The story of the 2022-23 Toledo men’s basketball is incomplete.
Disappointment will be part of the narrative, but the ending could get a partial rewrite depending on what happens in the next day or weeks.
The Rockets are reeling right now, a mixture of sorrow and surprise after winning a school-record 17 games before falling to Kent State in the Mid-American Conference tournament, one game shy of punching their ticket to the Big Dance.
“It’s our ultimate goal, but it does not take a single thing away from the season that we had,” Toledo coach Tod Kowalczyk said.