University Records History 2007-08 ReviewOpponents Players Coaches Outlook 106 NBA All-Star Game. 14 played years in the Mix NBA and played Steve in the 1975 All-American has hadaplayerachievefirst-team All-MAChonors31times. seasons, andnine Academic All-America honorees. boasts 47 first-team Academic All-MAC, including one in each of the last three titles (1998-99,1999-2000,2004-05and2006-07). has won seven Mid-American Conference titles and four MAC West Division 1976-81. from row a in five including times, 18 season a in more or games 20 won has posted 26consecutivewinningseasonsfrom1959to1984. sports anall-timerecordof1,278-897(.588). is inits93rdyearofbasketball,firstfieldingateam1915-16. TOLEDO ... Ken Epperson, Terry Reynolds,Sammy Villegas and JustinIngram). Reiser, (Tim times Yearfive the of Freshman MAC named players had has Kozelko twice,JimSwaney andHarveyKnuckles). Mix, the (Steve YearTom of times Player five MAC named players had has 73) andGregStempin(1999-2001). seasons — Phil Martin (1952-54), Steve Mix (1967-69), (1971- has had four players receive first-team All-MAC honors for three consecutive sports a6-3recordagainstBig Ten ConferenceschoolsinSavageHall. Hall) witha59-57victory. diana on December 1, 1976 in the first game in Savage Hall (then Centennial In champion national then-defending of streak winning 33-game the halted 2008-09 Toledo Basketball -Building Excitement R ocket the nationinscoring1942andwentontoplayNBA. led Gerber,who Bob NBA; All-American the of forerunners the of one and an Chuckovits, Chuck NBA; 1938-39 the in in All-American career 14-year a to on went who Mix, Steve including players, legendary numerous boasts third MACtitlethatseason. its captured and 1967 in poll Press Associated final the in 11th ranked was has a476-371(.564)all-timemarkinMACplay. sports a356-119 record(.749)inthefriendlyconfinesofSavage Arena. has playedin13nationalpost-seasontournaments. (1941-42) andSteveMix(1969)—achieve All-America status. Gerber Bob (1938-39), Chukovits Chuck — players different three had has T radition - named MACPlayer ofthe Year twice. be to Rocket only the is TomKozelko with 16.9pointsper gamelastyear. in 27 years to lead the MAC in scoring Tyrone Kent became the first Rocket Outlook Coaches Players Opponents 2007-08 Review History Records University - - - 107 registers his fifth straight winning 81-76, State, Michigan 14 No. off knocks Toledo Toledo Toledo posts its 26th consecutive winning Savage F. “John as dedicated is Hall Centennial The Rockets record the 1,000th win in school (1976-79), star Rockets’ one-time Joplin, Stan West MAC straight second its captures Toledo The Rockets register a 22-11 mark, their first Toledo makes its fourth NIT appearance under appearance NIT fourth its makes Toledo is named the 17th head coach in Keith Triplett scores all 29 of his points in Triplett the Keith The Rockets appear in their third National West MAC third its of share a captures Toledo UT appears in its first MAC Championship Mid-Ameri seventh their capture Rockets The Casey Shaw earns third-team Academic All- season successful most their enjoy Rockets The

can Conference regular-season title in school history by history school in title regular-season Conference can tying a school-record with an impressive 14-2 league record. 2007 first- a suffers but Joplin Stan Year the of Coach MAC coach round road conference’s loss to Florida the State. It earned is the first has time in he that tenure Joplin’s of the year honors. 2008 history. UT 20-win campaign in 20 years. UT earns second NIT berth in three years and advances to Greg second Stempin round. earns first-team All-MAC honors for third straight year. 2002 season, the most campaigns consecutive winning winning seasons straight at UT 26 posted Rockets the since from 1959-84. 2002 to hand Spartans their first non-conference home loss in five years at the The Breslin win Center. was UT’s with tenure Joplin’s Stan in team ranked a over second the first coming over Cincinnati in 2000. 2003 second half to lead the Rockets to a 93-81 victory at participant DePaul. Tournament eventual NCAA 2004 in addition to their first nation Tournament Invitation first-round a in Joplin Stan under contest ally-televised loss to Marquette on ESPN. 2005 win (2OT) 75-70 a with Joplin Stan under title Division finale. over Eastern Michigan in its regular-season 2006 Game in 10 years but comes up just short of fulfilling 71-66 a in Tournament NCAA the reaching of goal its setback to Kent State. 2007 1985 Nich Nichols. Bob coach head under 20th its season, ols wins five Mid-American Conference titles and a (1965-87). 375 games in his career league-record 1989 the build to drive the led who man the of honor in Hall” arena. Savage, a 1952 UT graduate, gave generously Rockets throughout his life. to the University and the 1991 history. 1996 history. in UT is named the 16th head coach 1998 America honors. Shaw is later drafted in the second 76ers. Philadelphia round by the NBA’s 1999 the winning record, overall 19-9 a posting years, 18 in to the NIT. Division title and advancing West MAC 2000 Division title, sharing first place with Ball State with mark. an 11-7 2001 - - - - ateline D Toledo makes its first 16 field-goal attempts of attempts field-goal 16 first its makes Toledo Toledo captures its fifth MAC title, posting The Rockets win their sixth Mid-American consecutive fifth its marks record 21-10 Toledo’s The Rockets win their fourth league title, shar title, league fourth their win Rockets The Toledo is ranked 19th in the final Associated history, UT in games glorious more the of one In The Rockets halt Western Michigan’s 20-game Michigan’s Western halt Rockets The game last the in 91-66, State, Ball routs Toledo Centen in game inaugural the in 1, December On The Rockets win their second Mid-American finishes the regular season with a 23-1 Toledo Toledo wins its third Mid-American Confer route en game per points 21.5 averages Kozelko The Rockets knock off No. 1 Uni New York

ocket 1980 115-88, Michigan, Central rout to on goes and game the in Mt. Pleasant. 1980 a 14-2 league record. UT wins the Tournament, inaugural knocking MAC off Bowling Green, 85-70 in Michigan’s Crisler Arena, and advancing to NCAA post-season play for the fourth time in school history. 1981 Conference title, as five teams tie for the crown with 10-6 records. Toledo gets an NIT American University before falling at Michigan. berth, defeating 1981 20-win campaign. streak. 1979 ing the championship with Central game Michigan at 13-3. playoff a in 72-65, Chippewas, the defeats Toledo in time third the for Tournament NCAA the enters and school history. 1979 Press poll. 74-72, Iowa, co-champion 1979 Ten Big off knock Rockets the Coach Head Current Regional. Mideast NCAA the in Stan Joplin nails the winning jump shot from the top of the key as time expires. Toledo then battles Notre Dame closely in the Sweet 16 before falling, 79-71. to earning MAC player of the year honors for the second the for honors year the of player MAC earning to an points, 1,561 with career his finishes Kozelko time. the with play to on goes and game, per 20.8 of average Bullets. Washington NBA’s 1976 winning streak with an 88-80 win in the Field House. The Broncos finished the season ranked 10th in the AP. nation by the (1930-1976), seasons 1976 46 In House. Field the in played Rockets post a 487-146 (.769) record in the arena. 1976 champion national defending defeats Toledo Hall, nial winning 33-game Hoosiers’ the halting 59-57, , Conference title, recording an 11-1 mark in league play. 1967 play. league in mark 11-1 an recording title, Conference UT in best the is season that record overall 23-2 Their history. 1967 record, second only to UCLA, the in which 11th goes Ranked unbeaten title. national the winning in (30-0) final UPI poll, the Rockets are upset in the first round Tech. Virginia to falling Tournament, of the NCAA 1972 average an with ence championship, sharing the scoring title with Ohio. Tom in league the leads who Kozelko, of 24.9 points per game, is named the MAC Player of Year. the 1973 1963 Garden. 87-74, in Madison Square versity, R - - Seven-time Mid-American Conference Champions Under head coach , the Rockets win Rockets the Bush, Jerry coach head Under In December, Toledo is ranked 10th in the As the in 10th ranked is Toledo December, In Known as “Friddle’s Freshmen,” the Rockets Toledo’s unbeaten home string reaches 40 games games 40 reaches string home unbeaten Toledo’s Bob Gerber sets an NIT single-game scoring Bob Gerber sets a national scoring record for Chuck Chuckovits becomes Toledo’s first Toledo wins its first league title, posting a 13-7 a posting title, league first its wins Toledo Clark “Pinky” Pittenger sets the UT single-game single-game UT the sets Pittenger “Pinky” Clark On December 26, Toledo posts its first“big” Toledo Toledo and Bowling Green play for the first Toledo Toledo defeats Michigan, ranked third in the Under coach Harold “Andy” Anderson, the The Rockets finish 24-6, setting a team record team a setting 24-6, finish Rockets The

1954 their first MAC title in just their third season of com (.686) 127-58 a compiles Bush league. the in petition record at before Toledo taking the head coaching job at Nebraska following the season. Tech, Illinois, Villanova, St. Bonaventure and Louisville Louisville and Bonaventure St. Villanova, Illinois, Tech, 1950-51 the finishes Toledo record. 22-7 a to route en AP. season ranked 14th by nation, 57-36. The Rockets finish the season at 22-6. nation, 57-36. 1950 Texas over wins post Rockets The poll. Press sociated knock off Manhattan and Washington and Jefferson, before falling to St. Johns Attendancein is the finals. 18,500. 1949 then the nation’s premier post-season event. Burl Friddle, Friddle, Burl event. post-season the premier to nation’s prior the hired been then had Indiana, in coach school high a several brought and Anderson, Harold replace to season players from his prep team to Toledo. The Rockets Toledo in the Field House (47-45) in 1941. Toledo 1943 Tournament, Invitational National the in second finish Rhode Island. the 1943 Incidentally, (49-40). DePaul by snapped is it before defeated Demons Blue the after just started had streak (1941-42), later plays in the NBA. 1942 record, tallying 37 points 82-71 in win Toledo’s over 1942 19.0 of average an for 532 tallying season, one in points per game. Gerber, a two-time All-America selection House, their 35th consecutive win at home. It is the last home game coached by Anderson, who on to moves coach at Bowling Green. The Rockets post an Anderson under record home (.894) 110-13 incredible in his eight seasons as coach. are among UT’s victims. are among UT’s 1942 Rockets thrash Ohio University, 65-39 in the Field considered supreme at the time.) 1940 for most victories in one season. Iowa and Cincinnati repeats in 1939. Chuckovits scores 1,189 points in his in points 1,189 scores Chuckovits 1939. in repeats astonishing an game, per 17.2 of average Reinhart an for career Bill coach Washington George era. that for feat There’s saw. ever I player greatest “the Chuckovits calls nothing like him in the East.” in (Teams the East are record en route to the NWOIA championship. record en route to the NWOIA 1938 He Converse. from honor the receiving All-American, against Heidelberg, 38 versus Cleveland Navy and against 43 Heidelberg, Athletic Club of Lima. against Grace 1925 The attendance is 1,000. The attendance 1918 Pittenger Bluffton. versus points 49 with record scoring 31 scores also He “fouls.” 11 and goals field 19 makes time with the Rockets prevailing, 16-14. time with the 1918 Hall. Memorial at State Ohio over victory 30-27 a win, 1916 University Records History 2007-08 ReviewOpponents Players Coaches Outlook 108 basketball court. wooden elevated an around spectators utilized a dirt floor andground, seated of only 2,000 acre an than more covered at a paltry cost of $470,000. The facility campus and was built in less than a year UT present the on constructed building airplane hangar.” building stone gray a at game ference Con Mid-American a in 91-66, State, 6, 1976 when the Rockets defeated Ball ledo basketball history closed on March Renovation cost: Renovation: UT record: played: games of Number March 6,1976 Last Game: February 13,1931 First Game: $470,000 Cost toBuild: FIELD HOUSE Last Game: February 13,1931 First Game: $470,000 Cost toBuild: UT record:487-146. played: 633 games of Number March 6,1976 FIELD HOUSE The Field House was the second second the was House Field The Toof University of era 45-year A FACTS FACTS 633 487-146 2008 ??? 2008-09 Toledo Basketball -Building Excitement T ol a I War World “a and barn” car “old the latter years as luded to in its al but na tion,” the in anywhere ... finest the of “one as day its in hailed facility a l in l a b t e k s e a t b a i g e l l o c inter to end It marked the House. Field the as known The FieldHouse in1930 he F - - - - - ield dedication game game dedication to edge St. John’s, 18-16. Blade writer Blade 18-16. John’s, St. edge to ing ended, the Rocket cagers proceeded talk the Once speechmaking. lengthy rather some for ceremonies of master athletic Faculty chairman O. Garfield Jones was Doermann. Henry President members, the UT Board of Trustees and council city cabinet, his W.T.Jackson, the principal speaker, along with Mayor was Rockne, Notre Knute under a great Dame as known of better but University Detroit the at coach football head Dorais, Gus show. halftime the was Quartet House Ice Murphy’s Joe game program, and pre- 15-minute a provide to hand on was Band lay Demo The Blade. Toledo The to ing accord city,” the of “championship the was prize The closed. since has that institution an College, John’s St. crosstown 1931, against 21, ruary Feb played was The official official The H ouse - - - Field Houseeraare shown. the from — Anderson Harold and Nichols Bob Bush, Jerry ture to the right, four Rocket coaches (l to r) — Eddie Melvin, carica the In left. caricaturethe the to in are — shown Jones Chuckovitz, Charlie Harmon, Steve Mix, Bob Gerber and Bill corner) left top fromr to (l Rockets legendary Five (1931-76) - Lew Klewer said that “Faith, Hope and Hope “Faith, that said Klewer Lew Night” with everyone admitted “Inspection free, was as billed game, second A Midwest,” saw the Rockets lose, 24-22. the and Ohio for “showpiece the in ing watch onlookers, 1,200 Some 1931. Toledo and Bluffton College on Feb. 13, between was first The House. Field the the third intercollegiate contest played in stirring struggle.” lineup ... played an important part in the regular the in listed not while Charity, Actually, the dedication game was game dedication the Actually, The Glasstrodome? and Savage Arena) in1976. Centennial Hall (later Savage Hall became which arena, on-campus new a of favor in scrapped tually The downtown arena idea in was even downtown conjunction with built the City be of Toledo. to arena basketball new a and Bowl Glass the of renovation general mended As an alternative, the Board recom year. following the idea the down of TrusteesUTBoard shot the but 1968, in plan the approved mittee the nation. in A 29-member arena facilities com football/basketball college domed first the into Bowl Glass the converted have would A proposal in the late 1960’s late the in proposal A — Chuck — - - - - - Outlook Coaches Players Opponents 2007-08 Review History Records University - - 109 The Field House by compared was ‘World a to some War I airplane its to due hangar’ high ceilings. Madison Square Garden. Those were years in which opponents apparently didn’t find the Field home 19 played House UT for uninviting, aesthetically games during one season and regularly scheduled 16 home contests. derson’s derson’s clubs led by Bob Gerber won the into catapulted Toledo as row a in 40 first the for spotlight basketball national old at NIT the in finishes high with time - - - (1931-76) The Field House was packed with a capacity crowd of 4,104 for for 4,104 of crowd capacity a with packed was House Field The 6, 1976. Ball State on March its final game — a 91-66 win over - - - - ouse H One thing never changed, however, however, changed, never thing One The building’s $27 million, 145,000-square-foot renovation will open for After years of dormancy, the Memorial Field House soon will reclaim its piv its reclaim will soon House Field Memorial the dormancy, of years After streak came dur campaigns the ing 1940- 1939-40, of 41 and 1941-42 when Harold An in the 1936-37 season, Rocket teams posted a 451-121 record for a .788 winning percent age. Toledo suf only through fered four losing home seasons during45 years in theField House. The longest winning building grew older, the building seating grew contin older, ued to shrink. In the 1960’s new state building codes further limited crowds to 4,100 people. and that tradition was of Toledo’s win ning basketball. Rocket teams played 633 games in the Field House and won Af .770. of percentage winning a for 487 ter basketball at went UT intersectional Foreign Languages. classes in January and house the departments of English and otal place in the life of UT students. The building will serve as home to 54 state- educational an and auditorium 250-seat a offices, faculty 70 classrooms, of-the-art incubator to develop innovative teaching methods. ield - - - The “New” Field House - F he T h e y d a y fans wcoming out i t h dressed to the on cheer to nines the Rockets. The Field House House Field The was the place to be for Toledo ans during its Seven-time Mid-American Conference Champions Then in the 1950’s, at the request of request the at 1950’s, the in Then There were many changes in the playing floor. It was an aesthetic im provement, but the project lowered the the As 5,000. around to capacity seating the dirt floor was replaced with asphalt and marble, and permanent chair seats went up on both sides of a permanent President Asa Knowles, who wanted a “nice place to hold graduation ceremo down, came bleachers wooden the nies,”

and Notre Dame, there were reports of overflow crowds of more than 7,000. House to give it a seating capacity in the in capacity seating a it give to House neighborhood of 6,000. For a few key Michigan like opponents against games the late 1930s and early 1940s, tightly- packed wooden bleachers were strung the length of the 346-foot long Field ketball arrived on the scene with coach Harold Anderson and all-AmericansChuck Chuckovits and Bob Gerber in Field House during its 45-year history bouncing were college when in its environs. After “big-time” bas the Rockets won for the first time in their their in time first the for won Rockets the new home, 33-28. played Feb. 20 against Findlay College. College. Findlay against 20 Feb. played seat... every filled “which crowd a Before and overflowed into the open spaces,” University Records History 2007-08 ReviewOpponents Players Coaches Outlook 110 * Defeated Toledo, 69-67,inplayoff gametoadvanceNCAA Tournament. Bowling Green Miami Western Michigan Kent State Ohio* Toledo Team Mac Otten,Jr., BobRepp,MikeParker, RichDavie,BobConroy, Jr. Sr.Conroy, Bob Coach Assistant Nichols, Bob Coach Head TomKozelko, Harman, Tim Chapman, Bill McClintick, Gerald (seated): Right to Left Western Reserve Kent State Ohio Western Michigan Marshall Miami Bowling Green Toledo Team Braden, ClairReason. WayneRitzenthaler,Miller,Miller,Wisniewski,Dave Ray Tom Jack Vic Nichols, right): to (left row Second Tillotson; Doc TrainerMaher, Jim Spice, Burt Bush, Jerry Coach Head Pazdzior, Front row (left to right):

