 rebounds a game. His team was 7-1. And in an instant, with a hard, awkward landing after a dunk against Eastern Michigan on Dec. 5, it looked like it was over. So he apologized to teammates for being injured and started working on his return. Why the ... Read More

By: AP via TheSpread.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -Watch 30 seconds of highlights from an Ohio State game and you'd think the Buckeyes had four guys who wear No. 21. Need a rebound? Evan Turner will get it. A defensive stop? Ditto. An assist? A big bucket? Turner will provide those, too. Few if any teams in the nation depend more on one player than No. 9 Ohio State does on Evan Turner. It's not a secret, either. West Virginia's Devin Ebanks previewed his team's ... Read More

By: Adam Biggers (BleacherReport.com) -- The Big Ten is a guard-heavy conference—everyone knows that. The league boasts some of the best men in the business: Michigan State's Kalin Lucas, Purdue's Etwaun Moore, and Illinois' Demetri McCamey. All three men are certainly in the mix for the league's prestigious "player of the year" honor, but there's another name that has stood out for the last half of the season: Ohio State's Evan Turner. After his superb showing in East Lansing last Sunday (74-67 OSU win) while fighting ... Read More

COLUMBUS -- After being unranked five weeks ago, The Ohio State Men's Basketball team have now cracked the top ten in both the Associated Press and the ESPN/USA Today Polls. The Buckeyes took the number nine slot in the latest polls released today after defeating No. 11 Michigan State 74-67 in Big Ten action Sunday. Four days earlier, Ohio State fell to conference foe Purdue 60-57. The Boilermakers are holding on firm the the number 3 spot in both polls and leads ... Read More

By: Bill Livingston (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Ailing and heavy-legged, his shot missing and his team behind in the final minutes, Evan Turner lifted himself and Ohio State to victory in hostile surroundings Sunday. It is what he has done before and what he will have to do again, if the Buckeyes are to gain a high NCAA Tournament seed and make a deeper run in March than anyone expected. When Turner has been on the road in showcase Big ... Read More

BY: KIRKLAND CRAWFORD (Detroit Free Press) -- Evan Turner had 20 points and 10 rebounds and William Buford added 17 as No. 11 Michigan State lost to No. 9 Ohio State, 74-67, today at Breslin Center. Turner rested in the bleachers while the rest of the Buckeyes took shooting practice Saturday night. Turner got a plateful of food — then didn’t eat it — Sunday morning. “He did a tremendous job of battling through it,” Ohio State coach Thad Matta said of his ... Read More