Evan Turner to Leave OSU

Excerpt from The Associated Press:

After collecting almost every national player of the year honor, Ohio State's Evan Turner is skipping his senior season to test himself in the NBA.

"This is the toughest thing I had to do," he said, his voice breaking. "But I was blessed with this decision and I have a great opportunity. I'm going to turn a leaf over and go on to the next stage of my life."

Turner said it wasn't until late in the season that his mind wandered to his decision.

"February hit and I kind of started thinking a little bit about it," he said. "I was in a win-win situation. I felt like if I would have come back we could have done big things, and also moving on and going to the NBA I could do good things. I had to look at what was going to make me happy."