CLEVELAND — For the third consecutive season, Toledo’s dream season turned into a nightmare.
The three-time defending Mid-American Conference champions picked the worst time for its first off night in two months.
The Rockets watched their NCAA men’s basketball tournament bid get taken away by Kent State in a 93-78 loss on Friday in the MAC championship game at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
The defense that’s taken UT out of its normal rhythm the past two seasons did so again, limiting the Rockets to 25-of-59 shooting.
Toledo had shot 50 percent or better in eight straight games and it was scoring 85.