Back doing full-contact work in practice, Eugene Brown is expected to make his 2022-23 debut “shortly,” and Chris Holtmann says “our team needs him.”
Ohio State is inching closer to having a full-strength roster for the first time all season.
Even before Brown’s injury, the influx of new talent that entered the program over the offseason called into question just how many minutes he would receive in 2022-23. Four-star freshmen Brice Sensabaugh and Roddy Gayle Jr. are both wings, and all three of Ohio State’s scholarship transfer additions – Isaac Likekele, Sean McNeil and Tanner Holden – play similar positions to Brown.
“At this point it'd be just kind of speculation. I mean he plays either wing spot, kind of the three or four, which are pretty similar in our system,” Holtmann said. “He also gives us the ability if we want to play smaller, maybe a little bit faster on occasion, to just play three of those guys together. So his versatility and length – he can guard bigger guys, he can guard smaller guys – I think will really help this team. So there's certainly a place for him.
Barring any regression due to his stationary start to the season, one would think Brown’s ceiling this season would reflect the growth he made over the offseason. But Holtmann said even that period was cut short for Brown, who dealt with nagging injuries that sidelined him for stretches over the summer.“His offseason was taken away because of some other minor injuries. So I think when we saw him, it was exciting,” Holtmann said.
Beyond Brown, Likekele is the only other scholarship player who has been listed as unavailable for any contests this season. Likekele missed Ohio State’s Big Ten opener on Dec. 8 to tend to a family matter in Texas, and while he traveled with the team to New York City this past weekend, he sat out of that game, too.
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