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John Hodak, Dan Mitchell, Dan Hodak, John Over. W-L Over. W-L MAC C 13-10 18-7 12-12 10-14 14-10 12-10 12-10 10-11 4-20 7-17 7-17 8-13 12-9 17-7

.720 .565 Pct. Pct. .167 .500 .417 .292 .583 .292 .381 .545 .571 .545 .708 .476 hampions Marshall Toledo Team Kent State Ohio Western Michigan Bowling Green Miami * DefeatedCMU,72-65, inplayoff gametoadvanceNCAA Tournament. Western Michigan Eastern Michigan Miami Bowling Green Kent State Northern Illinois Ball State Ohio Central Michigan Toledo* Team Garwood, JimFlahie,RobHuddleston,HeadCoachBobNichols. Asst. Coach Jim McDonald, Jay Lehman, Mitch Seemann, Harvey Knuckles, John right): to (left Row Back Stan Joplin,DickMiller, KenMontague,MikeRenard,MarkSchreiner. right): to (left Row Front Joe McPeek, Assistant CoachBobConroy. Nichols, Mark Paluszak, Calvin Lawshe, Len LePla, Dennis Perzynski, Jim Hayes, Rudley.John White, Don Babione, lie Front row (left to right):

1978-79 (22-8overall,13-3MAC) 1966-67 (23-2overall,11-1MAC) Conf. W-L Conf. W-L Final MACStandings Final MACStandings John Brisker, Bob Miller, Steve Mix, Bill Backensto, Wil Grad. Conroy,Kampe, Bob Greg Coach Assistant Asst. Tim Selgo, Jim Swaney, Dennis Mathis, Kevin Appel, Mathis, Swaney,Dennis Jim TimSelgo, 11-1 13-3 10-2 1-11 3-13 6-10 6-10 10-6 13-3 5-11 4-8 4-8 5-7 7-5 7-9 8-8 9-7

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Over. W-L Over. W-L 23-2 10-14 14-10 11-13 22-7 14-16 13-14 14-13 16-11 16-11 20-8 5-18 8-15 7-23 9-18 9-18 19-9 Head Coach Bob Coach Head

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8-8 5-11 5-11 10-6 10-6 6-10 6-10 10-6 10-6 10-6 Final MAC Standings Conf. W-L Dave Rieker, John Green, Tim Reiser, co-captain Harvey 9-22 7-23 26-7 21-11 16-16 13-18 13-19 18-15 19-13 12-19 13-18 19-13 Over. W-L 1980-81 (21-10 overall, 10-6 MAC) 1980-81 (21-10 Trainer Mark Schreiner, Manager Mark Kevin Trainer Schreiner, Katafias, Manager Chris Kris

.625 .563 .250 .188 .562 .438 .375 .313 .250 .813 .750 Pct. .875 Western Michigan Western Bowling Green Eastern Michigan Ohio Miami Central Michigan Kent State Team Toledo Ball State Northern Illinois Left to Right (seated): Knuckles, co-captain Jay Lehman, Mitch Seeman, Brad Rieger, Leon McDougle. Assistant Lier, Standing: Dan Boyle, Dan Adamek, Mitch Northrup, Reeves Roth, Bryan tenak, Greg Coach Assistant Selgo, Tim Coach Assistant Graduate McDonald, Jim Coach

mpions ha East Divison West Division 9-7 9-7 7-9 5-11 10-6 4-12 3-13 6-10 4-12 13-3 12-4 .667 .552 .483 .370 .333 .481 .462 .480 .308 Pct. 14-2 .793 Final MAC Standings Conf. W-L

Ridley Johnson, Allen Pinson, Florentino Valencia, Keonta Howell, Head Howell, Keonta Valencia, Florentino Pinson, Allen Johnson, Ridley 9-18 8-18 20-10 16-13 14-15 10-17 13-14 12-14 12-13 23-6 2006-07 (19-13 overall, 14-2 MAC) Over. W-L C AC M

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Miami Ohio Buffalo Bowling Green (l-r): (l-r): Student Clarke, David Mgr. Asst. Grad. Coach Asst. Tuori, Mark Coach Vanderslice, Nate Lamar Coach Chapman, Tyrone Kent, Asst. Shane Ross, Haris Young, Jerrah Charalambous, Brian Jones. Trainer Ath. Assoc. Head Hug, T.J. Asst. Asst. Pasquale Daltorio, Student Team Toledo Michigan Western Central Michigan Eastern Michigan Ball State Northern Illinois Akron Kent State Front Row (l-r): Row Front Payne. Kashif Amos, Jonathan Russell, Rashay Ingram, Justin Joplin, Stan Coach .688 .563 .438 .438 .438 .438 .438 .375 .313 Pct. .875

7-9 9-7 7-9 7-9 7-9 7-9 11-5 5-11 6-10 Seven-time Mid-American Conference Champions 14-2 , Jim Swaney, Tim Selgo, Ken Montague. Brad Rieger, Mitch Seeman, Dan Boyle, Mitch Adamek, Adamek, Mitch Boyle, Dan Seeman, Mitch Rieger, Brad Final MAC Standings Conf. W-L 1979-80 (23-6 overall, 14-2 MAC) 1979-80 (23-6 overall,

Western Michigan Western Central Michigan Ohio Ball State Kent State Miami Eastern Michigan Team Toledo Bowling Green Northern Illinois Front Front row (left to right): right): to (left row Second Jay Lehman. Frost, Harvey Knuckles, Dave Rieker, Tim University Records History 2007-08 ReviewOpponents Players Coaches Outlook cord with 225. He finished fourth all-time 2002-03 when Allen Iverson broke his re to 1973-74 from (212) record steals son sea single 76ers the held He (1983). ers (1977, 1980, 1982) and one with the Lak Finals NBA the to advanced that squads eraged 10.6 ppg and played on three Sixer av He (1982-83). Bucks and (1969-72), (1982-83) 82) but also played for the (1973- 76ers Philadelphia the with reer ca 787-game his of bulk the year.played Mix last UT by retired 50 No. his had while enjoying a 13-year NBA career and Game All-Star NBA 1975 the in played ALL-STAR- ketball HallofFame. Bas the into inducted was later and sity with history a .776 winning basketball percentage and a 142- UT in coach ningest HAROLD ANDERSON, aod Ad) nesn opl a re a compile Anderson (Andy) Harold helped Quinn Bart and Carlson Marshall Gerber, Bob Nash, Bob Grailer, George BOYS ANDY’S in careersteals(851). 112 Former Rocket Steve Mix Steve Rocket Former — A — Tln te ie of likes the Talent - 41 win-lossmark. R inl Tournament tional Invita National the in appearance first their to Rockets the Green State Univer State Green Bowling for season that following UT the left He 1942. in Anderson coached Anderson 2008-09 Toledo Basketball -Building Excitement ocket Te win The - B ------h U ha cah Ti ta finished team This coach. head UT the as years eight his during 142-41 of cord braska. Ne at coach head the become to leaving before helm UT the at (1947-54) years Bush 1953-54. seven his in 127-58 of record a compiled the in title conference first school’s the to Rockets the Bush guided percentage, winning .686 history a with Conference Mid-American in JERRYBUSH, – foe attheBreslinCenter. first loss in 36 games to a non-conference Spartans’ the was defeat The 2002. 30, Dec. on State Michigan at victory 81-76 an registered UT foe, Ten Big a against contest Rockets’last the In Hall. Savage Tenin Big teams against record 6-3 a ed BIG TEN SUCCESS – win. the to UT lead to points 23 career-high a scored Stempin Xavier,Greg sophomore 5.6 seconds to play. In the Rockets’ with win over basket game-winning the ted net Hall Justin freshman before 63-62, trailed, UT Buckeyes, tories. the Against of each game to celebrate the Rocket vic end the at court the stormed Toledofans campaign. 1998-99 the during contests back-to-back in 9) (Dec. Xavier and 5) (Dec. State Ohio over victories istered - BACK-TO-BACK top collegetournamentinthecountry. NIT,1941-42 the in runnerup as the then asketball tory. his league in still best the as stands percentage winning his .686 and seasons seven record during 127-58 a compiled He MAC championship in 1953-54. first school’s the to Rockets the BUSH’S BEST Jerry Bush (center) guided (center) Bush Jerry — B The winningest coach winningest The h Rces reg Rockets The Toledo has post ...F rom ------tie witha10-6ledgerin1980-81. five-way a in finishing before mark loss titles in that span with 13-3 two and 14-2 win- first its captured UT 1980-81). 80, 1979- (1978-79, row a in three including titles, Conference Mid-American seven – CHAMPIONS March 4,1977initsseasonfinale. on home at Michigan Central to thriller (5OT) 109-107 a dropping points, more or 100 scoring when games 43 in once – MARK CENTURY best Toledo record todate. the was which 1936-37, in record 18-4 an including 49-20, of record overall an compiled teams his which in career UT illustrious an following played professionally Chuckovits Chuck campaigns, team All-American in the 1938 and 1939 - CHUCK CHUCKOVITS, Tri-Cities, MilwaukeeandRochester. with seasons five played he draft, NBA the NBA. A fourth-round pick in the 1950 of days early the in stars the of one was on played he Later, 56-23. were that teams Rocket Christensen School, High Macomber Toledo of graduate A Cal.” “Big nickname the earned thus and ledo, Toat days playing his during man” “big a considered was (1948-50) Christensen - CAL CHRISTENSEN, on Feb.1,1992. missed just one vs. Kent State Rightnowar and 1956 27, Feb. on Ohio vs. 23 of 22 drilled Ray (22). game a throws in free most for record MAC and school the share Rightnowar Rick and CHARITY STIPE SUCCESS – 1966-67 1953-54 Year 2006-07 1980-81 1979-80 1978-79 1971-72 MAC CHAMPIONSHIPYEARS A to — C Z The Rockets have won have Rockets The Overall 13-10 19-13 21-10 23-2 23-6 22-8 18-7 T a ls just lost has UT t -, Cal 6-4, At A second- A MAC 10-2 14-2 10-6 14-2 13-3 11-1 7-3 Jim Ray - Outlook Coaches Players Opponents 2007-08 Review History Records University - - - - Head 113 Doug Hess holds The leading scorer Andy Fisher was not F R I – FRESHMEN D D LCoach E Burl ’ S Friddle brought many of his prep stars to Toledo and guided the Rock ets to their best na tional finish ever, a in finish second-place Z — G — to A COACH NICHOLS vs. “The General” “The vs. NICHOLS COACH cord of 68-14 and he later played for the Jeeps of the NBA. Toledo GLASS CLEANER – (371) rebounds most for record Rocket the in a season in 1969-70. The East Detroit, MI native holds UT’s record for career rebounds per game (12.4) and shares the mark for rebounds in a game (27). honors three straight years. Through the Academic players have earned years, UT All-MAC honors more times than any other league school. the 1943 NIT Tournament. The Rockets registered a 22-4 that season and lost to in the finals. Georgetown GERBER, BOB – in the country in 1942 with was a Gerber Bob points, 532 record tional then-na All-American twice named (1941 an and 1942). His teams compiled an overall re FISHER, ANDY ANDY - FISHER, only a great player but also a student. superior Fisher, who ranks among top the Rockets in career scoring history MAC in player 14th the only was (1,273), to earn first-team Academic All-MAC - - - - To m ro ... F ... A unanimous first- unanimous A Toledo Toledo played 45 leader in (2,016), points rebounds (960), field(786) goals and goals field- (1,415). The attempted Lou isville, KY native became a his starter freshman year Two coaching greats Two — F — — F — E — ball asket — a seasoned and a young Bobby Knight — matched wits in inaugural game in the Savage Hall in 1976. Nichols, whose 376 career victories are the most by any coach in MAC history, defeated “The General” in this one, 59- 57. FIELD HOUSE – years in this venerable facility that was the second building constructed on the present UT campus and was built in less than a year at a paltry cost of $470,000. and averaged 16.2 ppg and 8.5 As rpg. a MAC only the was Epperson sophomore, player to rank in 10 the Top for league’s scoring, rebounding, FG percentage and percentage. FT - FACE TO FACE EPPERSON, KEN – KEN EPPERSON, team All-MAC selection as a junior and senior, Epperson is the all-time Rockets’ or more in back-to-back seasons in the last two years of the 90’s. The Rockets opened the 1998 season with 10 straight wins including victories over in-state ri vals Ohio State, Xavier and Dayton. In the 1999-2000 campaign, UT ended the regular season with a 10-game winning streak and extended with it a to 68-64 11 double-overtime win over Northern Illi nois in the MAC quarterfinals at Savage Hall, thanks to a season-high 27- Chad Kamstra. performance from DOUBLE-DIGIT DOUBLE-DIGIT STREAKS - ledo registered win streaks of 10 games -

- - B The career Tim Tim Rei 1981. The Rockets 762 assists. ser was the first Rocket to be named MAC Fresh man of when he Year the was honored in N a p o l e oOH n native , is UT’s all-time leader with DISHING IT OFF ocket The Rockets lead Rockets The Seven-time Mid-American Conference Champions R — D — The Rockets’ John Rudley The prepares Rockets’ Tim Reiser (1981), Ken Epperson (1982), Epperson Ken (1981), Reiser Tim Reynolds Terry (2001), Sammy Villegas (2003) and Justin Ingram (2004). DIAPER DANDIES – DANDIES DIAPER the Mid-American Conference with five MAC honorees Freshman — of Year the to cut the net down at the Field House after UT captured the title 1966-67 for its MAC second conference crown in school history. GRAB THE SCISSORS which finished with a 10-2 record. which finished with conference conference loss that season and needed its win over the Bobcats to avoid shar ing the conference crown with Marshall, clinched their 1966-67 MAC title with a 93-90 win over Ohio University in the Field House. Toledo suffered just one CUTTING CUTTING THE NETS - University Records History 2007-08 ReviewOpponents Players Coaches Outlook 114 OSE SURPRISE HOOSIER honors. All-America Academic nine and MAC first-team Academic All- 47 earned have HITTING THE BOOKS – legendary JudHeathcoteand Tom Izzo. the under (1990-96) years six for gether to toiled duo the where State Michigan from him with Gregory brought Joplin coach. anassistant as hire first Joplin’s Stan was Coach Head Dayton of versity GREGORY, BRIAN – a drivetothebasketbyStanJoplin(30). defend to ready getting here shown Hall.is (54) Benson Kent Savage at game inaugural the in 59-57, Indiana, HOOSIER SURPRISE eea rbudn ctgre fr the Rockets intheir 90-year history. for categories rebounding several WINDEX MAN The Rockets downed defending national champion national defending downed Rockets The og es s os n h cat in charts the on tops is Hess Doug — H R

