Turner dominates player of year voting - NCAA

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INDIANAPOLIS -- As Evan Turner clutched The Associated Press player of the
year trophy and posed for yet another photo, he couldn't escape a little
ribbing.


"That going to fit at home?" Ohio State teammate David Lighty said Friday as
Turner walked past with the award.


"This is going to be a window ornament," Turner shot back as both laughed.


It's got to be a good feeling to receive almost every player of the year
honor and have a couple of teammates make a 2½-hour drive to see you get the
latest one as part of the Final Four festivities.


"They have been there for me my whole career, and they are here now," Turner
said. "They really are family, and this shows it."


Turner, a 6-foot-7 junior swingman who averaged 20.3 points, 9.2 rebounds and
5.9 assists, received 54 votes from the 65-member national media panel.
Kentucky freshman John Wall was second with nine votes.


Lighty and Dallas Lauderdale never hesitated about making the 175-mile drive
from Columbus, Ohio, to see the presentation.


"He told us he was getting this, and we said we'd come," said Lauderdale, who
quickly added neither he nor Lighty missed class to be there.


There weren't many people who thought Turner would win national honors after
he broke two bones in his back when he fell after a dunk on Dec. 5.


He missed six games -- which the Buckeyes split -- then he returned to lead
them to the Big Ten title and a No. 2 seed in the NCAA tournament.


"I was going to be as cautious as I possibly could to make sure he was 100
percent when he came back," Ohio State coach Thad Matta said. "He would sit
and watch practice, dribbling the ball around his chair, between his legs. He
was diligent in his work ethic and did a great job."


Turner said awards were the last thing on his mind during those weeks when he
was forced to watch his teammates get ready for the conference season.


"I just wanted to get back to my team and be the same player I was," said
Turner, who hasn't yet decided whether he will return for his senior season.
"I started understanding more that life throws you curveballs, and sometimes
it builds a better person in how you deal with that."


And his teammates rewarded him by taking the trophy back to campus in the
trunk of their car.

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據說某公司招聘員工，是先把收到的一大堆簡歷隨機扔掉一半，

因為他們的招聘理念是「我們不要運氣不好的人」

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