Zack Tobler hails from Fort Mitchel, Kentucky which is just about 25 minutes from Cincinnati’s campus. As you can see from the numbers he posted in his time as a Bearcat, Tobler was never a star athlete but he was a star to the fans. When Tobler came off the bench to close out games, you would have thought that Tobler was the best player in the country based on crowd reactions alone.
Tobler’s story is more than just on the court. Coach Mick Cronin praises him as both an athlete and a person. To be on a program like UC and ride the bench cannot be easy, but Tobler remained grateful during his time and was a big time help in practice by pushing starters to be their very best.