It took a call from former Tigers basketball player and Harlem Globetrotter standout Michael Wilson for Sylvester "Deuce" Ford to realize it was a possibility – he could come back and graduate from his hometown school.
"Michael actually hit me up on Facebook and told me about it," said Ford. "He told me I needed to go ahead and finish. Next thing I know, they – Dwight Boyd and Bob Baker – end up calling me and asked if I wanted to do it, and I jumped right on it."
Local entrepreneur and wing expert Billy Richmond was the same way.