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Hilarious Twitter Smackdown between Evan Turner and Purdue Student Section

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Former Ohio State legend Evan Turner has already completed his first NBA Summer league, but that hasn't stopped the fans of his old Big Ten rivals from still talking smack at him online. I guess when you shoot just 33%, and your play doesn't come anywhere close to living up to your hype during the five game NBA summer season,  detractors will come out of the woodwork. Including … [Read more...] about Hilarious Twitter Smackdown between Evan Turner and Purdue Student Section

Evan Turnover? TOs and Strength Turner’s Weaknesses

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I truly was blessed this past season and post-season to have had the opportunity to closely cover college basketball's most decorated player in Ohio State's Evan Turner. "His Royal Smoothness" as we like to call him, won the Wooden, the Naismith and pretty much every other national college basketball player of the year award. We all know how good he is; he'll be the second guy … [Read more...] about Evan Turnover? TOs and Strength Turner’s Weaknesses

Evan Turner named Ohio State Male Athlete of the Year

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No big surprise here- Evan Turner, the consensus national player of the year in men’s basketball, has been named the 2009-10 Ohio State Male Athlete of the Year, the department of athletics announced Thursday. Turner swept the 2010 college basketball season player of the year awards after claiming the Naismith Trophy and John R. Wooden Award, as well as the USBWA, … [Read more...] about Evan Turner named Ohio State Male Athlete of the Year

Flaws in Evan Turner’s Game

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By Paul M. Banks I truly was blessed this past season and post-season to have had the opportunity to closely cover college basketball's most decorated player in Ohio State's Evan Turner. "His Royal Smoothness" as we like to call him, won the Wooden, the Naismith and pretty much every other national college basketball player of the year award.  We all know how good he is; … [Read more...] about Flaws in Evan Turner’s Game

Can Ohio State go all the way?

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Katie Witham, Ohio State reporter for the Big Ten Network, discusses OSU potential with fellow Buckeye expert Paul M. Banks For part two of this interview click here (PMB) The Buckeyes have been placed into my regional each of the past 3 weekends, so after spending so much quality time with Thad Matta lately, (this following a season covering two Big Ten teams: … [Read more...] about Can Ohio State go all the way?

Iman Shumpert on All-Evan Turner BFF team

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By Paul M. Banks As I've pointed out before, National Player of the Year Evan Turner is like the Hillary Clinton of college basketball: quite a polarizing figure. Fans of teams eliminated by Turner's Ohio State Buckeyes HATE him. And as the tournament rolls on, this bandwagon will indeed pick up more steam. But on the other side, he's also Mr. Popularity. He told me after … [Read more...] about Iman Shumpert on All-Evan Turner BFF team