Toledo Blade · Mar 11, 2018
MAC tournament features weekend filled with angst and elation
CLEVELAND — Eight teams scattered about the Midwest and western New York converged here this weekend for the Mid-American Conference men’s basketball tournament. They all shared a common goal: crash the Big Dance.
With each victory, smiling coaches and players filed into a makeshift interview room in the bowels of Quicken Loans Arena. But there are two sides to every game. There’s also a loser, a team that knows March will pass by with no appearance in the NCAA tournament.
Toledo head coach Tod Kowalczyk speaks to his players during Friday's MAC Tournament semifinal game against Eastern Michigan.For three days, a roller coaster of emotions flooded the Q.