2008-09 Toledo Basketball -Building Excitement ocket The current Uni - h inaugu The The Rockets B - - - OE, LARRY JONES, “U of Toledo.” song, fight school’s the writing with ited cred is he addition, In (1926-30). coach football as assistant an and (1931-50) coach baseball head ic director (1931-49), served as UT’s athlet also and sidelines the on (1926-34) seasons Connelly served eight Dave mentor Rocket ALL TRADES OF JACK on March4,1978. Michigan Central to loss (5OT) 109-107 school-record 61 minutes in the Rockets’ – MAN IRON all-time winlist(125). UT’s on fifth ranks and seasons winning straight six recorded Melvin at Duquesne, player during All-American an Duke” as days his “Iron the officials. Nicknamed game on frustrations his ing vent for and games during intensity his asketball Former – — J evn a kon for known was Eddie Melvin mentor Rocket – DUKE IRON points and13boards 14 with double-double a added Miller Dick while points 21 with scoring in Rockets the led plin Jo Stan streak. winning 33-game Hoosiers’ the breaking 59-57, Indiana, champion national ing defend upset Rockets the as thriller, real a was Hall Savage in game ral i Slo lyd a played Selgo Tim - - — I T itr wt hs aewnig ht s Bg e co- Ten Big vs. champion Iowa inthe1979NCAA Tournament. shot game-winning his with history UT in shot famous most the probably is what down knocked ‘JOP’ SHOT ...F n h aoe ht, urn ha cah tn Joplin Stan coach head current photo, above the In Former rom - - - against NotreDame. tourney NCAA the of 16 Sweet the into Rockets the advanced which one, this is one shot is vividly remembered by UT fans it any If co-champions. Ten Big the over victory upset 74-72 a Toledo give to remaining seconds two with shot ning game-win the up fired (1976-79) Joplin Stan Iowa, against game Regional east “JOP” SHOT - two inNBA). ABA, in (six seasons eight in ppg 21.2 four-time All-Star in the ABA, averaging a was and career professional great a to players much taller than him. He went on many outperformed and 6-2 at forward a was 64) (1961-62, Jones Larry career, average over 20 points a game during his to history UT in players three of One – points. 1,488 with history Rocket in leaders ing Year, Knuckles ranks eighth among scor the of Player MAC 1981 popular The fans. with most the of one also but tory, his UT in players successful most the - of one only not was (1979-81) Knuckles HARVEY KNUCKLES, A to — K Z In the 1979 NCAA Mid Harvey - - - - Outlook Coaches Players Opponents 2007-08 Review History Records University - - - - - 115 Keith Triplett The Rockets have The best team in Z — P — — P — O — Sam Brown (1992-94) holds (1992-94) Brown Sam to A halves in Rocket history in UT’s 93-81 win over DePaul on Dec. 20, 2003. The in points his of 29 all tallied native Toledo the second stanza after being held score less in the first half of the Rockets’ vic tory. Triplett finished his career as UT’s (278) and ranked in steals leader all-time third in points (1,814). NINETY NINETY YEARS – played 90 years of basketball and have during mark win-loss 1,228-854 a posted this time period. NUMERO UNO – Rocket history was the 1966-67 which posted the squad best overall (23-2) and conference (11-1) records. The only set backs that season came to Marshall and Tournament. in the NCAA Tech Virginia – FIRE ON per goal field three-point career Toledo’s and (47.0) overall both in records centage MAC games only (49.0). POINT PRODUCER – produced one of the greatest offensive Michigan (twice) and Ohio State. - - - - - m ro Head coach Bob Nichols gets a victory shower from (left from shower victory a gets Nichols Bob coach Head SHOWERED WITH PRAISE to right) Bob Miller, John Brisker and Willie Babione fol 1966-67 MAC championship. lowing UT’s ... F ... As the winningest - Ted Williams Williams is Ted the ledger, ledger, captured five conference titles and guided UT to 20 win ning seasons in years. 22 From 79, 1976- he posted a mark 5-0 against Big Ten teams, including wins over Indiana, Iowa, ed a 376-212 win-loss 376-212 a ed The Rockets have ap peared on national TV in three of the last four last the of three in NATIONAL TV – TV NATIONAL — N — ball asket portsNet broadcast and took on Kansas in Kansas on took and broadcast portsNet an ESPN2 telecast last year. NICHOLS, BOB - post Nichols Bob history, MAC in coach sion rate from the charity stripe. Williams Williams stripe. charity the from rate sion ranks 10th on UT’s all-time scoring list with 1,355 points. seasons. UT faced Marquette on ESPN in a first-round NIT contest in 2003-04, traveled to Duke in 2004-05 for a FoxS Moore capped off his Savage Hall 38- with a career-high career point, nine- effort in a 100-64 win over Ball State ranks and ninth on UT’s all-time scoring list with 1,384 points. MR. RELIABLE – Rockets’ all-time leader in percentage with free-throw an 83.6 percent conver his Rocket career in 2003 as the school’s all-time leader three-point field goals in for a season and ca reer. He holds the UT record for the three-pointers most in game without a miss, a making all seven he attempted vs. Akron on Feb. 13, 2002. MOORE, MOORE, NICK Nick - Moore finished - - B ocket A A two-time MAC Seven-time Mid-American Conference Champions the greatest players in UT history. He finished his career as UT’s scoring av erage leader with 22.9 ppg and ranks Mix strong scoring and combined rebounding abilities to become one of the Rockets and did in several Kozelko games. led UT to an overall record of All-MAC team selection, Tom first- Kozelko (1971-73) was always counted on to come up with the clutch basket for KOZELKO, KOZELKO, TOM – Player of the Year (1971-72, 1972-73) and a three-time R The color analyst for An All-American and — L — — L — M — among the leaders in rebounding at 11.9 rpg. MAC Player of the in Year 1969, Steve MIX, STEVE – ranks third at UT in career assists (525) and free-throw percentage (.814). MAC titles and made two trips to and Tournament NCAA one appearance the in the NIT. The Defiance, OH native was the starting during all four years of his collegiate career. Dur ing this time, the Rockets captured three LEHMAN, JAY - LEHMAN, JAY the broadcasts Rockets’ on 1370 WSPD 46-29 and a MAC title in 1971-72. He was a draft third-round choice NBA and Bullets Washington the of member a was for three years (1973-76). University Records History 2007-08 ReviewOpponents Players Coaches Outlook 116 common, asthe UT programsoared. became office ticket Rocket Long the at lines town. in tickets toughest the of one Hall late Savage in seat a making 1970s, the in championships Mid-American Conference straight three captured five consecutive 20-plus win seasons and SEVENTIES SENSATION - construction ofSavageHall. the including campaigns, capital several ’52) was instrumental in raising funds (UTfor Savage F John. supporters, ardent and alumni distinguished most versity’s – SAVAGE,F. JOHN (9), season(60)andcareer(138). game a for records shot blocked Rocket CITY– REJECTION rebounder (960). and (2,016) scorer leading all-time ets’ a game (45), while Epperson is the Rock the Savage Hall record for most points in holds NBA, the to on went who Harper, Hall. F.Savage John in contest a during head-to-head went Toledo Ken of andEpperson Miami of Harper Ron greats RECORD BREAKERS - record inschoolhistory. best the for ledger 23-2 a in resulted and start of a season. Their success continued to set a school record for most wins at the squad started the season with a 14-0 mark - STARTERS QUICK — Q — R — S R 2008-09 Toledo Basketball -Building Excitement ocket J.C. Harris holds Harris J.C. One of the Uni the of One in the1980’s. Savage Hall a matchupat squared offin person (25) Ken Ep and Toledo’s Harper (34) Miami’s Ron BREAKERS RECORD- h 1966-67 The Former MAC UT posted - B - - asketball 98) became the 14th Rocket player to be to player Rocket 14th the became 98) - SHAW, CASEY a singlegame. in the Rocket a by for three-pointers ever most 1991 24, Nov. on Chaminade vs. field-goals three-point nine drained – TREY-MENDOUS basketball college the on players tallest the of Bob two and were (34) (30) Aston - TOWERS TOLEDO more than20pointsagame. year,that average to Rocket last the is he ppg 21.8 his With 1995-96. in 699 with senior a as season one in points for cord re UT the set Toledonative The points. 1,964 with Epperson Ken behind list ing scor UT’sall-time on second is Thames history, basketball UT in scorers prolific - CRAIG THAMES, rebounding list(836rebounds). the on sixth for tied is and points) (1,705 ranks fourth on UT’s all-time scoring list He rebounds. 800 over down haul and points 1,500 UT than more fourth score to the player only as career – Rocket GREG STEMPIN, in Rocket careerscoringwith1,562points. all-time sixth ranks native OH non, Leba the 1998, in All-American demic Aca GTE a as well as 1997, and 1996 in in 76ers selection 1998. Afirst-team All-MAC Philadelphia the of selection drafted by an NBA team, a second-round — T — ae Sa (1995- Shaw Casey n o te most the of One ...F his career. in rpg 10.8 aged aver Aston rpg. 11.3 with go to during his career ppg 18.6 aged aver Wolford 6-7. stood ford Wolwhile date, to history UT in player tallest the was Aston 6-8, At 1960s. early the during scene et Murphree Kent a Wolford Ray iihd his Finished rom ------Toledo’s Varsity ‘T’ HallofFame. former Rocket players and coaches are in - FAME OF HALL VARSITY ‘T’ sive inMACplaywitha26.7ppg. with 25.6 ppg. He was even more impres Rocket record for season scoring average – UNSTOPPABLE 20-11 a mark inthe2003-04campaign. with coming recent most the with times 17 season a in games 20 won – WINS TWENTY finish inanationalchampionship. Rockets’the highest for NIT 1943 the in finish second-place a to UT led he man, fresh a As ppg. 12.1 of average an for points 1,141 with career his finished and plateau 1,000-point the reach to third Rocket the was Zuber senior, and junior - DALLAS ZUBER, (1980) andHarveyKnuckles(1981). by Swaney Jim 1973), Tom(1972, Kozelko followed was and 1969 in honoree first the was Mix Steve Yearthe honors. of Player MAC received have Rockets BEST THE YOU’RE from sharingtheMACtitlewithMiami. UT prevented loss The finale. season 78 1977- its in Michigan Central to setback 109-107 five-overtime a was history UT LONG X-TRA winning longest stretch intheprogram’s 90-yearhistory. the for 1984 to from 1959 seasons winning consecutive 26 WINNING TIME A to — W — — U — X — V — — Z — Y — Z Te ogs gm in game longest The – – The Rockets posted i Ry od the holds Ray Jim h Rces have Rockets The A co-captain as a as co-captain A Fu former Four – 54 - - Outlook Coaches Players Opponents 2007-08 Review History Records University 117 Sammy Villegas Sammy Kareem Milson Triplett Keith Villegas Sammy Justin Ingram Keonta Howell Justin Ingram Keonta Howell Young Jerrah John Vandecaveye John Chad Keller Taylor Bobby Craig Sutters Wade Keith J.C. Harris Kent Murphree Rick Rightnowar James Heck Williams Scoop Thames Craig Darrell Sizemore Thames Craig Casey Shaw Joel Howard Casey Shaw Joel Howard Robert Kizer Brett Fedak Greg Stempin Greg Stempin Nick Moore Reynolds Terry Nick Moore Triplett Keith Kareem Milson Triplett Keith Andy Fisher Andy

2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 1988-89 Keith Wade is the only Rocket ever lead to the MAC in assists with 6.0 apg in the 1990-91 campaign. aptains C e im Kevin Appel Kevin Stan Joplin Dick Miller Selgo Tim Lehman Jay Knuckles Harvey Adamek Mitch Adamek Mitch Brad Rieger Reiser Tim John Green Jay Gast Gary Campbell Campbell Gary Burnham Blake Mark German Haar Jeff Tim Harman Tim Harman Tim Bill Chapman Kozelko Tom Mac Otten Mike Parker Jim Brown Jim Kindle Larry Cole Mike Larsen Dave Speicher Appel Kevin Williams Ted Bill Walker Bill Carl Muzi Phil Morton Nichols Bob Nicholson Harry Phil Martin John Padzior Jim Ray Jim Ray Murray Guttman Joe Kiefer Arkebauer John Miklovic Ned Newsome Willie Pawlak Bob Patterson George Ralph Lewis Larry Jones Marv Odesky Larry Jones Ken Miller Bill Drenser Jim Cox Aston Bob Bill Backensto Babione Willie White Don Steve Mix John Rudley Larry Smith

