The Toledo Rockets men's basketball team represents the

University of Toledo The University of Toledo (UToledo or UT) is a Public university, public research university in Toledo, Ohio, United States. It is the northernmost campus of the University System of Ohio. The university also operates a Health Science campus, ...

in Toledo,

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. The school's team currently competes in the

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. The team last played in the

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, the seventh longest active drought among all Division I teams. Toledo has won the MAC regular season twelve times but has won only one MAC Tournament title. Their current head coach is Tod Kowalczyk.

Postseason

NCAA tournament results

The Rockets have appeared in four NCAA Tournaments. Their combined record is 1–4. * In 1979 there were two first-round games in their region prior to the second round but Toledo did not play in a first-round game.

NIT results

The Rockets have appeared in ten

National Invitation Tournament The National Invitation Tournament (NIT) is an annual men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Since 2023, all rounds of the tournament are played at various sites across the country whi ...

s (NIT). Their combined record is 5–13.

CIT results

The Rockets have appeared in one CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). Their record is 1–1.

CBI results

The Rockets have appeared in one College Basketball Invitational (CBI). Their record is 0–1.

CCA/NCIT results

The Rockets appeared in one of the two

National Commissioners Invitational Tournament The National Commissioners Invitational Tournament was an eight-team postseason men's college basketball tournament run by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). It was introduced in 1974 as the Collegiate Commissioners Association T ...

s, in 1974, and went 1-1.

Retired numbers

In 2007, the Rockets retired former forward Steve Mix's number 50, making him the first player in program history to have his number retired.

Rockets players in the NBA

* John Brisker * Cal Christensen * Larry Jones * Tom Kozelko * Phil Martin *

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* Steve Mix * George Patterson * Jim Ray * Ryan Rollins * Paul Seymour * Casey Shaw

References

External links

* {{Ohio-basketball-team-stub