He thought he knew what to expect. After all, he had done this scores and scores of times before.
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He thought he knew what to expect. After all, he had done this scores and scores of times before.
During his 26 years as the athletics director at Wright State, Mike Cusack had stepped onto center court during halftime of a Raiders basketball game and shared the spotlight with community leaders, handed out awards to student-athletes and — as was about to happen now — taken part in the Hall of Fame induction of a legendary WSU sports figure.
Saturday afternoon at the Nutter Center — during the intermission of a back-and-forth game that Cleveland State would finally win, 72–68 — Cusack was being enshrined along with former Raiders basketball star DaShaun Wood and standout sidearm pitcher Joe Smith.
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