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No excuses for another hollow Rockets ending

CLEVELAND — The good news: Toledo got to cut down the nets this season.

The bad: No one will ever remember why.

Another year, another Forest City ending more hollow than a rotting tree.

The Rockets’ never-ending March nightmare added one of its most macabre chapters yet Thursday night in an 80-76 loss to Northern Illinois in the quarterfinals of the MAC tournament.

Six days after the Rockets cut down their home nets for winning the MAC West championship — Buffalo won the league title by three games — we were reminded why they made it such a big celebration.