College Basketball - Mid American Conference

Toledo Rockets

Location: Toledo, OH University Founded: 1872 Enrollment: 21,270 Nickname: Rockets Mascot: Rocky the Rocket School Colors: Midnight Blue and Gold Joined the MAC: 1951 Varsity Teams: 15 U. President: Dr. Lloyd A. Jacobs Director of Athletics: Mike O'Brien Basketball Head Coach: Gene Cross Conference Titles: Reg. Sea: 1954, '67, '72, '79, '80, '81, '99, 2000, '05, '07 Tournament: 1980 Basketball Arena: Savage Hall Current Capacity: 9,000

The school’s men basketball team is known as the Rockets and they have been part of the MAC conference for more than 55 years.

The Rockets have won one post-season conference tournament and 10 regular season conference championships with the MAC, the most recent one in the 2006-07 season.

The 2006-07 period was one of the best for the Rockets who were led by Stan Joplin who is a former Rockets player from the 1970’s.

Gene Cross comes as new coach at the University of Toledo for the 2008-09 campaign and he is famous for his impressive history of recruiting success.

Toledo 2009/10 Schedule

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