TOLEDO, Ohio - The Toledo men's basketball team (25-6, 16-2 MAC) opens play in the 2023 Mid-American Conference Tournament as the No. 1 seed on Thursday, March 9 against No. 8 seed Miami (12-19, 6-12 MAC). The contest will be televised on ESPN+ and tip off in Cleveland's Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse at 11:00 a.m.
The Rockets bring a school-record 15-game winning streak into postseason play during which they are scoring 87.0 ppg to go along with a 50.7 FG% and 43.3 three-point FG%. UT has shot 50% or better from the field in six straight games and 50% or better from three-point range in five consecutive games.