

I started thinking about all the sand pits, all the injuries, we always battled through that. When they were talking to me, I thought about all the things we'd been through. "For them to start running their mouths and stuff, it really, really annoyed me. "It definitely got me going," Turner said. He showed much more emotion than normal in the second half as Ohio State took control with a 20-0 run, saw the lead slip away, and still found a way to prevail. Turner still seemed upset by the talk, even after Ohio State finished off an 88-81 double-overtime win to advance to Sunday's tournament championship game. They're frontrunners, and they were running their mouths entirely too much." "They were just running their mouths, just too much, that was it," Turner said.

As the Illini raced out to a 37-31 halftime lead and shot 46.2 percent from beyond the arc, they let Turner and his teammates know about it. Ohio State's Evan Turner turned in another solid performance to help the Buckeyes advance to the Big Ten championship.Illinois learned that lesson the hard way in Saturday's Big Ten tournament semifinal. Think twice before talking trash, especially to superstar Evan Turner. INDIANAPOLIS - A word of advice for Ohio State's upcoming opponents in the NCAA tournament.