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1949-50 1947-48 1948-49 1944-45 1945-46 1946-47 1941-42 1942-43 1943-44 1938-39 1939-40 1940-41 1935-36 1936-37 1937-38 1931-32 1932-33 1933-34 1934-35 1928-29 1929-30 1930-31 1924-25 1925-26 1926-27 1927-28 1921-22 1922-23 1923-24 1918-19 1919-20 1920-21 1916-17 Central Michigan on March 4, 1978. Central Michigan on March Tim Selgo played a school-record 61 min 61 school-record a played Selgo Tim to loss (5OT) 109-107 Rockets’ the in utes University Records History 2007-08 ReviewOpponents Players Coaches Outlook 118 Campbell, Gary, 84-85-86-87 Campbell, Austin, 25-26-27 Cabey, Bernie,58-59-60 Byrd, Anthony08 Butz, George, 22-23 Bush, George, 47-48-49-50 Burnham, Blake,84-85-86-87 Burch, Clayton,97-98-99 Buneta, Joe,55-56-57 Brown, Sam,93 Brown, Jim,73-74-75 Brown, Ellis,46 Brisker, John,67-68 Brand, Carl,20-21-22-23 Branch, Tyrone, 88 Boyle, Dan,80-81-82-83 Borcherdt, Robert,83-84-85-86 Bolyard, Robert,43 Bingham, Corey, 08 Bindas, Steve,44 Bierly, Russ,55-56-57 Biehl, Robert,34-35-36 Bicanic, Mike,46-47-48 Best, Tom, 90-91 Berry, Ralph,27 Berg, Ryan, 97-98 Bellush, Robert,44 Beglin, John,48 Beck, Norman,19-20 Beard, Charles,21-22 Bame, Harry, 22 Ballmer, Perry, 19-20 Baker, Kevin,95-96 Bail, Jay, 62-63-64 Backensto, William, 65-66-67 Bacino, Sammy, 99-00 Babione, William, 66-67-68 Ayling, John,64-65-66 Ayers, Frank,53 Aston, Robert,64-65-66 Arkebauer, John,57-58-59 Arent, Walter, 47 Appel, Kevin,77-78-79 Anyijong, Justin08 Amos, Jonathan Alvarez, Al, 37-38-39 Alexander, William, 23-24-26 Alexander, Phil,02-03 Adamek, Mitch,80-81-82-83 Adelsberg, Dave,93 Kevin Appel ­— BBB ­— AAA ­— CCC , 06-07-08 2008-09 Toledo Basketball -Building Excitement Sam Brown A Frost, Russ,73-74-75 Fromkin, Irving, 32 Friberg, Harry, 23 Fisher, Andy, 86-87-88-89 Field, Norman,25-26 Felhaber, Charles, 56-57 Feistkorn, Charles,44-45-46 Feeman, Jack,51 Fedak, Brett,96-97-98-99 Ezersky, Alex, 50 Epperson, Ken,82-83-84-85 Ely, Roger, 47 Ely, Gilbert,19 Eitzman, Perry, 56-57 Early, William, 42-46 Duncan, Doug,65 Drenser, William, 63-65 Drake, LaVerne, 33 Dowling, Carl,21-22 Dowd, John,32-33-34 Dorell, Robert,37 Donley, Deane,28 Dietrich, Douglas,51 Defoe, John,94-95 Davis, Gene,37-38-39 Davie, Rich,72 Dallas, Rhett,91 Currie, Anton Cupp, Charles,35-36-37 Cullars, Robierre,99-00-01 Crow, Dale,36-37-38 Cox, James,63-64-66 Cooper, Steve,73 Cook, Gene,56-57-58 Conroy, Bob,72-73-74 Concannon, William, 44 Cole, Larry, 74-75-76 Coil, Jeff, 85-86-87-88 Clemons, Frank,40-41-42 Clement, Jim,02-03 Chuckovits, Charles,37-38-39 Christensen, Cal,47-48-49-50 Charles, Robert,38-39 Charalambous, Haris,06 Chapman, Bill,70-71-72 Carson, Howard,24-25-26 Carson, Clarence,31 Carson, Charles,27 Carroll, Ralph,51-52 Carlson, Marshall,39-40-41 ll -T ­— DDD ­— EEE ­— FFF , 03-04-05-06 Brett Fedak ime L etterwinners Gher, Jeff, 87-88 German, Mark,85-86-87-88 Gelber, Ward, 44 Gerber, Robert,40-41-42 Geistler, Dale,69-70 Geer, Paul,35 Gauthier, Eugene,30 Gast, Les,36-37-38 Gast, Jay, 82-83-84-85 Garwood, John,79 Garner, Donald,30-33 Gardner, Joe,93-94-95-96 Gallagher, Joe,40 Galicki, Jerry, 59-60-61 Fuller, Archie, 93-94 Hromika, Dennis, 66 Howell, Keonta, 04-05-06-07 Howard, Joel,95-96-97-98 Howard, Tyrone, 92 Hosfeld, Al, 39-41 Hollaway, Lloyd,37 Hodak, John,72-73 Hires, Don,48 Hintz, Harold,38-39-40 Hess, Douglas,68-70-71 Herman, Mike,93 Heiny, Robert,43 Heck, James,91-92-93-94 Hayes, Robert,39-40-41 Harris, J.C.,90-91-92 Harr, Jeff, 85-86-87-88 Harmon, Charles,43-47-48 Harman, Tim, 70-71-72 Hamlar, David,46 Hall, Justin,99-00 Haffelder, William, 42 Guttman, Murray, 55-56-57 Guth, Joel,89-90 Green, John,81-82-83-84 Grove, Arthur, 43 Graves, Raymond,21 Graves, Arthur, 20 Grant, James,40-41-42 Grailer, George, 41-42 Gould, Mike,77 Gosline, Robert,33 Goedde, Sylvester, 44-46 Gleason, Bill,76-77-78 Glass, James,43 Gladieux, Matt,96-97 Gladieux, Alton, 44-45 Gilhooley, Thomas, 33 Jay Gast ­— HHH ­— GGG James Heck Jordan, Quenton,90-91-92 Jordan, Julian,41 Joplin, Stan,76-77-78-79 Jones, William, 37-38 Jones, Rory, 00-01 Jones, Larry, 61-62-64 johnson, ridley06-07-08 Jacoby, John,94-95 Innes, Arland, 23-24 Ingram, Justin,04-05-06-07 Hummel, Roy, 33 Lo, Mohamed , 08 Lindeman, George, 49-50 Lewis, Ralph,60-61-62 Lew, Robert,44-45-46 LePla, Leonard,66-67 Lehman, Jay, 78-79-80-81 Lehman, Dan,87-88 Leeper, Max,39 Lawshe, Calvin,66-67 Laskey, James,28-29 Larsen, Mike,74-75-76 Lanier, Jerry, 92 Lange, Jim,83-84-85 Kynard, Mark,88 Kunkle, Paul,25-26 Kumpe, Carl,32 Kucer, John,43 Kreidel, Ralph,62-63 Krahulik, Bobby, 95-96 Krack, Robert,43 Knuckles, Harvey, 79-80-81 Kozelko, Tom, 71-72-73 Knauss, Gene,56-57 Klein, Sidney, 24-25-26 Kizer, Robert,96-97-98-99 Kirsh, Milo,01-02-03 King, Raymond,32 King, Fred,87-88-89 King, Edward,27 Kindle, Jim,74-75 kent, Tyrone06-07-08 Keller, Kenneth,17 Keller, Chad,87-88-89-90 Keifer, Joe,55-56-58 Kartholl, John,46-47-48-49 Kamstra, Chad,97-98-99-00 Kaiser, Earl,34-35-36 ­— KKK ­— LLL ­— JJJ ­— III Joel Howard Outlook Coaches Players Opponents 2007-08 Review History Records University 119 bold Keith Wade Keith ­— ZZZ — — YYY — ­— VVV — — UUU — ­— WWW — Active players in Wade, Keith, 88-89-90-91 Wade, 27-28-29-30 William, Walker, 49-50-51 William, Walker, Paul, 47-48 Wallace, Kenneth, 22-23 Ward, Karl, 19 Weber, Manuel, 22-23-24-25 Weisberg, Paul, 42 Wendt, Richard, 48 Werner, White, Donald, 66-67-68 White, Kalvin, 94-95 Russell, 28 Willeman, Scoop, 94-95 Williams, Robert, 64 Williams, 75-76-77-78 Ted, Williams, Albert, 99-00-01 Wilson, 54-55 Ted, Wisniewski, Harold, 22 Wolf, 62-63-64 Ray, Wolford, Frank, 20 Young, Jerrah, 06-07-08 Young, Arnold, 55 Zimmerman, Dallas, 43-47-48-49 Zuber, Thames, Craig, 93-94-95-96 Thomas, Ricardo, 02-03-04 36 William, Thomas, Thompson, Deon, 88 02-03-04-05 Keith, Triplett, 51 Joseph, Tubiolo, 43 Emlen, Tunnell, Utz, Carl, 65 Florentino, 04-05-06-07 Valencia, John, 86-87-88-89 Vandecaveye, 19-20-21 William, Gorder, Van Al, 57-58 Vann, 03-04-05-06 Sammy, Villegas, Craig Sutters ­— TTT — ­— SSS — Craig Rodgers Stonebrunner, Chalmer, 55-56 Chalmer, Stonebrunner, Arnold, 30-31-32 Straka, Sutkus, Daniel, 49-50 Sutters, Craig, 89-90-91 Jim, 77-78-79-80 Swaney, 37-38 William, Swihart, 89-90 Bobby, Taylor, Harold, 30 Tenney, Selgo, Tim, 77-78-79-80 Tim, Selgo, Paul, 46 Seymour, Shank, Joseph, 32-33-34 69-71 Steve, Shay, 95-96-97-98 Casey, Shaw, A.J., 00-02-03-04 Shellabarger, 03-04 Shelton, Chauncey, Shenefield, Eugene, 30 Shull, Karl, 29-30-31 Siewart, Irvin, 25-27-28 Sirois, Raymond, 52 Sizemore, Darell, 93-94-95-96 Sloan, Frank, 46 Smith, Maynard, 28-29-30-31 68-69-70 Smith, Larry, 70 Smith, Randy, Smith, Shon, 85 Mac, 41 Snyder, 82-83-84-85 Barry, Sonnenberg, Sparvero, John, 57 Dave, 75-76-77 Speicher, Spice, Burton, 52-53-54 Fred, 17 Starkey, 44 Stefko, George, A.H., 27-28-29 Steinberg, Stempin, Greg, 98-99-00-01 Stephens, Lincoln, 29 Stick, Gib, 22-23-24-25 40 William, Stokes, Russell, Rashay, 04-05 Russell, Rashay, 51-52-53 William, Russell, Sampson, Paul, 23 Santii, Carl, 40-41 Saunders, John, 71 Schall, Ben, 37 23-24 Lester, Schaller, Schelling, Ernest, 19 93-94 Tim, Schirra, Schmuhl, Carl, 33-34 Scott, Bernard, 98-99 Scott, Max, 95 Scrutchins, Sean, 94-95 77 Seemann, Jeff, Seemann, Mitch, 79-80-81 s r rwinne ette L e im Scott Riley ­— PPP — ­— RRR — ­— QQQ — ­— OOO — -T ll A Roth, Bryan, 81-82 Rousch, Frank, 20 John, 67-68-69 Rudley, Repp, Bob, 72-73-74 01-02 Terry, Reynolds, Rhodes, Leonard, 47-48-49-50 33 William, Richardson, Brad, 80-81-82-83 Rieger, Dave, 80-81-82-83 Rieker, Righetto, Fernando, 91-92 Rick, 89-90-92-93 Rightnowar, Scott, 89-90-91-92 Riley, Earl, 20 Riskey, Raymond, 54 Ritzenthaler, Rodgers, Craig, 98-99-00-01 Rose, Richard, 53-54 Jack, 29 Rosenberg, Ross, Shane, 07 Price, George, 22 Price, George, Provo, Phil, 69-70 Quinn, Bart, 40-41-42 Rapparlie, John, 34-35-36 54-55-56 James, Ray, 21-22 Reading, George, 54 Reason, Clair, Reddish, Max, 35-36 90-91 Regez, Jeff, 81-82-83-84 Tim, Reiser, Paluszak, Mark, 67 Papcun, John, 58-59-60 Mike, 72-73-74 Parker, Patterson, Garwin, 01-02 59-60-61 Patterson, George, Pawlak, Robert, 59-60-61 Pawlecki, Dennis, 62-63 Payne, Kashif, 05-06-07 John, 52-53-54 Pazdzior, Perzynski, Dennis, 66-67 Allen, 04-05 Pinson, Clark, 19 Pittenger, Pocotte, Robert, 27-28-29 37 Powell, Lynn, Norman, Art, 98-99 Norman, Northrup, Reeves, 82-83 Nugent, Edward, 46 Marvin, 62-63 Odesky, Oranski, Ronald, 58-59 Otten, Mac, 71-72-73 Bobby Krahulik Seven-time Mid-American Conference Champions ­— NNN — ­— MMM — Fred King Fred Nichols, Thomas, 54-55-56 Thomas, Nichols, 51-52-53 Nicholson, Harry, Nash, Robert, 40-41-42 58-59-60 Willie, Newson, Nichols, Robert, 51-52-53 Muzi, Carlo, 48-49-50-51 45 William, Naperstick, Mostov, David, 34-35-36 Mostov, Murnen, Micheal, 68-69-70 Murphree, Kent, 91-92 Moore, Charles, 51 Moore, Nick, 00-01-02-03 Morton, Greg, 71 Morton, Phil, 50-51-52 Mix, Steven, 67-68-69 Lawrence, 61-62-63 Monnier, Montague, Ken, 79-80 Miller, Wayne, 54 Wayne, Miller, Milson, Kareem, 02-03-04-05 Davage, 43 Minor, Mix, Robert, 65-66 Miller, James, 60-62 Miller, Jim, 69-70 Miller, Kenneth, 63-64-65 Miller, Robert, 67-68 Miller, Miller, Dick, 77-78-79-80 Miller, Gene, 42 Miller, Jack, 52-53-54 Miller, Merkle, Ernie, 20 31-32 Henry, Meyerhoffer, Miklovic, Ned, 57-58-60 Brooks, 00 Miller, McLaughlin, Guy, 33-34 McLaughlin, Guy, Robert, 21-22 Meffley, Meikle, Calvin, 97-98 McDougle, Leon, 83 62 William, McHale, McInnes, John, 24-25 McInnes, Malcolm, 22 McClain, William, 42 William, McClain, McDermott, Roland, 34-35 McDonald, Robert, 50-51 Martin, Phil, 52-53-54 Mathis, Dennis, 79 Mathis, Monte, 88-89 Matuszek, Len, 75-76 Maher, James, 54 Maher, 89-90 Larry, Markey, 91-93 Martin, Corey, Martin, Lewis, 45 Macy, Paul, 61 Macy, Lyle, William, 84-85-86 William, Lyle, University Records History 2007-08 ReviewOpponents Players Coaches Outlook 120 (1986-89); All-MAC (1989); Academic All-MAC (1987-89). ANDY FISHER Australia; UT career scoringleader. in professionally played 1985), (1984, All-MAC (1982-85); KEN EPPERSON (1963-64, 66); All-MAC (1966). JIM COX (1974-76); All-MAC (1975-76) LARRY COLE forerunners ofNBA. in professionally played (1937-38); All-America (1937-39); CHUCK CHUCKOVITS Rochester. and Milwaukee Tri-Cities, with NBA in played (1948-51); CAL CHRISTENSEN in 1970-71. in ABAsecond scoring and Rookie-of-the-Yearballoting 70 the 1969- in with in played second finishing ABA, (1966-69); played three seasons with Seattle in NBA; formerly JOHN BRISKER (1965-67); All-MAC (1967); Academic All-America (1967). BILL BACKENSTO (1966-68); All-MAC (1967). WILLIE BABIONE ters. Globetrot Harlem with played (1966); All-MAC (1964-66); BOB ASTON Casey Shaw Harvey Knuckles Jim Swaney Dick Miller Dave Speicher Tom Kozelko Doug Hess Steve Mix Larry Jones George Patterson Jim Ray Phil Martin Cal Christensen George Bush D R ockets 2008-09 Toledo Basketball -Building Excitement ra 1998 1981 1980 1980 1977 1973 1970 1970 1969 1964 1963 1961 1956 1954 1950 1950 ft ’ D S ra Philadelphia (NBA) Los Angeles (NBA) Philadelphia (NBA) Indiana (NBA) New Orleans(NBA) Washington (NBA) Kentucky (ABA) Buffalo (NBA) Detroit (NBA) Philadelphia (NBA) Los Angeles (NBA) Cincinnati (NBA) Syracuse (NBA) Milwaukee (NBA) Tri-Cities (NBA) Baltimore (NBA) - elections ft Milwaukee andLos Angeles. Detroit; 14-year veteran of the NBA with Detroit, Philadelphia, MAC Player of the Year (1969); 3rd round NBA draft choice of (1967-69); All-MAC (1967, 1968, 1969); All-America (1969); STEVE MIX with SpainandItaly. in played NBA Indiana; at Indiana of and Utah; choice also played draft professionally NBAin Europe round 2nd (1980); teams trial Games Olympic and Games American Pan U.S. (1980); All-America Academic (1980); All-MAC (1977-80); DICK MILLER and playedprofessionallywithMilwaukee. choice draft NBA 1954); 1953, (1952, All-MAC (1952-54); PHIL MARTIN sionally inEuropefor12seasons. profes Played Angeles. Los of choice draft NBA round 2nd (1979-81); All-MAC (1981); MAC Player of the Year (1981); HARVEY KNUCKLES years with Washington inNBA. YearNBAthree round played 3rd choice; 1973); draft (1972, the of Player MAC 1973); (1971-73); 1972, (1971, All-MAC TOM KOZELKO European LeagueinMunich,Germany. Philadelphia in the NBA; coached with Detroit in NBA and in with and ABAin Dallas and Utah Miami, Denver, profession with ally played 1962); (1961, All-MAC 64); (1961-62, LARRY JONES forerunners oftheNBA. in professionally played (1941-42); (1940-42); All-American BOB GERBER A S ll elections -T ime /A S 12th Round 2nd Round 2nd Round 2nd Round 3rd Round 3rd Round 3rd Round 3rd Round 5th Round 8th Round 6th Round 5th Round ll ta -T rs

