ET is not “The Villian,” he’s Superman
Right: Ohio State’s Big Ten Player of the Year, Evan Turner. (AP Photo)
villain
/v’ɪlən/
noun -
1. A villain is someone who deliberately harms other people or breaks the law in order to get what he or she wants.
2. The villain in a novel, film, or play is the main bad character.
Another certain blogger and teammate of Ohio State’s Evan Turner, Mark “the Shark” Titus nicknamed him “The Villain,” because of Turner’s general use if the word “chillen” as a Facebook status update.
Granted, this is nothing new. Me and my boy Joe Malagreca use to say things like this before Turner and Titus were even born at good old Bishop Hartley High School back in the 80s. “Chillin’ like a villain. Chillin’ like Bob Dylan. Chillin’ like penicillin.”
You get the idea.
After watching Turner during the 2009-10 season, there’s only one nickname for him, and that’s Superman because he averaged 19.5 points, 9.4 points, and 5.8 assists per game on his way to winning the Big Ten Player of the Year award. He did most of his damage after missing nearly five weeks and six games of his junior season because of broken bones in his lower back.
Turner captured the conference’s highest honor and was a unanimous pick by both the coaches and media. He was also on both first teams with fellow juniors Demetri McCamey of Illinois, Kalin Lucas of Michigan State, and Purdue’s Robbie Hummel and E’Twaun Moore.
Among Ohio State players, Turner became the fifth Buckeye to earn Big Ten Player of the Year honors, joining Dennis Hopson (1987), Jim Jackson (1991, 1992), Scoonie Penn (1999) and Terence Dials (2006).
Turner led Ohio State to its first Big Ten Championship since 2007 while ranking first among all players in conference games with 20.1 points per outing. He also ranked among the Big Ten’s top two in rebounding (first at 8.3 per game.), steals (first with 2.0 per game) and assists (second at 5.9 per game) to become the only player in conference history to finish in the top two in each category since assists became an official stat during the 1983-84 season. Only five players in Big Ten history have finished in the top 10 of those categories since 1983-84, and no Division I player has achieved those minimums since at least 1996-97.
There’s no doubt that Turner should take home just about every national Player of the Year awards, too.
In other news: Ohio State head coach Thad Matta was named Big Ten Coach of the Year by the media. He shared the honor with Purdue’s Matt Painter, who was selected by the conference’s coaches. It was Matta’s third such award in six seasons as coach.
Sophomore William Buford was a unanimous Thrid-team, All-Big Ten selection while junior David Lighty was named to the Third-team by the media only.
Ohio State’s Dallas Lauderdale was picked to the Big Ten All-Defensive Team. He was joined on this year’s squad by Purdue’s Chris Kramer and JaJuan Johnson, Northwestern’s Jeremy Nash, and Wisconsin’s Trévon Hughes.
