With very rare exceptions, if a mid-major women’s basketball team wants directions to the NCAA tournament, there is only one route to the destination.
It has to win its conference tournament.
Well, the team I watched Sunday at Savage Arena is one of those exceptions.
You might say Toledo has its GPS recalculating.
More and more, it’s clear the Rockets’ road to March may feature an alternate route, their best-laid plans so far coming to pass.
While plenty of work remains, UT — fresh off a week highlighted by a head-turning win at previously unbeaten Michigan on Thursday and a 57-45 victory over still-winless Dayton on Sunday — has set the table for the rarest of opportunities: an at-large invitation to the Big Dance.