ime - - Rocket standout Larry Jones enjoyed an (1962-64); All-MAC (1963-1964). RAY WOLFORD scoring; playedprofessionallyinEurope. in history UT in second 1996); (1995, All-MAC (1993-96); CRAIG THAMES sionally inEuropeanLeagueEngland. profes played Philadelphia; of NBAchoice 5th draft (1980); the Yearof Player MAC 1980); (1979, (1977-80); All-MAC JIM SWANEY MAC (1999,2000);playedlastthreeseasonsinNBDL. All- Academic 2001); 2000, (1999, All-MAC (1997-2001); GREG STEMPIN League withItaly, Belgium andSwitzerland. draft choice NBA of New 8th-round Orleans, (1977); played professionally All-America in European Academic (1975-77); DAVE SPEICHER 1998 NBA draft in Philadelphia by selected (1997-98); Academic All-American GTE 1997-98); (1996-97, All-MAC (1994-98); CASEY SHAW NBA withSyracuse. in professionally played 1958); (1957, All-MAC (1954-56); JIM RAY (1972-74); All-MAC (1974). MIKE PARKER 5,000 points. ing the first player in the old ABA to score excellent career in pro basketball, becom S ta rs - - Outlook Coaches Players Opponents 2007-08 Review History Records University 121 1966 1989 ix 1975-1976 JIM COX LARRY COLE LARRY Steve Mix was a Mix finished his ANDY FISHER ANDY M three-time first-team All- MAC selection and UT’s first MAC Player the of He was honored as Year. a Helms Foundation All- American in 1969. career as UT’s all-time teve S s r ono 1980 1966 leading scorer with 1,676 points and first with a 22.9 career average. He played 13 ranks 1974- the on spot a earning NBA, the in years team. All-Star 75 NBA 1995-1996 BOB ASTON BOB 1952-1953-1954 - PHIL MARTIN PHIL DICK MILLER CRAIG THAMES CRAIG elections H AC -M Bob Gerber received in Gerber led Toledo erber ll in accolades All-America 1941 and 1942. He was tabbed for the honor by Converse as well as sev eral other both years. publications -MAC S G 1955-1956 1979-1980 JIM RAY STEVE MIX 1967-1968-1969 1999-2000-2001 JIM SWANEY ll ob GREG STEMPIN /A B A eam scoring all three seasons and he set a national He scoring record with 532 points as a senior. per game in his career. averaged 17.6 points -T rica me 1962 1981 2004 irst F -A 1971-1972-1973 LARRY JONES LARRY TOM KOZELKO TOM riplett T Keith ll HARVEY KNUCKLES HARVEY A Chuck Chuckovits Seven-time Mid-American Conference Champions huckovits 1938 and 1939. He scored scored He 1939. and 1938 career, his in points 1,189 which ppg 17.2 averaging was an incredible feat for his era. was the first Rocket All- American, earning honor the from Converse in C 1963 1974 2007 1984-1985 huck Chuckovits played on teams thate posted MIKE PARKER RAY WOLFORD RAY C KEN EPPERSON Justin Ingram played later He career. his during mark 49-20 a early days of the NBA. professionally in the University Records History 2007-08 ReviewOpponents Players Coaches Outlook 122 year aUT player hasdoneso. honors in 2008, making it a third straight Jerrah Young earned Academic All-MAC Scoop Williams, 1993-94 Craig Thames, 1993-94 Archie Fuller, 1993-94 Scoop Williams, 1994-95 Casey Shaw, 1996-97, 1997-98 Keith Triplett, 2004-05 Justin Ingram,2005-06 Keonta Howell,2006-07 Second-Team All-MAC Tim Reiser, 1980-81 Ken Epperson,1981-82 Terry Reynolds,2000-01 Sammy Villegas, 2002-03 Justin Ingram,2003-04 MAC FreshmanofYear Robert Kizer, 1998-99 Kashif Payne,2006-07 MAC Defensive Player of Year Stan Joplin,2006-07 Bob Nichols,1973-74,1979-80,1980-81 MAC CoachofYear Steve Mix,1968-69 Tom Kozelko,1971-72,1972-73 Jim Swaney, 1979-80 Harvey Knuckles,1980-81 MAC PlayerofYear 2008-09 Toledo Basketball -Building Excitement J.C. Harris,1991-92 Tim Schirra,1992-93 Kevin Baker, 1994-95,1995-96 Casey Shaw, 1996-97,1997-98 Chad Kamstra,1998-99,1999-00 Greg Stempin,1998-99 Kashif Payne,2005-06 Jonathan Amos,2006-07 Jerrah Young, 2007-08 Academic All-MAC Dave Speicher, 1976-77(3rdteam) Dick Miller, 1979-80(2ndteam) Mitch Adamek, 1981-82(1stteam) Bob Borcherdt,1985-86(2ndteam) Casey Shaw, 1997-98(3rdteam) Academic All-America Keith Wade, 1987-88 Craig Thames, 1992-93 Casey Shaw, 1994-95 Greg Stempin,1997-98 Justin Hall,1998-99 Terry Reynolds,2000-01 Sammy Villegas, 2002-03 Justin Ingram,2003-04 Kashif Payne,2004-05 MAC All-FreshmanTeam John Pazdzior, 1953-54 George Patterson,1959-60 John Papcun,1959-60 Larry Jones,1960-61 Jerry Galicki,1960-61 Ray Wolford, 1961-62,1962-63,1963-64 Jim Cox,1962-63,1963-64 Bill Backensto,1964-65,1965-66,1966-67 Will Babione,1966-67 Mike Murnen,1969-70 Doug Hess,1969-70 Tim Harmon,1971-72 Mike Parker, 1972-73 Jim Brown,1973-74 Dave Speicher, 1975-76 Mike Larsen,1975-76 Ted Williams, 1976-77,1977-78 Dick Miller, 1978-79 Tim Selgo,1979-80 Jay Lehman,1980-81 Mitch Adamek, 1981-82 Ken Epperson,1982-83 Blake Burnham,1986-87 Craig Sutters,1990-91 R ocket H onors Casey Shaw was the last Rocket to earn to Rocket last the was Shaw Casey was namedtothethirdteamin1998. he when honors All-America Academic Chad Kamstra, 1999-00 Greg Stempin,1999-00 Craig Rodgers,2000-01 Jerrah Young, 2005-06,2006-07,2007-08 Kashif Payne,2005-06 Justin Ingram,2005-06,2006-07 Jonathan Amos,2006-07,2007-08 MAC AcademicHonorRoll Bill Backensto,1965-66,1966-67 Don White, 1966-67,1967-68 Doug Hess,1967-68,1968-69,1969-70 Tim Harman,1969-70,1970-71,1971-72 Mac Otten,1970-71,1971-72,1972-73 Mike Larsen,1973-74 Stan Joplin,1976-77 Jeff Seemann,1976-77 Dave Speicher, 1975-76,1976-77 Dick Miller, 1979-80 Tim Selgo,1977-78,1978-79,1979-80 Mitch Seemann,1980-81 Jay Lehman,1980-81 Mitch Adamek, 1980-81,1981-82,1982-83 Tim Reiser, 1981-82,1982-83,1983-84 Bob Borcherdt,1984-85,1985-86 Jim Lange,1984-85 Andy Fisher, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89 Kent Murphree,1991-92 James Heck,1993-94 John Defoe,1994-95

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123 oint mes a G P 100- 1990-91 vs. Nebraska - L, 105-68 102-77 W, State - Tennessee 1990-91 vs. 109-89 W, 1990-91 vs. State - 115-109 W, 1992-93 vs. Central Michigan - 108-75 W, 1995-96 vs. Hawaii-Hilo - 103-102 W, 1995-96 vs. Central Michigan - 101-79 W, 1997-98 at Central Michigan - 108-58 W, State - Valley 1998-99 vs. Grand 103-51 W, - 1998-99 vs. Buffalo 100-64 W, 2002-03 vs. Ball State - 103-66 W, State - Wright 2003-04 vs. 1965-66 vs. Northern Illinois - W, 110-88 W, 1965-66 vs. Northern Illinois - 117-86 W, 1965-66 vs. Kent State - 102-91 W, 1966-67 vs. Marshall - 100-90 W, 1966-67 vs. Evansville - 103-83 W, 1966-67 vs. Bowling Green - 110-81 W, 1966-67 vs. Detroit - 136-88 W, 1967-68 vs. Hillsdale - 101-87 W, 1967-68 vs. Marshall - 102-73 W, - 1967-68 vs. St. Joseph’s 105-76 W, - Tech Virginia 1968-69 vs. 100-86 W, 1969-70 vs. Fullerton State - 102-81 W, 1969-70 vs. Morris Harvey - - L, 107-82 Villanova 1969-70 vs. 105-88 W, 1971-72 vs. Morehead State - 1972-73 vs. Michigan - L, 101-65 102-75 W, - 1972-73 vs. St. Francis (PA) 101-73 W, Carolina - Western 1974-75 vs. 100-79 W, - Wyoming 1977-78 vs. 1977-78 vs. Central Michigan - L, 109-107 101-71 W, 1978-79 vs. Butler - 115-88 W, 1979-80 vs. Central Michigan - 102-73 W, 1979-80 vs. Ball State - 110-68 W, Ashland - 1980-81 vs. 105-83 W, 1981-82 vs. Rollins - 100-98 W, 1985-86 vs. Ohio - 102-91 W, 1986-87 vs. Northern Illinois - 1987-88 vs. Ohio - L, 106-95 1989-90 vs. Miami - L, 108-80 108-100 W, 1990-91 vs. Chaminade - 119-92 W, A&M - View 1990-91 vs. Prairie UT has been involved in 50 100-point 100-point 50 in involved been has UT games in its basketball The history. Rockets have a 42-8 record in those reach when once only losing games, On themselves. mark century the ing Dec. 2, 1967, the Rockets ever pounded points most the 136-88, Hillsdale a MAC team. scored in a game by 100-74 W, Reserve - Western 1954-55 vs. L, 103-70 1956-57 vs. Louisville - 108-57 W, 1957-58 vs. Muskingum - 102-87 W, Michigan - Western 1957-58 vs. 106-84 W, Michigan - Western 1958-59 vs. 112-83 W, 1963-64 vs. Marshall - 1964-65 vs. Notre Dame - L, 113-65 108-77 W, - 1965-66 vs. Baldwin-Wallace 105-64 W, 1965-66 vs. Oshkosh State - Pct. 9.6 9.4 9.1 11.3 11.9 11.5 11.1 11.1 17.1 12.9 13.4 10.5 12.1 18.0 23.0 20.8 12.1 14.1 12.3 17.6 20.9 18.6 12.3 16.1 10.7 10.0 17.2 10.5 15.8 12.1 15.0 15.1 10.2 13.4 17.2 15.2 14.8 13.8 .920 .777 .777 .733 .793 .677 .667 .645 .645 Avg. 2 6 6 8 6 11 11 11 10

UT 23 21 21 22 23 21 22 20 20 t TP 1,144 1,488 1,355 1,277 1,020 2,016 1,676 1,561 1,494 1,384 1,353 1,329 1,328 1,319 1,315 1,288 1,277 1,273 1,266 1,240 1,216 1,197 1,189 1,167 1,148 1,144 1,142 1,141 1,127 1,125 1,104 1,086 1,057 1,055 1,964 1,814 1,705 1,562 A hts hli g ig Sr. 563 659 493 418 448 477 578 559 464 472 452 514 478 532 349 447 368 401 419 444 288 187 449 427 449 471 392 187 535 383 313 322 423 293 699 439 604 383 ears lub 1966-67 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 2000-01 2003-04 2005-06 Year W L Y C H in 35 Jr. 311 383 402 447 371 308 593 522 608 452 416 422 479 360 428 507 440 266 266 349 291 269 388 225 226 351 361 322 372 483 352 292 508 607 425 441 3683 .645 .785 .742 .800 .875 .821 .846 .741 .808 oint 6 8 6 3 5 4 7 5 11 20-W 74 So. 198 316 304 278 256 526 280 508 334 424 378 258 447 338 428 352 265 231 260 389 458 220 439 314 266 263 576 394 269 332 404 266 359 415 489 427 462 22 23 20 24 21 23 22 20 21 he oledo T T 8 — — 45 — — 62 — — — — — — 75 70 — Fr. 111 111 210 420 210 423 228 323 299 313 250 241 147 185 139 207 309 164 342 279 249 276 1949-50 1950-51 1951-52 Year 1939-40 1940-41 W L 1941-42 1942-43 Pct. 1945-46 1947-48 ’ 1,000 P ’ 1,000

67 84 63 69 77 69 72 94 75 73 79 73 75 96 75 GP 111 111 112 116 115 112 115 114 119 114 119 115 113 101 122 103 120 122 101 106 123 122 108 - - 9 L 2 6 7 8 10 13 13 13 10 23 23 21 19 18 16 19 13 18 22 W Seven-time Mid-American Conference Champions Overall ockets R 1 2 6 7 7 7 2 2 3 3 L #MAC West title-tie West #MAC Year 6 MAC Players of hampionships 7 11 11 11 11 14 10 14 10 13 W League

1953-56 *Jim Ray, Florentino Valencia, 2003-07 Valencia, Florentino * Ted Williams, 1974-78 Williams, Ted * *Mike Larsen, 1973-76 Player 1981-85 *Ken Epperson, *Bill Backensto, 1964-67 1986-90 Chad Keller, 1971-74 Mike Parker, *Jay Lehman, 1977-81 *Jim Cox, 1962-64, 66 1943, 47-49 *Dallas Zuber, Craig Sutters, 1988-91 Blake Burnham, 1983-87 *Chuck Chuckovits, 1936-39 Chad Kamstra, 1996-2000 1987-91 Wade, Keith Keonta Howell, 2003-07 *Andy Fisher, 1985-89 *Andy Fisher, 1976-80 *Dick Miller, *Phil Martin, 1951-54 1980-84 Reiser, *Tim 2002-06 Villegas, Sammy *Larry Jones, 1960-64 1961-64 Wolford, *Ray Adamek, 1979-83 Mitch *Larry Cole, 1973-76 1976-80 *Jim Swaney, Jay Gast, 1981-85 1939-42 *Bob Gerber, *Tom Kozelko, 1970-73 *Tom Justin Ingram, 2003-07 *Harvey Knuckles, 1977-81 Nick Moore, 1999-2003 Thames, 1992-96 *Craig 2001-05 Triplett, Keith *Greg Stempin, 1997-2001 *Steve Mix, 1966-69 1994-1998 Casey Shaw,

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to a three-year record of 66-24 record to a three-year (.733) and three consecutive post-season appearances. (1978-79, 1979-80, mem 1980-81) as careers their finish and bers of the 1,000-point club. They helped lead the Rockets players inconsecu three Rocket on play to basketball history teams Championship MAC tive Harvey Knuckles (left) and Jay and (left) Knuckles Harvey two only the are (right) Lehman Titles West 2 MAC All-MAC first-team selections 32 2006-07 title West *MAC Titles 7 MAC 1979-80 1980-81 1998-99* 1999-00# 2004-05# 1953-54 1966-67 1971-72 1978-79 Year University Records History 2007-08 ReviewOpponents Players Coaches Outlook 124 1990 1989 1986 1985 1984 1983 1981 1980 Year $ -QuickenLoans Arena (Cleveland,OH) % -SeagateCentre (Toledo, OH) & -BatelleHall(Columbus, OH) # -Cobo Arena (Detroit, MI) * -SavageHall(Toledo, OH) ! -MetroCentre(Rockford,IL) ^ -Crisler Arena (Ann Arbor, MI) 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1991

Miami# Kent State* Central Michigan* Miami! Northern Illinois! Ball State* Miami! at NorthernIllinois at Ohio Kent State* Western Michigan^ Ball State^ Eastern Michigan* Bowling Green^ Ball State^ Opponent Kent State$ Bowling Green$ Miami$ Eastern Michigan$ Kent State$ Akron$ Northern Illinois$ Bowling Green* Buffalo$ Western Michigan$ Buffalo$ Central Michigan* at Western Michigan Kent State$ Central Michigan$ Eastern Michigan* Ohio$ Eastern Michigan* Ball State$ Northern Illinois* at Ohio at EasternMichigan at BowlingGreen Eastern Michigan% Miami% at at at BallState Ball State& Ohio& Eastern Michigan# Ball State# Miami# Western Michigan Eastern Michigan G a me T - oledo by 2008-09 Toledo Basketball -Building Excitement

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L, 80-108 L, 43-88 W, 75-55 L, 76-93 W, 82-79 L, 66-68 L, 42-51 W, 73-68 L, 59-70 W, 79-64 W, 71-65 L, 77-79 W, 95-88(OT) W, 85-70 W, 91-83 Result L, 64-78 L, 57-77 W, 52-48 L, 53-58 W, 62-54 L, 66-71 W, 77-69 W, 78-77 W, 77-52 L, 72-85 L, 77-87 W, 97-85 W, 91-88 L, 61-86 W, 62-54 W, 89-53 L, 63-64 W, 67-43 L, 63-64(OT) W, 68-64(2OT) L, 60-70 L, 69-94 L, 63-77 W, 75-55 L, 73-80 L, 64-72 W, 85-84(OT) L, 66-67 W, 62-61 W, 70-59 L, 79-98 W, 71-65 L, 61-69 a me ’ R s MACT esults Quarterfinals Semifinals Quarterfinals Semifinals Quarterfinals Quarterfinals Semifinals Quarterfinals Semifinals Quarterfinals Third-Place Semifinals Quarterfinals Championship Semifinals Round First Round Quarterfinals First Round Semifinals Quarterfinals Championship Semifinals Quarterfinals First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Quarterfinals First Round Semifinals Quarterfinals First Round Quarterfinals First Round Quarterfinals First Round Quarterfinals Quarterfinals Championship Semifinals Quarterfinals Semifinals Quarterfinals Championship Semifinals Quarterfinals Quarterfinals Quarterfinals Quarterfinals ournament ...... Steals Assists Rebounds Points ...... FT Pct...... Free Throws Attempted Free Throws Made 3PT FGPct. 3PT FGs Attempted ...... 3PT FGsMade Field GoalPct. Field Goals Attempted Field GoalsMade Individual Highs Blocked Shots Turnovers Fouls Steals Assists Rebounds Points Free Throw Percentage Free Throws Attempted Free Throws Made Three-point FGPercentage Three-point FG Attempted Three-point FGMade Field GoalPercentage Field Goals Attempted Field GoalsMade Team Highs Blocked Shots vs. Ohio: vs. KentSt.: vs. Buffalo: vs. Akron: Overall: ...... 24-24 Toledo’s MACTournamentRecord 1-3 ...... 1-0 ...... 1-1 ...... 1-4 ...... Home:

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vs. WMU: vs. Miami: vs. CMU: vs. BallState: 6 byJustinIngramvs.EasternMichigan(3/8/07)

4 byCraigRodgersvs.NorthernIllinois(3/1/00) .857 (6/7)bySammy Villegas vs.CMU(3/8/04)

a 100.0 (10/10)byJayLehmanvs.EMU(3/3/81) .917 (11/12) byCaseyShawvs. WMU (3/2/96) 100.0 (7/7)byJustinIngramvs.BGSU(3/6/06

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.583 (7/12)vs.CentralMichigan(3/8/04)

24 by Archie FulleratBallState(3/8/94) 6 bySamBrownvs.BallState(3/12/93)

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13 byCraig Thames vs.EMU(3/7/95) 6 byCraig Thames vs.Miami(3/8/96)

