What if I had told you before the season the Toledo men’s basketball team would be dashing down the home stretch in first place of the Mid-American Conference?
If your name is not Tod Kowalczyk — “I would have expected it,” he said — you probably would have called me crazy.
But here the Rockets are … again.
A team that lost three all-league pillars — including conference player of the year RayJ Dennis — and starts two freshmen is back on its familiar perch, tied with Akron after a 72-64 win over the Zips on Tuesday night at Savage Arena.