Devin Royal Eager to Show Expanded Game in Move From Power to Small Forward For Buckeyes

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Email this Article Share on Reddit Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Devin Royal is looking lean this spring, a slight change in physique that matches his change in position.

Just ask him.

“Yeah, I mean, I’ve slimmed down a little bit. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,” Royal said to a laugh from the Ohio State media scrum on Monday afternoon.

After emerging for Buckeye basketball at power forward last season, Royal is sliding back to small forward entering his junior year and drilling down on his shooting, ball-handling, passing and perimeter defense to produce on the wing.

“He's got to be OK being uncomfortable this summer,” Jake Diebler said on Wednesday. “And listen, he can do…