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Road: 13 byJimSwaneyvs.BGSU(3/2/80) 68.4 (39of57)vs.BallState(3/1/80)

10 byJayLehmanvs.EMU(3/3/81) 3-0 2-2 2-4

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29 vs.EasternMichigan(3/3/81) 11 vs.EasternMichigan(3/4/02) 18 vs.CentralMichigan(3/7/02)

52 vs.NorthernIllinois(3/1/00) 28 vs.NorthernIllinois(3/1/00) 8 vs.EasternMichigan(3/8/07)

2-5 23 vs.BowlingGreen(3/4/97) 2-7

39 vs.BallState(3/1/80)

97 vs.Buffalo (3/11/04) 45 vs.Buffalo (3/11/04) 30 vs.Buffalo (3/11/04) Neutral:

78 vs.Miami(3/9/90) vs. NIU: vs. EMU: vs. BGSU: 14-15 4-0 4-4 3-1 Outlook Coaches Players Opponents 2007-08 Review History Records University . ------8 27 27 40 32 40 26 200 200 min min 125 ------st st ------blk blk 1st Round ------to to a a 5 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 Lexington, KY 10 38.2 FG, 66.7 FT 38.2 FG, 66.7 FT 47.9 FG, 63.2 FT 5 6 0 0 3 8 0 tp tp 76 12 24 18 82 15 18 13 19 17 ment ourna 3 3 4 3 3 0 0 2 0 3 4 3 1 1 4 pf pf 14 20 Shooting: Shooting: 6 3 7 7 0 0 6 5 3 7 0 9 45 19 51 10 14 reb reb 76 82 2-2 4-7 4-5 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-1 0-0 1-4 7-9 0-0 1-2 ft-a ft-a — — 8-11 18-27 12-19 30 39 2-6 3-7 0-2 0-0 1-6 4-9 6-9 0-4 fg-a fg-a 8-11 5-12 7-20 7-17 5-16 6-15 29-76 10-15 35-73 46 43 ment rna ou - Appearing in an NCAA Tournament game for the for game Tournament NCAA an in Appearing - Toledo 76 Virginia Tech 82 1967 NCAA T Mix had 18 points and 14 rebounds, while Brisker recorded 15 recorded Brisker while rebounds, 14 and points 18 had Mix the in field the from clip percent 62 torrid a at hit Gobblers The scoring 24 Tech, had a monster game Talley Virginia Ken for Lexington, KY Lexington, halftime 46-43 a to stormed Rockets the seasons, 13 in time one-two first the held however, Gobblers, The Tech. Virginia over lead an out pulled and check in Brisker John and Mix Steve of punch Coliseum. patrons in Memorial 82-76 victory before 11,500 points and 10 rebounds. Bob Miller paced the Rockets with 19 points and seven rebounds and John Rudley had 13 points and three rebounds. on connecting cold, went Rockets the while 29), of (18 half second the hold however, did, Toledo percent. 34 for shots 38 of 13 just advantage at the free throw line, hitting six more charity tosses points, 18 had Combs Glen rebounds. 19 down pulling and points with 17 and Ron Perry with 12. Ware Ted followed by Totals Tech Virginia Perry Talley Ware Combs Ellis Brown Mallard Alauder Totals Toledo Tech Virginia Toledo Backensto Brisker Mix Babione Rudley Miller White Pandemonium erupted in UT’s Field House following the Rockets’ a taken have Rockets The Championship. MAC 1967 the of clinching strong contingent of fans on games, the road Tournament for NCAA Penn on take them watch to 1954 in traveled that 1,500 over including State. T NCAA ------40 40 40 40 40 200 200 min min ------st st ------the blk blk 1st Round

------to to Phil Martin was on fire in UT’s NCAA game against 1954 Penn State, scoring 26 of the Rockets’ 50 points. ------a a 1 1 5 0 1 0 in 28.0 FG, 71.0 FT 28.0 FG, 71.0 FT 47.9 FG, 75.0 FT Fort Wayne, IN Fort Wayne,

7 5 4 6 8 5 4 5 tp tp 11 11 50 13 10 62 23 ment ourna 3 1 2 1 4 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 4 pf pf 15 15 Shooting: Shooting: ------50 62 reb reb — — oledo 5-6 1-2 0-0 2-3 5-5 2-2 2-2 3-7 3-3 7-8 2-5 1-2 ft-a ft-a 7-10 22-31 18-24 7 19 Seven-time Mid-American Conference Champions T 16 13 2 2 4 4 3 4 1 0 2 8 1 2 2 fg fg 22 14-50 9 15 - Appearing in its first-ever NCAA Tournament Tournament Appearing in its first-ever- NCAA 18 15 Toledo 50 Toledo Penn State 62 Penn 1954 NCAA T 1954 Phil Martin paced the Rockets with 26 points, while Burt Spice Burt while points, 26 with Rockets the paced Martin Phil In the final period, the Rockets couldn’t buy a bucket and were and bucket a buy couldn’t Rockets the period, final the In Toledo’s three-point Toledo’s cushion slipped away at the end of the added 11. outscored by the Lions, 19-7. Penn State was able to control the control to able was State Penn 19-7. Lions, the by outscored boards at bomb both squad ends had of an the off court as UT’s game. forced them to shoot from The outside. score was knotted at 43 stanza. following the third Toledo made the trip west to cheer on the Rockets. made the trip west to cheer Toledo and Rockets the stifled defense zone State’s Penn as quarter third game, the University of Toledo men’s basketball team opened up opened team basketball men’s Toledo of University the game, State, Penn to fell and on hold couldn’t but from lead halftime 30-27 fans a 1,500 Over Ind. Wayne, Fort in fans 6,173 before 62-50, Fort Wayne, IN Fort Wayne, Penn State Brewer Fields Totals Toledo Blocker Rholand Arnelle Weidenhammer Haag Ray Totals Penn State Sherry Toledo Martin Maher Spice Padzior

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126 steals andfourrebounds. two assists, six added and points 23 for line the from 5-for-6 was and Lehmanadded10pointsthreeassists. sists, while Jim Swaney chipped in with 12 points and four rebounds necting on21of25. stanza and was even hotter from the free throw line in the half, con second the the in shots 19 of 12 hit UT field. the from percent 63 second half, outscoring the Hawkeyes, 45-31, and hitting a blistering lead. halftime 41-29 a to pulled Iowa as Hawkeyes, the of victims be to cast. guards in the nation in Ronnie Lester along with a strong supporting Big against Tenunderdog best the of one fielded who Iowa, power guard StanJoplin. Rocket for reality became fantasy the 1979, of March In expires. NCAA Tournament and the drilling of it moments for waning the the game-winning in shot pass as a time taking himself envisions he Bloomington, IN sist toJoplin. to Dick Miller, who made the as backcourt and got the ball ahead the in team double a broke who (43), Lehman Jay by up set was Stan Joplin’s winning jump shot Lester did shine for Iowa as he hit 9-of-13 shots from the field, the from shots 9-of-13 hit he as Iowa for shine did Lester Miller paced the Rockets with 18 points, 14 rebounds and four as the dominated and out came Rockets the intermission, the After going were Rockets the if as looked it beginning the from Right 1979 NCAAT Iowa 72 Toledo 74 — When a young boy grows up playing basketball T 2008-09 Toledo Basketball -Building Excitement oledo - ournament stripe for15points. charity the from attempts 11 9-of- on connected but floor, ning and was 3-for-7 from the eve that field the from shots the greatestinhistory. of one as basketball Rocket of annals the in down goes shot the that, After buzzer. the to prior just 20-footer the nailed who Joplin to given across halfcourt, the ball was ball to Dick Miller, who drove a double team and, passed the Bloomington, IN

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the NCAAT - - - 74-72, inthesecondround ofthe1979MideastRegional. Iowa, Tenpower Big upset Rockets the as remaining seconds two just with jumper 20-foot famous his launched Joplin Stan Iowa Totals Montague Garwood Knuckles Selgo Lehman Joplin Miller Appel Swaney Toledo Iowa Toledo Totals Arnold Brookins Norman Krafcisin Peth Lester Waite Boyle Mayfield ment game. Tourna NCAA Mideast 1979 the in Iowa against two of his 12 points Jim Swaney lays in ournament 41 29 23-45 29-55 - 5-12 9-13 8-11 fg-a fg-a 1-2 0-0 3-4 2-4 2-4 3-7 5-8 2-4 0-2 2-3 4-8 2-4 1-3 1-2 2-9 31 45 28-41 14-27 8-17 9-11 — — ft-a ft-a 3-8 0-0 0-0 1-1 2-2 6-8 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-5 1-2 5-6 0-0 3-6 72 74 reb reb 33 14 27 5 1 0 2 4 5 0 3 4 1 2 0 6 2 4 3 4 Shooting: Shooting: 24 31 pf pf 4 0 1 5 5 2 4 4 2 4 0 3 5 5 5 4 3 2 19 74 10 15 18 12 72 23 tp tp 2 0 7 6 4 0 4 8 6 3 2 7 52.7 FG,51.9FT 51.1 FG,68.3FT 13 14 1 0 0 0 2 3 3 4 1 0 2 0 1 2 2 6 0 0 a a 19 12 to to 0 0 1 6 1 5 2 2 0 2 0 1 2 2 1 3 0 3 blk blk 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 st st 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 min min 200 200 28 14 15 23 35 32 40 24 16 10 10 17 18 23 38 22 34 1 Outlook Coaches Players Opponents 2007-08 Review History Records University - 6 1 4 11 35 12 39 30 32 22 23 33 29 31 29 22 16 25 127 200 200 min min ------st st ------blk blk Sweet 16 ------to to a a 1 1 5 4 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 2 1 2 1 4 0 18 15 50.8 FG, 64.3 FT 50.8 FG, 64.3 FT 53.8 FG, 79.3 FT 4 0 8 8 0 7 0 8 4 6 0 2 tp tp 11 26 18 71 24 10 14 79 Bloomington, IN Bloomington, 3 0 4 1 4 1 0 5 2 4 3 2 4 0 2 0 0 2 pf pf 20 17 Shooting: Shooting: 4 3 3 2 2 0 3 0 4 5 2 4 6 3 0 1 6 10 27 31 reb reb 71 79 6-6 0-0 2-4 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 8-8 2-2 2-3 6-8 0-2 4-4 0-0 0-0 1-2 ft-a ft-a — — 9-14 23-29 38 36 2-3 0-5 4-8 4-6 0-0 0-0 3-5 4-9 4-6 2-6 1-1 0-1 1-1 fg-a fg-a 5-11 8-15 3-10 8-12 10-14 31-61 28-52 33 43 ment rna ou ment ourna (52), Kelly Tripucka (44), (42) and Orlando Wool Orlando and (42) Hanzlik Bill (44), Tripucka Kelly (52), ridge (not shown in photo). Jim Swaney lays in two Laimbeer against a Bill high-powered in Notre players Dame NBA future several featured that team Toledo Dame Notre Toledo Swaney Appel Miller Joplin Lehman Selgo Montague Knuckles Mathis Totals Dame Notre Woolridge Tripucka Laimbeer Branning Hanzlick Jackson Flowers Wilcox Mitchell Totals - - -

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two for the final margin. and Dick the Milleragain once were backbone for the Swaney as Rockets on points 26 tallied perfor 10-for-14 a Rockets the giants, were up for challenge. the raced to a 43-33 first-half lead and proved to be just too much for the Rockets who only cut into the Fight ing Irish lead by in 1979 NCAA T 1979

oledo Seven-time Mid-American Conference Champions T - For the second straight game, David was Toledo 71 Toledo Notre Dame 79 Notre Notre Dame would lose in the next round to the sensational the to round next the in lose would Dame Notre Notre Dame was well balanced, led by the sharp-shooting the by led balanced, well was Dame Notre Stan Joplin, the hero against Iowa just days before, couldn’t couldn’t before, days just Iowa against hero the Joplin, Stan The players were: Orlando (New Woolridge Jersey Nets, against the much taller Kelly Tripucka. Tripucka. Kelly against the much taller Though Tim Selgo (20) stood just 6-2, it boards the crashing from him stop didn’t sophomore Earvin “Magic” Johnson and eventual NCAA Champion Michigan State Spartans. rebounds and Laimbeer chipped in with eight points and five and points eight with in chipped Laimbeer and rebounds boards. four points 14 added Hanzlik points. 24 tallied who Tripucka, six and points 11 tallied Woolridge assists, two and rebounds the line. Toledo’s other the point line. Toledo’s production came from guards and each, points eight with each Selgo, Tim and Lehman Jay from sophomore forward Harvey Knuckles with seven. down a game-high 10 boards. buy a bucket going 0-for-5 from the field and 0-for-2 from mance from the field and Miller scored 18 points and pulled pulled and points 18 scored Miller and field the from mance tons) and Bill Hanzlik (). tons) and Bill Hanzlik Los Angeles Lakers, Detroit Pistons, plus several other teams), teams), other several plus Pistons, Detroit Lakers, Angeles Los Pis (Detroit Laimbeer Bill Pistons), (Detroit Tripucka Kelly again staring Goliath in the face. This time Goliath featured a featured Goliath time This face. the in Goliath staring again players prominent its of four send eventually would that team careers. onto brilliant NBA Indianapolis, IN

University Records History 2007-08 ReviewOpponents Players Coaches Outlook dished outeightassists. points and Mickey Dillard recorded 22 points. Tony Jackson led by Rodney Arnold, who tallied 29. Murray Brown added 26 Lehman, whohad10pointsand13assists. points and seven assists to go 18 along with backcourt mate added Jay Selgo Tim and points, 20 had Knuckles Harvey assists, six and rebounds eight points, 21 recorded Miller was 2 for 4 from the line and hauled down eight boards. Dick Jim Swaney with 22. He hit on 10 of 17 shots from the floor, to a94-91come-from-behindwin. State outscored the Rockets, 51-43, in the second half en route of its shots and the Seminoles hit at a 55 percent clip. Florida game, the percent For 56 percent. on 58 hit for Toledo floor stanza and the Rockets bettered that, hitting 19 of 33 from the first half.Butitwouldcontinue. thought that both teams could keep up their torrid pace of the stripes. 57 percent of their field goals and 82 percent of their charity percent from the line in the first half and the 80 Seminoles and hit on floor the from percent 55 shot Toledoas beginning NCAA Tourna 1980 the ment. of round first the in Seminoles shootout as the Rockets took on the high-flying Florida State 128

Florida State Toledo Totals Parks Tookes Jackson Dillard Rolle Brown Arnold Florida State Totals Boyle Adamek Seeman Montague Lehman Selgo Knuckles Swaney Miller Toledo The Seminoles had three players with 20 or more points, by paced figures, double in starters five all Toledohad second the in (22-41) field the from percent 54 hit FSU one no and intermission the at 48-43 led Rockets The the from right field the from blistering were teams Both KY Green, Bowling 1980 NCAAT Toledo 91 Florida State94 43 48 39-71 12-16 10-17 41-73 10-14 10-17 9-16 9-14 9-16 7-11 fg-a fg-a 0-1 0-5 1-5 0-1 0-3 0-0 0-1 3-7 51 43 2008-09 Toledo Basketball -Building Excitement 16-20 9-10 9-13 — — - It was an old-fashioned southern old-fashioned an was It - ft-a ft-a 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 4-5 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-4 0-0 0-0 2-4 3-5 94 91 reb reb T 30 32 6 0 6 4 3 6 5 1 6 0 2 1 2 4 8 8 Shooting: Shooting: oledo 18 20 pf pf 4 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 3 0 0 1 4 3 4 5 Bowling Green,KY ournament 15 94 22 26 29 91 10 18 20 22 21 tp tp 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 54.9 FG,80.0FT 56.2 FG,69.2FT 18 16 1 3 0 8 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 6 4 2 0 4 a a 16 10 to to 3 2 0 3 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 4 1st Round blk blk

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4 1 7 the - NCAA/NIT Zuber ledtheRocketswith18pointsandMinoradded11 points. a 28-15 run in the second half paced by Dallas Zuber and Davage Minor.points. The Rockets, however, seven recovered first Jefferson’sin the and Washingtonsecond half of and six went on in tossed who Zellers, The gameattractedarecordthrongofmorethan18,500. to the final round of the sixth annual National Invitational Tournament. Square Garden on March 27, 1943. With the win, the Rockets advanced in the game and defeated Washington and Jefferson, 46-39, at Madison break the record in the consolation game, a 48-46 loss to Creighton. when he hit four field goals in the firsthalf. However, he went on to players indoublefigures. West Virginia, scoring just 14 points, while the Mountaineers had two tured oneofthemostfearedplayersinNCAA inBobGerber. ers CollegedownedCreightoninthesemis. would meetinthefinals.However, itwasquitethecontrary. favorites, Creighton, the and though Toledo as looked it semifinals, nine shotsfromthefield. record, went scoreless for the contest, missing all three free throws fine and their to Rockets the paced who ace Toledo’sMinor,sensational school’s history. Davage the in time first the for tournament national hopes oftheRocketswith13minutesremaininginhalf. more than made up for that rally with a drive of its own that buried the John’sSt. then But time. one at points 12 by trailing were they after second half brought Toledo into a 22-all tie for the first time in the game capacity crowdof18,233. a Toledo,overwhelming before by 48-27, Garden Square Madison at the sixth annual National Invitational Tournament on March 29, 1943,

