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Turner's role this season, however, will be much different. Coach Thad Matta moved Turner to point guard in the offseason, and the No.

Michigan State's Kalin Lucas goes for a lay up at the Illinois home game at Assembly Hall in Champaign on Sunday, March 1, 2009.

UCLA embraces youth movement With nine underclassmen on the roster, the UCLA basketball team is in the midst of a youth movement.

"Coach was going nuts," he said. "He got so mad, he fell in the locker room trying to kick a chair and hit the ground." Ohio State men's basketball coach Thad Matta, in turn, had Turner and his teammates hit the ground, running, at 6 a.m. the next day.

This article has been read 50 times. Having its third head coach in as many seasons doesn't change the expectations for the California University women's basketball program.

With Dallas Lauderdale expected to miss few if any regular-season games, coach Thad Matta said he is changing little if any of his plan for the Ohio State men's basketball team.

Illinois coach Bruce Weber didn't dismiss Michigan State's or Purdue's chances to win the Big Ten title or compete for a Final Four.

Evan Turner discovered last spring what's involved in the voting for Big Ten player of the year.

Given his druthers, what young man would not choose to play instead of work, even if the play is really work in disguise? So when class scheduling conflicts forced the Ohio State men's basketball team to practice in the morning this season, there was no dissent among the players.

It's no secret that the Ohio State men's basketball team wants to run its offense through Evan Turner.

Sometimes the greatest realities begin with a simple dream. Jantel Lavender and her teammates have the opportunity to make her dream a reality with a little effort.

Coach: Thad Matta . Last season's record: 22-11 overall, 10-8 in Big Ten . Postseason: Lost in first round of NCAA tournament to Siena.

I decided to leave Terrico White off the "point guards and combo guards" list and include him on the "shooting guards and wings" list.

On the sun-soaked campus of Florida International University, Isiah Thomas is a world away from the troubles of his past.

William Buford is not sure he even knows that guy who walked into Value City Arena a year ago, filled with an internal tug-of-war pitting energy and exuberance against anxiety and nervousness.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: With an unholy six-man recruiting class preparing to sign letters of intent in early November -- a class regarded as the nation's No.

3 in rebounding and No. 8 in assists , figures to reap a lot of hardware after spurning a chance to be a first-round draft pick.

COLUMBUS - Evan Turner thought long and hard about jumping early to the NBA after last season.

Media day is today and preseason practice starts Friday for the Ohio State men's basketball team, which already made news this week when starting center Dallas Lauderdale suffered a broken right ring finger during a workout Monday.

Ohio State center Dallas Lauderdale posting up against Iowa in a game last season.