They came from all across northwest Ohio, eager with anticipation for a history-making Friday night at Savage Arena.
In front of a rollicking crowd of 6,712, Toledo thrashed archrival Bowling Green 96-56 to secure its second consecutive outright Mid-American Conference championship, a feat UT had never accomplished in 107 seasons.
“I got in trouble as a child from my mother because I didn’t like to share my toys, and I’m still that way,” Toledo coach Tod Kowalczyk said. “We don’t like to share anything.”
The show unfolded like a masterpiece for the Rockets, who went through their greatest hits for 40 minutes in the largest margin of victory in Battle of I-75 history.