1968–69 Toledo Rockets men's basketball team

1968–69 Toledo Rockets men's basketball
1968–69 Toledo Rockets men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	13–11 (5–7 Mid-American)
Head coach	Bob Nichols;
Home arena	The Field House
	Seasons ← 1967–68 1969–70 →

The 1968–69 Toledo Rockets men's basketball team represented University of Toledo as a member of the Mid-American Conference during the 1968–69 NCAA University Division men's basketball season.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	50	Steve Mix	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	222 lb (101 kg)	Sr	Toledo, Ohio

Head coach

Bob Nichols

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 30*	Akron	W 61–44	1–0	The Field House Toledo, Ohio
December 6*	Michigan	W 89–76	2–0	The Field House Toledo, Ohio
December 7*	Michigan State	L 80–81	2–1	The Field House Toledo, Ohio
December 12*	vs. Western Kentucky	W 88–65	3–1	New York, New York
December 14*	at St. Bonaventure	L 75–85	3–2	Olean, New York
December 21*	Loyola Marymount	W 96–57	4–2	The Field House Toledo, Ohio
December 28	Marshall	W 98–85	5–2 (1–0)	The Field House Toledo, Ohio
December 30*	San Francisco State	W 97–58	6–2 (1–0)	The Field House Toledo, Ohio
January 2*	Morris Harvey	W 66–62	7–2 (1–0)	The Field House Toledo, Ohio
January 4	Western Michigan	W 67–60	8–2 (2–0)	The Field House Toledo, Ohio
January 11	at Miami (OH)	L 73–77	8–3 (2–1)	Oxford, Ohio
January 18	Ohio	L 86–92	8–4 (2–2)	The Field House Toledo, Ohio
January 22	at Bowling Green State	L 63–64	8–5 (2–3)	Bowling Green, Ohio
January 25	at Western Michigan	W 84–64	9–5 (3–3)	Kalamazoo, Michigan
January 29	Kent State	L 69–72	9–6 (3–4)	The Field House Toledo, Ohio
January 31*	Villanova	L 61–66	9–7 (3–4)	The Field House Toledo, Ohio
February 1*	Virginia Tech	W 105–76	10–7 (3–4)	The Field House Toledo, Ohio
February 5	at Ohio	L 95–98	10–8 (3–5)	Athes, Ohio
February 12*	Detroit	L 90–92	10–9 (3–5)	The Field House Toledo, Ohio
February 15	at Kent State	W 66–58	11–9 (4–5)	Kent, Ohio
February 19	at Marshall	L 83–85	11–10 (4–6)	Huntington, WV
February 22	Bowling Green State	W 88–77	12–10 (5–6)	The Field House Toledo, Ohio
February 25*	Butler	W 96–68	13–10 (5–6)	The Field House Toledo, Ohio
March 1	Miami (OH)	L 65–70	13–11 (5–7)	The Field House Toledo, Ohio
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
5	61	Steve Mix	Detroit Pistons

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References

^ "1968–69 Toledo Rockets Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
^ "1968–69 Toledo Rockets Schedule". UTrockets.com.
^ "1980 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com". Archived from the original on 2010-03-18. Retrieved 2009-05-16.

[1] "1968–69 Toledo Rockets Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

[2] "1968–69 Toledo Rockets Schedule". UTrockets.com.

[3] "1980 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com". Archived from the original on 2010-03-18. Retrieved 2009-05-16.

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