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Briggs: How much more March heartbreak can Toledo basketball fans endure?

CLEVELAND — One long Toledo streak came to an end Saturday night.

Excruciatingly, another much, much longer one carries on.

For the 43rd straight year, the men’s college basketball calendar in Toledo might as well skip straight from February to April.

There will be no NCAA tournament for the Rockets.

University of Toledo guard Dante Maddox Jr. shoots against Kent State forward Chris Payton during the MAC Basketball Tournament Championship, March 11, at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland.
Toledo suffers more heartache with a men's basketball MAC championship loss to Kent State

Same song, no dance.

No matter that Toledo rolled into the finals of the Mid-American Conference tournament Saturday night with a 17-game winning streak and all the momentum in the world.