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Wright State taking dead deer hot streak into NCAA Tournament

The Wright State baseball team turned its season around shortly after the team bus struck a deer.

On its way to play Northern Kentucky on April 24, the bus hit and killed a deer. After sweeping their next two series, they figured the deer was good luck, and they've been taking a stuffed deer head with them ever since.

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"They named him Gary Croswell," Wright State coach Greg Lovelady recently told the Dayton Daily News. "The bus driver’s name was Gary, and Croswell was the name of the bus company.