New York, NY In the game, Gerber tied the record for most points in the tournament by check in held two-time was a All-American, was Gerber,who The Mountaineers managed to tame the powerful Rockets, who fea West Virginia upset the Rockets, 51-39, and Kentucky State Teach New York,New NY The Presidents raced to a 24-18 halftime lead paced by big Harry Robert Heinyand DallasZuberpacedUT withninepoints each. the win to will at almost scored John’s St. on, point that From the of minutes five first the in Rockets the by spree six-point A New York, NY Toledo 27 St. John’s48 Wash. &Jeff.39 Toledo 46 Toledo 39 West Virginia51 1943 NITT 1943 NITT 1942 NITT - Heading into the National Invitational Tournament - Powerful St. John’s University basketball team won - Toledoremaining minutes two with lead the took ournament ournament ournament Championship New York,NY New York,NY New York,NY Semifinals Semifinals - - Outlook Coaches Players Opponents 2007-08 Review History Records University 8 2 7 3 8 3 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 2 28 33 29 27 38 20 12 13 33 35 37 15 18 21 31 38 27 37 40 14 26 35 31 29 17 37 36 34 14 10 27 33 26 32 30 29 21 32 38 34 26 200 200 min min 200 200 200 min min min min 129 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 7 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 1 st st st st 9 1 1 2 0 7 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 st st

0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 blk blk blk blk 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 blk blk 3 2 2 3 3 2 1 2 2 6 5 1 1 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 1 0 6 0 0 3 2 to to to to 18 22 10 1 1 1 0 1 3 2 2 4 1 0 1 4 1 4 1 to to 14 13 a a a a 0 1 1 2 3 9 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 4 4 11 16 19 10 17 a a 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 6 3 0 0 4 2 5 1 13 19 45.2 FG, 65.3 FT 50.7 FG, 74.2 FT 2 3 8 7 4 7 0 7 3 6 0 51.8 FG, 45.8 3FG, 68.0 FT 49.2 FG, 33.3 3FG, 78.9 FT 48.3 FG, 76.9 FT 48.3 FG, 76.9 FT 53.7 FG, 66.7 FT 0 0 2 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 2 4 tp tp tp tp 23 12 24 83 20 19 91 29 68 12 10 80 27 19 25 22 1 0 6 9 0 4 4 tp tp 86 10 84 13 20 12 15 13 17 23 23 1 1 5 5 4 3 3 1 3 5 4 2 3 2 3 0 3 0 1 1 1 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 3 1 0 0 4 1 pf pf pf pf 23 25 14 16 4 1 2 2 4 4 3 2 4 0 0 0 3 2 4 3 pf pf 17 21 Shooting: Shooting: Shooting: Shooting: Shooting: Shooting: 4 1 6 2 1 3 6 3 0 6 0 4 1 2 0 0 5 7 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 4 7 2 0 2 6 3 10 10 43 10 47 10 28 32 reb reb reb reb 4 2 0 0 2 6 7 5 5 1 1 4 2 5 5 34 31 10 reb reb 83 91 86 84 68 80 1-2 1-2 0-0 4-4 4-5 2-2 2-6 3-4 4-4 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 7-8 2-3 0-0 ft-a ft-a 0-0 3-5 1-2 2-2 6-7 4-7 1-2 0-1 3-5 0-0 0-0 3-4 1-2 0-0 0-0 ft-a ft-a 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 4-4 0-1 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-4 2-2 3-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-5 0-0 ft-a ft-a — — — — — — 9-10 7-10 17-25 15-19 8-12 17-26 23-31 10-13 54 52 50 47 28 40 0-0 0-1 0-0 1-3 4-4 0-0 2-7 1-5 3-5 0-0 0-0 3-5 0-2 1-1 0-1 3-11 7-21 3fg-a 3fg-a 11-24 1-6 1-2 2-7 3-3 2-9 2-9 5-9 0-3 2-7 1-1 3-4 0-0 0-3 0-0 0-0 6-9 1-3 2-3 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 3-9 3-8 1-2 2-3 fg-a fg-a fg-a fg-a 5-10 9-14 5-10 8-15 11-20 10-22 33-73 10-14 34-67 11-22 11-16 29-60 36-67 12-20 29 39 36 37 40 40 0-1 0-2 1-4 4-8 5-5 2-7 4-9 0-0 2-5 2-6 fg-a fg-a 7-11 5-11 7-10 8-13 3-15 31-63 29-56 10-12 NIT 8,193 3,000 13,609

the American Dennis Ross Mark Nickens Juan Jones Robin Hoey Ed Sloane Austin Gordon Aunon Fernando Boo Bowers Totals Toledo Harvey Knuckles Dan Boyle Adamek Mitch Reiser Tim John Green Dave Rieker Brad Rieger Jay Lehman Bryan Roth Totals American Toledo Attendance: Bernard Scott Robierre Cullars Wilson Albert Totals Xavier Toledo Attendance: Jay Lehman Mitch Seeman Brad Rieger Totals Michigan Mike McGee Thad Garner Paul Heuerman Johnny Johnson Marty Bodnar McCornick Tim Ike Person Mark Bodnar M.C. Burton Dan Pelekoudas Joe James Antonides Jon Dean Hopson Leo Brown Totals Toledo Michigan Attendance: Xavier Kevin Frey James Posey Turner Aaron Lenny Brown Gary Lumpkin Maurice McAfee Obi Harris Lloyd Price Totals Toledo Art Norman Greg Stempin Brett Fedak Robert Kizer Chad Kamstra Toledo Harvey Knuckles Dan Boyle Adamek Mitch Reiser Tim John Green David Rieker

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1st Round 1st Round 2nd Round Toledo, OH Toledo, Toledo, OH oledo Ann Arbor, MI T ment ourna ment ourna ment ourna Seven-time Mid-American Conference Champions Appearing in a post-season tournament for the third straight year, year, straight third the for tournament post-season a in Appearing 1981 NIT T 1981 NIT T 1981 1999 NIT T Michigan 80 Toledo 68 Toledo 91 Toledo 83 American Xavier 86 Toledo 84 Senior Harvey Knuckles broke the school single-season scoring mark in the The first half was more like a heavyweight fight with both sides feeling each each feeling sides both with fight heavyweight a like more was half first The 106 for combined teams two the as half second the in off went fireworks But Toledo, OH - OH Toledo, The loss made Toledo’s final record 19-9, and ended UT’s most suc most UT’s ended and 19-9, record final Toledo’s made loss The The Rockets rallied from a 12-point deficit late in the game, pulling pulling game, the in late deficit 12-point a from rallied Rockets The Both offenses Both were offenses clicking in what was perhaps the most exciting McGee, however, proved to be too much for the Rockets as he hit 8 of 15 The two teams played to a stalemate in the first half, heading to the locker Ann Arbor, MI - The Wolverines were looking for a little revenge against the against revenge little a for looking were Wolverines The - MI Arbor, Ann Toledo, OH - Toledo’s most successful season in 18 years OH came Toledo’s to - an Toledo, The Rockets’ Harvey Knuckles was more than holding his own against the Big the against own his holding than more was Knuckles Harvey Rockets’ The points, 19 added contest Reiser with 29 Tim points and also freshman pulled while down 10 boards, rebounds. Center 10 Mitch Adamek and points 20 with in chipped assists and three steals in his first tournament contest. 11 Toledo,points 54-52,in duringthe the Americanfinal final outscored 20 minutes. came away with the win. enough as UT period, but it wasn’t in a first-round NIT game in Centennial Hall. game in Centennial in a first-round NIT at hitting intermission, the at 39-29 led Toledo forth. and back going and out other hit on just 38 percent of its shots. American a 50 percent clip, while University American over victory 91-83 a with March in success its continued UT the final appearance for seniors Fedak, Norman and Kizer. the Rockets for good. marked also game The 21-10. went team 1980-81 the since season cessful attempt would have tied the score, but the shot rattled out. Robert Kizer gave Xavier by throw free A 85-84. score, the make to rebound the in put the Musketeers a two-point lead with less than two seconds left. UT’s desperation inbounds pass was then intercepted by finishingXavier, off Brett Fedak, who each scored 23 points. Art Norman added 17 points. Brett Fedak, who each scored 23 points. three-point Norman A left. seconds 16 with 85-82, points, three within to end with an 86-84 loss to Xavier in the first round of the NIT. and Stempin Greg by led was Toledo Hall. Savage in season the of game shots from the field in the second half and finished with 25 for the game. Guard game. the for 25 with finished and half second the in field the from shots four and points 22 with Wolverines the for strong finished also Johnson Johnny assists. Knuckles finished the game with 27 points and seven rebounds, while Adamek added 19 points and seven rebounds. Mitch four rebounds in the first half. all-time leading scorer with 17 points and Ten’s room All-American deadlocked The Mike at Rockets 40. had pretty much held McGee in check, as the senior forward hit on just 3 of 9 from the field and was half. 1 of 2 from the line for seven points in the first Rockets, who had defeated them during the previous season, 67-64, in Centen Toledo over win 80-68 an with revenge that get would Michigan And Hall. nial Arena. at Crisler in the second round of the NIT

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Reynolds (13points)andMoore(10points). Rockets up40-32. the put that spurt 13-4 a ignited and lead 34-32 Toledoa gave half second the in sank fiveofsixfreethrowstoclinchthevictory. Stempin’s thunderousdunkearly Moore nailed a three-pointer to give the Rockets a five-point cushion. Toledo then three-point attemptandscoredonaputback. the buzzer on a layup by Demetrice Williams, who caught Emmett Thomas’ errant was UT’s firstpostseasonwinin20years. with date second-round and a Alabama to advance to Rockets the allowed victory South over NIT.victory the overtime of 76-67 round a first to the in Alabama The the firsthalf,but Toledo useda20-7runto pull within45-41athalftime. bid. Chris Grimm’s 15-foot jumper gave Marquette a 38-21 lead with 7:27 left in run togoup79-63onSteveNovak’s fast-breaklayupwith7:16 remaining. on alayuptomakeit87-69with2:33 togo. scored Ingram Justin before shots consecutive 12 missing goal, field a without just under 16 minutes to play. But the Rockets then went more than eight minutes Thomas added11 for Toledo. Valencia scored 13 points - all in the first half -Florentino and SammyRockets. the Villegasfor and Ricardo points 20 scored Triplett Keith Eagles. Golden the a first-roundNIT game. Head Coach Stan Joplin on ESPN in the Rockets’ 87-72 setback at Marquette in points (17)andrebounds(8).RoryJonesadded15Moorehad12. by a42-32margin. shot 47 percent from the floor to Toledo’s 40 percent, and dominated the boards sparked by a pair of three-pointers by Doc Martin and Travis Stinnett. Alabama seven minutestoplay. half and closed to within 66-56 on a three-pointer by Nick Moore with just Tideunder jumped out to a 50-33 halftime advantage. UT did make a run in the second Tournament. NIT 2001 the of round second to the setback in 79-69 Alabama a with close a Also scoring in double figures for the Rockets were the backcourt tandem of Nick and session extra the of points four first UT’s scored Reynolds Terry The Rockets dominated the overtime after letting the Jaguars tie the contest at Toledo, OH - Greg Stempin scored a career-high 29 points to lead the Rockets Toledo fell behind by 17 points in the first half before beginning its comeback 14-0 a on went Marquette goal, field a make couldn’t Rockets the While Toledo made nine of its first 15 shots in the second half and led 55-54 with Travis Diener scored 21 points and tied a career high with 12 assists to lead Milwaukee, WI - Toledo made its first national-television appearance under Greg Stempin closed out his impressive Toledo career with team highs in both The Crimson Tide answered though with an 8-1 run to secure the win, the secure to run 8-1 an with though answered Tide Crimson The Crimson the as recovered really never and early behind fell Rockets The to come years 20 in season Tuscaloosa, 20-win first ToledoAL- its saw South Alabama67 Toledo 76 Toledo 69 Alabama 79 Toledo 72 Marquette 87 2001 NITT 2001 NITT 2004 NITT 2008-09 Toledo Basketball -Building Excitement ournament ournament ournament T Milwaukee, WI Tuscaloosa, AL oledo Toledo, OH 2nd Round 1st Round 1st Round

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Milo Kirsh Nick Moore Terry Reynolds Craig Rodgers Greg Stempin Robierre Cullars Toledo Attendance: South Alabama Toledo Totals Antoine Pettway Sam Haginas Alfred Moss Doc Martin Tarik London Gerald Wallace Travis Stinnett Rod Grizzard Terrance Meade Kenny Walker Erwin Dudley Alabama Totals Albert Wilson Garwin Patterson Rory Jones Attendance: Toledo South Alabama Totals Albert Wilson Garwin Patterson Rory Jones Milo Kirsh Nick Moore Terry Reynolds Craig Rodgers Greg Stempin Robierre Cullars Toledo Totals Matt Forget Michael Bollman Emmett Thomas Demetrice Williams Brett Gravitt Ravonte Dantzler Ericson Beck Virgil Stanescu Henry Williams South Alabama Attendance: Marquette Toledo Totals Andy Freund Chris Grimm Joe Chapman Tony Gries Brandon Bell Jerry Sichting Karon Bradley Scott Merritt Carlton Christian Todd Townsend Travis Diener Dameon Mason Steve Novak Terry Sanders Marcus Jackson Marquette Totals Florentino Valencia Anton Currie Keonta Howell Chauncey Shelton Phil Alexander Allen Pinson Rashay Russell Will Burger Keith Triplett Sammy Villegas Justin Ingram A.J. Shellabarger Ricardo Thomas Toledo the 6,849 3,898 5,634 NIT 27-58 25-62 26-49 10-18 26-57 33-59 26-64 50 33 27 28 4-12 7-18 8-14 3-10 6-15 6-10 8-15 5-10 6-16 6-11 4-11 fg-a fg-a fg-a fg-a fg-a fg-a 0-0 3-9 3-6 2-6 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-3 0-3 4-8 3-6 3-5 4-8 0-2 1-1 5-8 0-1 1-1 2-4 0-0 3-8 3-6 3-3 4-8 0-0 1-2 4-8 1-1 2-6 1-6 5-9 0-0 3-5 4-6 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-3 0-0 0-0 4-4 1-3 5-7 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-1 1-5 0-1 1-1 3-7 2-4 4-8 45 41 29 36 35 34 11-19 3fg-a 3fg-a 3fg-a 3fg-a 7-22 8-26 3fg-a 3fg-a 4-14 7-19 8-25 0-0 4-9 2-7 0-0 1-6 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-1 1-4 2-4 2-7 1-4 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 2-6 1-3 0-0 1-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-5 0-0 1-3 4-8 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-4 1-2 5-9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-2 0-0 0-0 4-9 3-9 1-3 0-0 0-0 42 31 — — 14 5 18-23 20-26 11-17 12-19 10-11 — — 79 69 — — 8-12 8-13 ft-a ft-a 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2 2-5 2-2 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-4 3-3 4-7 2-3 1-2 2-2 0-0 0-0 5-8 ft-a ft-a 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2 6-6 4-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-2 2-2 0-0 5-8 0-0 ft-a ft-a 0-0 2-2 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 3-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 3-3 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 4-6 0-0 0-0 0-2 3-5 84 67 87 72 reb reb reb reb reb reb 42 12 32 28 32 10 43 10 25 1 2 3 2 8 3 1 0 0 2 0 6 3 6 2 7 2 1 5 0 1 2 0 2 2 8 8 4 0 5 3 2 0 2 2 8 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 5 2 5 6 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 5 1 3 Shooting: Shooting: Shooting: Shooting: Shooting: Shooting: 20 22 15 23 18 14 pf pf pf pf pf pf 3 2 3 4 3 1 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 4 2 3 3 1 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 3 2 3 4 0 1 5 3 4 3 1 4 2 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 3 3 0 12 17 79 13 22 10 69 15 11 76 10 13 10 29 67 18 15 12 11 87 13 21 17 72 13 20 11 11 11 tp tp tp tp tp tp 0 8 8 7 2 2 0 3 0 9 7 0 2 0 2 4 0 8 0 2 2 5 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 8 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 7 4 46.6 FG,31.83FG,78.3FT 40.3 FG,30.83FG,64.7FT 53.1 FG,28.63FG,76.9FT 45.6 FG,36.83FG,61.5FT 55.9 FG,57.93FG,90.9 FT 40.6 FG,32.03FG,63.2 FT 14 13 13 14 24 12 15 0 2 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 4 3 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 4 3 0 3 1 0 2 0 2 2 1 3 3 1 a a a a 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 3 4 0 2 a a 14 10 16 20 15 to to to to to to 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 3 1 2 3 0 3 3 2 2 2 0 4 0 2 3 3 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 blk blk blk blk blk blk 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 st st st st st st 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 min min 200 200 min min 225 225 min min 200 200 14 38 32 22 37 21 22 23 30 34 31 18 24 22 11 19 40 36 37 43 30 14 27 26 37 40 22 29 28 16 22 26 29 28 30 14 18 23 18 35 37 33 16 15 3 2 2 5 9 6 9 5 2 2 2 6 2 2 1 2 7 1 7 1 6 1 Outlook Coaches Players Opponents 2007-08 Review History Records University 2 8 7 4 7 2 2 31 25 29 35 26 22 15 13 29 29 31 14 18 21 30 200 200 min min 131 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 st st 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 blk blk 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 5 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 to to 11 14 a a 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 23 vs. American (3/11/81) 23 vs. American (3/11/81) 31 vs. American (3/11/81) 91 vs. American (3/11/81) 47 vs. 34 vs. American (3/11/81) 34 vs. American (3/11/81) 67 vs.

