The Bowling Green Falcons have spent all but one of the previous 40 days bouncing back and forth between tough-to-swallow late-game collapses, heartbreaking losses and demoralizing blowouts.
BGSU was 1-10 during that 40-day span that closed the regular season and slipped from the top of the Mid-American Conference to the league's worst record and the bottom seed in the MAC's postseason tournament.
Their reward was a trip to face the Kent State Golden Flashes, who had earned the #5 seed, as well as a tough dose of history. BGSU won a MAC Tournament game last season, and it had been 11 years since they had won one in back-to-back seasons.