{"id":97535,"date":"2026-03-11T03:30:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T07:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?p=97535"},"modified":"2026-03-13T08:57:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T12:57:10","slug":"toledo-mens-basketball-enters-2026-mac-tournament-as-no-4-seed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/03_11_2026\/toledo-mens-basketball-enters-2026-mac-tournament-as-no-4-seed","title":{"rendered":"Toledo Men&#8217;s Basketball Enters 2026 MAC Tournament as No. 4 Seed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Toledo men&#8217;s basketball team will be the No. 4 seed in the 2026 Mid-American Conference Tournament and face No. 5 seed Bowling Green in the quarterfinal round on Thursday, March 12 at Rocket Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. The Rockets will tip off vs. the Falcons 30 minutes after the conclusion of the 11:00 a.m. game (approximately 1:30 p.m.) with streaming on ESPN+.<\/p>\n<p>Toledo split its two meetings versus Bowling Green this season, posting a 73-72 home win on Jan. 24 and dropping an 80-70 decision on the road on Feb. 14.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_97537\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-97537\" class=\"wp-image-97537\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MensBBallMAC.jpeg\" alt=\"In-game photo of men's basketball player Junior Sonny Wilson dribbling the ball around other players.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MensBBallMAC.jpeg 748w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MensBBallMAC-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-97537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Junior Sonny Wilson and the Rockets will meet Bowling Green in the MAC Quarterfinals on Thursday.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With a victory in Thursday&#8217;s quarterfinal, the Rockets would play in Friday&#8217;s first semifinal vs. either No. 1 seed Miami or No. 8 seed UMass at 5 p.m. on the CBS Sports Network. The championship game will be played Saturday at 8 p.m. on ESPN2.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets can be purchased online at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/utrockets.com\/mactournament\">utrockets.com\/mactournament<\/a>, calling 419.530.GOLD or visiting the Rocket Ticket Office in Savage Arena. Only tickets purchased through the Athletic Department will be in the Rocket section of Rocket Arena.<\/p>\n<p>All ticketing is digital per the Rocket Arena and tickets will be transferred prior to each game via email.\u00a0A Rocket Ticket Office representative will be on site at Rocket Arena (Cleveland Cliffs entrance at the corner of Huron Road and E. 6th Street)\u00a0if you need assistance on the day of game. For assistance with digital tickets, fans can call or text 419-530-4653.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PREGAME PARTIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Before both the women&#8217;s and men&#8217;s first tournament games, the UToledo Alumni Association will host pregame parties \u2014 featuring an all-you-can-eat buffet and a cash bar \u2014 at Harry Buffalo, located across the street from Rocket Arena.<\/p>\n<p>The women&#8217;s pregame party starts at 4:30 p.m. today, April 11, approximately two hours before their first game against UMass.<\/p>\n<p>The men&#8217;s pregame party starts at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, April 12, approximately two hours before their first game against BGSU.<\/p>\n<p data-ogsc=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Futoledo.us18.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D1f302b190c0e073f2fc172e10%26id%3D5064654542%26e%3D0b4d17976a&amp;data=05%7C02%7CKirk.Baird%40utoledo.edu%7C7e481f18c79c4c52e5bc08de7eb3fcbc%7C1d6b1707baa94a3da8f8deabfb3d467b%7C0%7C0%7C639087508678078370%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=pyod6AmAq9y6m4Nfkgq8Hdmt5mTiDIHFM818Y20o9s4%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Registration<\/a> is required, with admission $10 for alumni members and $15 for non-members. All pregame party registrations will be cashless this year and game tickets will be sold separately.<\/p>\n<p data-ogsc=\"\">For more information, contact Ansley Abrams-Frederick, director of alumni programming, at 419.530.4316 or <a class=\"ms-outlook-linkify\" href=\"mailto:ansley.abrams@utoledo.edu\" data-ogsc=\"\">ansley.abrams@utoledo.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/03_11_2026\/toledo-mens-basketball-enters-2026-mac-tournament-as-no-4-seed\"><img width=\"120\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MensBBallMAC-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"alignright tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"In-game photo of men&#039;s basketball player Junior Sonny Wilson dribbling the ball around other players.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><p>The Rockets will meet Bowling Green in the MAC Quarterfinals on Thursday at about 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":97537,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,56,1,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97535"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97535"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97579,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97535\/revisions\/97579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}