The Toledo Rockets men's basketball team represents the

University of Toledo The University of Toledo (UToledo or UT) is a public research university in Toledo, Ohio. It is the northernmost campus of the University System of Ohio. The university also operates a Health Science campus, which includes the University of ...

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. The school's team currently competes in the

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. The team last played in the

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. Their current head coach is

Tod Kowalczyk Tod Edward Kowalczyk (born June 19, 1966) is an American college basketball coach and current head men's basketball coach at the University of Toledo. He was the head coach at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay from 2002–10, before acceptin ...

Postseason

NCAA tournament results

The Rockets have appeared in four NCAA Tournaments. Their combined record is 1–4. * In 1979 there were two first-round games in their region prior to the second round but Toledo did not play in a first-round game.

NIT results

The Rockets have appeared in nine

National Invitation Tournament The National Invitational Tournament (NIT) is a men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Played at regional sites and traditionally at Madison Square Garden (Final Four) in New York City ...

s (NIT). Their combined record is 5–12.

CIT results

The Rockets have appeared in one

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(CIT). Their record is 1–1.

CBI results

The Rockets have appeared in one

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(CBI). Their record is 0–1.

CCA/NCIT results

The Rockets appeared in one of the two

National Commissioners Invitational Tournament The National Commissioners Invitational Tournament was an eight-team postseason men's college basketball tournament run by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). It was introduced in 1974 as the Collegiate Commissioners Association T ...

s, in 1974, and went 1-1.

Retired numbers

In 2007, the Rockets retired former forward

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's number 50, making him the first player in program history to have his number retired.

Rockets players in the NBA

John Brisker John Brisker (June 15, 1947 – disappeared April 11, 1978, declared dead May 29, 1985) was an American professional basketball player from Detroit, Michigan who disappeared in Uganda in April 1978. Career A 6'5" forward/ guard who played for th ...

Cal Christensen Calvin Lawrence Christensen (July 8, 1927 – August 31, 2011) was an American basketball player. He played collegiately for the University of Toledo. He was selected by the Tri-Cities Blackhawks in the 5th round of the 1950 NBA draft. He playe ...

* Larry Jones *

Tom Kozelko Thomas William Kozelko (born July 1, 1951) is a retired American basketball player who played briefly in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Kozelko starred at Traverse City Central High School in Traverse City, Michigan and moved on to pl ...

* Phil Martin *

Dick Miller Richard Miller (December 25, 1928 – January 30, 2019) was an American character actor who appeared in more than 180 films, including many produced by Roger Corman. He later appeared in the films of directors who began their careers with Cor ...

* George Patterson *

Jim Ray James Francis Ray (December 1, 1944 – May 26, 2005) was an American right-handed professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1965–1966 and 1968–1974 for the Houston Astros and Detroit Tigers. Born in Roc ...

* Paul Seymour *

Casey Shaw Joseph Casey Shaw (born July 20, 1975) is an American former basketball player who is the head coach of the boys varsity basketball team at Davidson Academy. Prior to his appointment at Davidson, he was an assistant coach for the Vanderbilt Commo ...

References

External links

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