BOWLING GREEN — The scene was a Huntington, W.Va., hotel, and the news was good.
A few hours winding hours north, Ohio had taken care of Kent State in Athens on the final day of the 1999-2000 Mid-American Conference regular season, and the 81-71 score spread quickly through Bowling Green’s team.
With Kent State’s loss, Bowling Green needed only to beat Marshall to win the MAC title — and the Falcons did just that later the same day, becoming one of only three BGSU men’s basketball teams to win the regular-season MAC championship during the past 35 years.