ATHENS, Ohio — When Tod Kowalczyk said before the season that he thought this Toledo basketball team could be even better than last year’s edition, most people figured he had lost his mind.
“You two guys included,” the coach told a pair of Blade writers here Friday night.
And, for once, who could blame us?
The Rockets didn’t just lose two stars from a team that won the Mid-American Conference by two games. They lost two of the very best mid-major talents period: league player of the year Marreon Jackson and all-conference deadeye Spencer Littleson.
A step back wouldn’t have just been forgiven.