By: Generic pharmacy whithout prescription SOURCE PAGE IN A NEW WINDOW” href=”http://www.thespread.com/ap-news-ncaab-400/turner-does-everything-for-no.-9-ohio-state.html” target=”_blank”>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 January game against the Buckeyes by isolating on just one player.
“If Evan Turner doesn’t get going, his team doesn’t get going,” Ebanks said. “If we can stop him, we can stop the team.”
A kid who wasn’t all that highly touted as a high school recruit, Turner has now become not just the player most valuable to his team, but also perhaps the best college player in the land.
“The best part of Evan Turner is … all the parts,” Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan said. “He just really doesn’t have a weakness.”
ging 19.7 points, 9.2 rebounds and 6 assists for a team that is 18-4 with him and 3-3 without him.
“Evan Turner is the best player in the country,” Purdue coach Matt Painter said. “He can hurt you in so many ways. He’s a lead guard who can defend and play three or four positions.”
Turner has been selected the Big Ten’s player of the week six times this season even though he’s only been healthy and available to play 11 weeks. In his career, he’s won the honor nine times - more than any Big Ten player ever.
He starred at St. Joseph’s High School outside Chicago, but was considered the team’s second-best player behind Demetri McCamey, now a rival at Illinois. One major scouting service listed Turner as the 16th-best small-forward prospect in the country, four slots behind Purdue’s Robbie Hummel, his roommate and good friend on last summer’s U.S. team at the World University Games.
It’s how you finish, not how you start, Turner said.
“I always have had a little bit of confidence that I would be superior in some aspect of the game,” Turner said. “I just worked hard and kept working hard and kept working hard. That’s what motivated me to not be just any old guy on a court. You know, to make a difference and be an impact player.”
Ohio State coach Thad Matta went to an AAU game four years ago to bird-dog Jon Diebler, Ohio’s all-time leading prep scorer with 3,208 points……

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