Gene Brown III has a role. It might not be the one he had last season, or the one he hoped for when the preseason started, but it’s a role. After a conversation with coach Chris Holtmann sometime in the last two or three weeks, the challenge for the third-year wing is to fulfill that to the best of his abilities in however much time Ohio State has left this season. “He feels like I can help them on the defensive side, help out with rebounding, stuff like that,” Brown said Tuesday. “Just going out there and trying to contribute any way I can, trying to connect guys out there defensively, keep the team connected, be a leader out there. Just do whatever I can to help the team win in whatever minutes I’m out there, really.” As one of two players on the 2022-23 roster to have played in…
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