41.4 FG, 26.3 3FG, 72.7 FT 62.3 FG, 36.4 3FG, 77.8 FT ment ourna 4 8 2 0 0 2 2 0 8 2 2 5 2 2 0 tp tp 13 13 17 61 12 10 10 77 24 T 11 vs. South Alabama (3/15/01) vs. South 11

1 1 2 3 2 1 0 4 2 1 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 3 1 78.9 (15/19) vs. Xavier (3/10/99) pf pf 17 17

Shooting: Shooting: 4 6 1 2 4 1 0 2 0 1 2 4 4 7 2 2 0 1 0 0 4 6 23 33 reb reb 9 by Tim Reiser vs. American (3/11/81) Reiser vs. Tim 9 by

61 77 11 by Tim Reiser vs. American (3/11/81) Reiser vs. Tim by 11 10 by Greg Stempin vs. Xavier (3/10/99)

2-2 3-4 0-0 2-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-2 0-0 2-2 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 7-9 1-1 ft-a ft-a 53.1 (26 of 49) vs. South Alabama (3/15/01) 53.1 (26 of 49) vs. South 8-11 10 by Mitch Adamek vs. American (3/11/81) Adamek vs. 10 by Mitch — —

12 by Harvey Knuckles @ Michigan (3/15/81) 20 by Harvey Knuckles @ Michigan (3/15/81) 20 by Harvey Knuckles vs. American (3/11/81) 20 by Harvey Knuckles vs. American (3/11/81) 29 by Harvey Knuckles vs. American (3/11/81) 10 by Harvey Knuckles vs.

19 vs. American (3/11/81) and Xavier (3/10/99) American (3/11/81) 19 vs.

3 by Greg Stempin vs. South Alabama (3/15/01) 3 by Greg Stempin vs. South Alabama (3/15/01) 4 by Greg Stempin vs. South .833 (10/12) by Brett Fedak vs. Xavier (3/10/99)

12 by Greg Stempin vs. South Alabama (3/15/01) 12 by Greg Stempin vs. South Alabama (3/15/01) 29 by Greg Stempin vs. South 38 38

1-5 0-0 0-3 3-7 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 2-4 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 4-11 5-19 3fg-a 3fg-a nvitation 100.0 (6/6) by Terry Reynolds @ Alabama (3/20/01) Alabama Reynolds @ Terry 100.0 (6/6) by

...... 5 vs. American (3/11/81) and South Alabama (3/15/01) and South American (3/11/81) 5 vs...... I ...... 23 39

...... 5-9 5-7 1-2 0-0 0-1 1-1 1-2 0-0 5-7 4-8 4-8 1-1 1-1 1-2 0-2 1-1 0-0 5-6 fg-a fg-a 2-10 6-16 3-10 ecords 11-17 24-58 33-53 ......

...... R NIT ...... 3,295 . . ational ...... N the Free Throws Made Throws Free Attempted Throws Free Percentage Throw Free Points Rebounds Assists Blocked Shots Steals Individual Highs Field Goals Made Attempted Field Goals ...... Pct. Made Throws Free Attempted Throws Free Pct. FT Points ...... Rebounds ...... Assists Blocked Shots Steals Highs Team Field Goals Made Attempted Field Goals Field Goal Percentage (19-13) Toledo (f) Keonta Howell (f) Valencia Florentino (g) Kashif Payne (g) Justin Ingram (g) Ridley Johnson Amos Jonathan Brent Dover Young Jerrah Kent Tyrone Shane Ross Totals Florida State (21-12) (f) Thornton Al Uche Echefu (f) Isaiah Swann (g) Douglas (g) Toney Jason Rich (g) Josue Soto Ralph Mims Allen Jerel Casaan Breeden Brian Hoff Matt Zitani Reid Ryan Totals Toledo Florida State Attendance:

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ostseason 1st Round P 24 vs. Iowa (3/10/79) 28 vs. Iowa (3/10/79) 41 vs. Iowa (3/10/79)

oledo 41 vs. Florida State (3/7/80) 73 vs. Florida State (3/7/80) 91 vs. Florida State (3/7/80) T

Tallahassee, FL Tallahassee, 18 vs. Notre Dame (3/16/79)

45 vs. Virginia Tech (3/11/67) Tech Virginia 45 vs.

9 by Stan Joplin vs. Iowa (3/10/79)

69.2 (9/13) vs. Florida State (3/7/80) 17 by Dick Miller vs. Iowa (3/10/79) 14 by Dick Miller vs. Iowa (3/10/79) ment ourna

56.2 (41 of 73) vs. Ball State (3/1/80)

oledo 14 by Phil Martin vs. Penn State (3/9/54)

ment ourna 6 by Jay Lehman vs. Florida State (3/7/80)

14 by Steve Mix vs. Virginia Tech (3/11/67) Tech Virginia 14 by Steve Mix vs. 10 by Jim Swaney vs. Florida State (3/7/80) 17 by Jim Swaney vs. Florida State (3/7/80) T 26 by Jim Swaney vs. Notre Dame (3/16/79) 10 by Jim Swaney vs. Notre Dame (3/16/79)

17 by John Brisker vs. Virginia Tech (3/11/67) Tech Virginia 17 by John Brisker vs. 10 by Harvey Knuckles vs. Florida State (3/7/80) Seven-time Mid-American Conference Champions 100.0 (6/6) by Jim Swaney vs. Notre Dame (3/16/79)

...... 714 (10/14) by Jim Swaney vs. Notre Dame (3/16/79) ......

...... 714 (10/14) by Harvey Knuckles vs. Florida State (3/7/80) .714 (10/14) by Harvey Knuckles vs. Florida State . . NCAA T ...... 2007 NIT T 2007 ...... Florida State 77 Florida 61 Toledo ...... Toledo managed to cut Toledo its deficit to 45-36 with 15:22 left on two free throws Justin Ingram led the Rockets with 17 points, while Keonta Howell and Flo first-roundFuture draftNBA Al leading Thornton pick scorer ACC’s and the Tallahassee, FL - Toledo saw its memorable season come to an end with a 77-61 77-61 a with end an to come season memorable its saw Toledo - FL Tallahassee, ...... midway through the first half. by Howell, Thornton but responded with a dunk and Florida State steadily built its lead to as many as 18 points. scored 24 points to lead Florida State. The Seminoles led 39-23 at the half behind 15 behind half the at 39-23 led Seminoles The State. Florida lead to points 24 scored points from Thornton, who went scoreless the first 5:36 of the game before break ing loose. In a span of just Thornton 2:33, scored four baskets, assisted on another, blocked a shot and grabbed a pair of rebounds as the Seminoles took a 20-13 lead scorers to play on the same team in Ingram school finishedhistory. his career with 1,277 points and Howell with 1,144 points. with Valencia 1,494 points, The Rockets captured their first Mid-American Conference regular-season title in 27 in title regular-season Conference Mid-American first their captured Rockets The mark and finished with an overall record of 19-13. years with a 14-2 league 1,000-point three first the became trio senior The apiece. 13 added Valencia rentino Tournament. Invitation National 2007 the of round first the in State Florida at setback

Rebounds Assists Fouls Free Throws Attempted Throws Free Percentage Throw Free Points Field Goals Attempted Field Goals Field Goal Percentage Made Throws Free Team Highs Team Field Goals Made ...... Assists FT Pct. FT Points Rebounds ...... Made Throws Free Attempted Throws Free ...... Attempted Field Goals ...... Field Goal Pct. Individual Highs Field Goals Made ...... University Records History 2007-08 ReviewOpponents Players Coaches Outlook 132 Dennis Spencer, men’s golf Marty Slovak,football Bart Quinn,men’s basketball John Niezgoda,football Len Matuszek, baseball/men’s basketball Aaron Hopkins,men’s track Dave Hamler, football/men’s track 1985 Class Ken Swartz,men’s tennis George Machoukas,football , football/men’s basketball coach Dave Connelly, coach/athleticdirector Emerson Cole,football 1984 Class Ted Zuchowski,football Mel Triplett, football Dick Leffler, wrestling Frank X.Lauterbur, footballcoach/AD Tom Kozelko,men’s basketball 1983 Class John Schneider, football Mel Long,football Harold Dunn,football/men’s track Warren Densmore,football/men’s track 1982 Class Jim Ray, men’s basketball Frank Clemons,men’s bb/football/track Bill Backensto,men’s bb/baseball Dodge Alexander, football/men’s track 1981 Class Dick Wilson, wrestling Frank Pizza,football Phil Martin,men’s basketball Pete Kramer, football/men’s tennis Dick Craig,football/men’s track 1980 Class Dick Torio, football/wrestling Bob Hayes,football/men’s bb/track Gene Cook,men’s bb/baseball/football Mike Carman,football Bill Buss,men’s golf 1979 Class Greg Wojciechowski, wrestling Arnold Straka,men’s bb/baseball Francis Maher, football Chuck Ealey, football Harold Anderson, men’s bbcoach 1978 Class Gib Stick,football/men’s basketball Joe Scalzo,wrestling James Pierce,football/men’s track Bob Nash,football/men’s bb/baseball Steve Mix,basketball Harry Lanzi,football/wrestling Larry Jones,men’s bb/baseball/track Curtis Johnson,football Dick Huston,football/baseball Chuck Harmon,men’s bb/baseball Dean Eisner, men’s tennis Charlie Cupp,men’s bb/baseball Chuck Chuckovits,men’s basketball Cal Christensen,men’s basketball Tom Beutler, football 1977 Class V 2008-09 Toledo Basketball -Building Excitement a rsity Mike Ducey, men’s tennis Jerry Bush,men’s basketballcoach 1986 Class Julius Taormina, football Mike Rachuba,baseball Bob Nichols,men’s basketball/coach Mike Kennedy, football Pat Hintz,men’s basketball Jim Day, football 1994 Class John Rapparlie,men’s basketball/baseball Ned Miklovic,men’s basketball/football John Meier, men’s golf Harvey Knuckles,men’s basketball Roland Gandy, teamphysician Brian Eisner, tenniscoach Jim Cox,men’s basketball 1993 Class John Papcun,men’s basketball John Muenzer, men’s swimming Tami Johnston,softball Ned Hein,teamphysician Barney J.Hein,baseball/teamphysician T. DaleCrow, men’s basketball Ken Crots,football Roger Coe,baseball 1992 Class Don Wem, wrestling Joe Schwartz,football Roland Moss,football Bill Jones,men’s basketball Roy Hummel,men’s basketball John Allen, men’s crosscountry 1991 Class Don Wyper, football/wrestling Jim Swaney, men’s basketball Jim Nice,headathletictrainer Steve Kerlin,wrestling Ken Keller, football/men’s basketball Linda Janicki,women’s basketball Bob Gerber, men’s basketball 1990 Class Clarence Spears,footballcoach John F. Savage,administrator Dr. RobertPocotte,baseball John Pilewski,baseball Tim Hirt, men’s golf Richard Gordon,football Dick Bonacci,wrestling 1989 Class Jim Thibert, football Lenny Rhodes,men’s basketball Jim Nicholson,footballcoach Dick Miller, men’s basketball Chuck Hardy, football/men’s track Al Alvarez, men’s basketball/baseball 1988 Class Ray Wolford, men’s basketball Jerry Welling, football Gene Swick,football Merrill Solowin,wrestling Eddie Melvin,men’s basketballcoach Don Fair, football 1987 Class Lee Pete,football/baseball George Patterson,men’s basketball Earl Kaiser, men’s basketball/track Paul Elzey, football/wrestling ‘T’A thletic Robert Dixon,football Al Baker, football 1998 Class Dallas Zuber, men’s basketball Kelly Savage,women’s basketball Adam Najarian,football Jack Murphy, footballcoach Stan Clarke,baseball Dan Bukovich,football Mark Brandon,football 1997 Class Vern Smith,assistantfootballcoach/AD Dan Simrell,football/headfootballcoach Max Gerber, sportsinformationdirector David Hardy, football/asst.footballcoach Larry Cole,men’s basketball Patty Barrett,softball/women’s volleyball 1996 Class Gene Stauber, football/asst.footballcoach Paul Peer, baseball John Pazdzior, men’s basketball Don Kotnik,men’s golf/golfcoach/football Stan Joplin,men’s basketball Tom Duncan, football Bob Caverly, football 1995 Class Tony Wolodzko, football/baseball Sam Tisci, football/baseball Sylvester “Sonny”Smith,football/baseball Tom Marsh,baseball Murray Guttman,men’s basketball/baseball Kelvin Farmer, football Candy Campbell,women’s track Calvin Bostic,men’s track 2002 Class Tim Selgo,men’s basketball Leigh Ross,softball Frank Kralik,football/UT historian A.C. Jenkins,football Jim Gray, football/men’s track Dana Drew-Shaw, women’s basketball Jim Blanchard,men’s swimming 2001 Class Dan Williams, football Myron Shapiro,wrestling Ken Moyer, football Jay Lehman,men’s basketball Latoja Harris,women’s basketball Bob Graney, equipmentmanager Ken Epperson,men’s basketball 2000 Class Kim Sekulski,women’s basketball A.J. Sager, football/baseball Tim Reiser, men’s basketball Gary Hinkson,football Marshall Carlson,men’s basketball/golf Frank Baker, football 1999 Class Haru Kimura Thompson, secretary Stan Sanders,baseballcoach Clarence “Red”Palm,football Rhonda King-Randolph,softball H and Varsity ‘T’ President all

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Bob Rose,football Ted Ossoff, men’s golf Ryan Huzjak,football Kim Knuth-Klaer, women’s basketball Andy Fisher, men’s basketball Kimberly D’Angelo-Jones,women’s basketball Bill Bronikowski,baseball John Brandeberry, footballcoach 2005 Class Cheryl Sprangel,softballcoach Mimi Olson,women’s basketball Casey McBeth,football Mike Larsen,men’s basketball David Krol,baseball Fred Zimmerman,football Don Whiting, baseball Colin Westrich, football Sara Vergote, women’s crosscountry/track Mike Tippenhauer, baseball Greg Stempin,men’s basketball Steve Schnitkey, football John Ross,football Mel Miller, football/track&field Occie Burt,football/baseball 2008 Class Doward Williamson, men’s track/cross country Chester Taylor, football Brenda Steinbrunner-Vonderwell, softball Dave Speicher, men’s basketball Don Seymour, football Neal Mersch,baseball Tim McCann, men’s swimming Mike Karabin,baseball Ron Junko,wrestling Kahli Carter-Wilson, women’s basketball 2007 Class Ted Williams, men’s basketball Wasean Tait, football Jane Roman,women’s basketball Henry Patterson,men’s track&field Erin Jamieson,women’s swimming Lisa DonnellyDenstorff, women’s tennis Aaron Bivins,football 2006 Class Melvin Tucker, footballandbaseball George Grailer, football/men’s basketball Matt Eberflus,football Angela Drake,women’s basketball Dan Draeger, men’s swimming 2004 Class Jerry Wager, wrestling Craig Thames, men’s basketball Reyna Smith,women’s swimming&diving Andy McCollum,football Byron Harris,men’s track Bill Fennelly, women’s basketballcoach Don Baker, football 2003 Class a me