Mark Titus

Mark Titus
Personal information
Born (1987-06-25) June 25, 1987
Brownsburg, Indiana
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight 225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school Brownsburg (Brownsburg, Indiana)
College Ohio State (2006–2010)
NBA draft 2010 / Undrafted
Position Shooting guard / Small forward

Mark Titus (born June 25, 1987) is a former walk-on basketball player for Ohio State. Since October 2008, he has written about his basketball-related experiences in his blog 'Club Trillion'. He has worked as a contributing writer for ESPN Insider on men's college basketball, in 2011 began contributing material for ESPN's site, Grantland.com,[1] and he began writing for The Ringer in 2016.[2] In a recent interview on the Scott Van Pelt Show, he recently "campaigned" to become the head coach of the Chicago State men's basketball team, but was unsuccessful. In a recent interview with Pardon My Take, former teammate Mike Conley said he was a top 5 favorite teammate of his who averaged less than 1 point per game.

Biography

Born in Brownsburg, Indiana,[3] Titus played basketball at Brownsburg High School in Indiana.[3] For Brownsburg High, Titus scored more than 1,000 career points (only other 1,000 point scorers in BHS history: Eric Riggs '94, Jered Reeves '02, and current NBA player Gordon Hayward '08) and was voted second team All-Indiana selection twice.[3] He played on the same AAU team as future NBA players Daequan Cook, Eric Gordon, Josh McRoberts, Mike Conley, and Greg Oden[4].

In the fall of 2006, Titus enrolled at Ohio State University, where he planned on attending medical school and being a student manager for the basketball team.[3] He was quickly added to the roster by coach Thad Matta as a walk-on, and was cleared to play for the Buckeyes on November 10.[3] In the Buckeyes' season opener, Titus received three minutes of playing time and made each of his two free throw attempts.[3] Titus played in 14 of the team's 39 games.[3]

During the 2008–2009 basketball season, Titus created his own blog, "Club Trillion", with the name referring to his line in the box score for many games: '1' in the first column (minutes played), followed by zeroes in the other twelve columns (points, rebounds, etc.).[5] Titus' blog, and his antics as a player, gained him some attention in the sports media. Titus had many of his followers join him in growing mustaches and pictures were posted on his blog. He appeared on ESPN.com's 'BS Report' with Bill Simmons on March 11, 2009, and again on March 24, 2010.[6] On April 9, 2009, Titus, although a walk-on with no hopes of playing in the NBA, used his blog to formally announce his entrance into the 2009 NBA Draft.[7] The blog entry eventually became a headline story on Yahoo!’s home page.[8]

During his senior season, Titus received cheers from opposing fans[5], and received coverage from opposing school newspapers.[9] Titus was mentioned in the New York Times[10] and the Associated Press.[11] Titus has also made comedic jabs at teammate Evan Turner.[12] Titus' "Mr. Rainmaker" video on YouTube has received over 580,000 views.[13]

After graduating, Jimmy Kimmel and Bill Simmons -- being fans of "Club Trillion" -- flew Titus to Hollywood and had him sign with their agent James "Babydoll" Dixon[4]. This led to Mark releasing his first book entitled "Don't Put Me In, Coach: My Incredible NCAA Journey from the End of the Bench to the End of the Bench" on March 6, 2012. The book tells the story of his time as a benchwarmer at Ohio State.[4][14]

Titus joined the sports journalism website Grantland.com (and subsequently theringer.com)[4], writing primarily about college basketball and providing readers with his power rankings every week starting in the 2012-13 season.

Mark became a recurring guest on the #1 sports podcast "Pardon My Take." and noted that his goal for 2017 was for his interview to make it to the Pardon My Take "Best of 2017 list".

In November 2017, Mark and Tate Frazier launched One Shining Podcast, a college basketball podcast on The Ringer.[15] The success of the podcast lead them to be "bag droppers" and members of the selection committee for the inaugural 3X3U National Championship[16][17]

College basketball statistics[18]

SeasonSchool GPMINFGMFGAFTMFTA3PM3PAREBASTBLKSTLPFTOPTS
2006-07Ohio State 14181222122221305
2007-08Ohio State 8101100111000103
2008-09Ohio State 220000001001000
2009-10Ohio State 8180312031100101
CAREER TOTALS 32482634265322509

Bibliography

Non-fiction:

  • 2012: Don't Put Me In, Coach: My Incredible NCAA Journey from the End of the Bench to the End of the Bench[19]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/3341/dont-worry-buckeyes-fans-ohio-states-got-this
  2. ↑ https://theringer.com/@mark.titus
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "34 - Mark Titus". Ohio State Buckeyes Athletics.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "BA #210: Mark Titus". the Box Angeles podcast.
  5. 1 2 "Trillion Man March". Club Trillion Blog.
  6. ↑ "Bs Report - Audio". ESPN. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
  7. ↑ "Club Trillion: To Whom It May Com. Stern". Clubtrillion.blogspot.com. 2009-04-09. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
  8. ↑ Brennan, Eamonn (2009-04-30). "Mark Titus enters NBA draft, is kindly asked to leave". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
  9. ↑ http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=73597
  10. ↑ Thamel, Pete (2009-12-27). "A Last Man Off the Bench Rides a Blog to Stardom". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
  11. ↑ "Buckeyes' Titus is famous for riding the pine". Pittsburgh Tribune. 2010-01-24. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
  12. ↑ http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/ncb/columns/story?columnist=greenberg_jon&id=4907516
  13. ↑ "Mark Titus' YouTube Channel". YouTube.
  14. ↑ "Don't Put Me In, Coach". Amazon.
  15. ↑ "One Shining Podcast - The Ringer". www.theringer.com. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  16. ↑ "Dos Equis 3X3U National Championship". Dos Equis 3X3U National Championship. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  17. ↑ "One Shining Podcast on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  18. ↑ "ESPN: Mark Titus stats". ESPN.com.
  19. ↑ Don't Put Me In, Coach by Mark Titus | PenguinRandomHouse.com.
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