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Show Caption Hide Caption Video: Ohio State’s Gene Brown III speaks with reporters Ohio State wing Gene Brown III talks development, Illinois and more during this Feb. 23, 2022 press conference. Adam Jardy, The Columbus Dispatch Hearing your name over the speakers hits a little bit harder at home. After missing a pair of games due to a turf toe injury on his left foot, Ohio State sophomore wing Gene Brown III returned to the lineup in dramatic fashion. When the Buckeyes tipped off at Michigan on Feb. 12, Brown wasn’t only active for the game but was also in the starting lineup for the first time in his collegiate career. The first time he heard his name called out, it came from Crisler Center public-address announcer Anthony Bellino. His laconic style toward opposing players, much less Buckeyes, didn’t quite compare to three days later when Value City Arena’s Matt…
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