2020–21 Toledo Rockets men's basketball team

2020–21 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
	† 2021 MAC Tournament winner ; As of February 6, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

Toledo Rockets men's basketball
2020–21 Toledo Rockets men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
	West Division
2020–21 record	16–5 (11–2 MAC)
Head coach	Tod Kowalczyk (11th season);
Assistant coaches	Jeff Massey; Walter Offutt; Justin Ingram;
Home arena	Savage Arena

The 2020–21 Toledo Rockets men's basketball team represent the University of Toledo during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rockets, led by 11th-year head coach Tod Kowalczyk, play their home games at Savage Arena, as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Gavin Bizeau	0	F	6'11"	210	Sophomore	Plainfield, IN	Transferred to Marian University[1]
T. J. Smith	1	F	6'8"	195	Freshman	Matteson, IL	Transferred to Barry[2]
Aaron Etherington	2	F	6'6"	195	Freshman	Fishers, IN	Transferred to Indianapolis[3]
Donavan Moore	5	G	6'3"	175	Freshman	Hillsboro, IL	Transferred to Green Bay[4]
Dylan Alderson	21	G	6'5"	205	Junior	Clarkston, MI	Transferred to Indiana Wesleyan[5]
Willie Jackson	23	F	6'6"	215	Senior	Cleveland, OH	Graduated
Luke Knapke	30	C	6'11"	245	Senior	Maria Stein, OH	Graduated

2020 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Ryan Rollins #85 SG	Macomb, MI	Dakota	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Nov 13, 2019
Ryan Rollins #85 SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports:
Jamere Hill SG	Joliet, IL	Joliet West	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jan 11, 2020
Jamere Hill SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Ra'Heim Moss SG	Springfield, OH	SPIRE Academy	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Nov 30, 2019
Ra'Heim Moss SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2020 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2020-12-02.

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Setric Millner Jr.	2	F	6'6"	205	Junior	Little Rock, AR	Transferred from Northwest Florida State College. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.[6]
J.T. Shumate	32	F	6'7"	210	Junior	Newark, OH	Transferred from Walsh University. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.[6]
Jonathan Komagum	35	F	6'9"	215	Junior	London, England	Transferred from Williston State College. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.[6]

Roster

2020–21 Toledo Rockets men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Ra'Heim Moss	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Fr	SPIRE Academy	Springfield, OH
G	1	Jamere Hill	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Joliet West	Joliet, IL
F	2	Setric Millner Jr.	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Northwest Florida State College	Little Rock, AR
G	3	Marreon Jackson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sr	Garfield Heights	Cleveland, OH
G	4	Mattia Acunzo	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	RS Fr	Kennedy Catholic	Sardinia, Italy
G	5	Ryan Rollins	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Dakota	Macomb, MI
G	11	Spencer Litleson	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Rochester Adams Duquesne	Rochester Hills, MI
F	12	Luke Maranka	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	Grand Rapids Angels Homeschool	Ada, MI
F	15	A. J. Edu	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	South Gloucestershire and Stroud College	Colchester, England
G	22	Blake Williams (W)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	St. John's Jesuit	Holland, OH
G	24	Keshaun Saunders	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	RS So	Orangeville Prep	Brampton, ON
F	32	J.T. Shumate	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	Newark Walsh University	Newark, OH
F	35	Jonathan Komagum	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Williston State College	London, England

Head coach

Tod Kowalczyk (Minnesota Duluth)

Assistant coach(es)

Jeff Massey (Xavier)
Walter Offutt (Ohio)
Justin Ingram (Toledo)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 25, 2020* 3:15 p.m.	vs. Bradley Xavier Invitational	L 59–61	0–1	17 – Millner Jr.	7 – Komagum	4 – Jackson	Cintas Center (111) Cincinnati, OH
November 26, 2020* 3:15 p.m.	vs. Oakland Xavier Invitational	W 80–53	1–1	24 – Littleson	9 – Millner Jr.	8 – Jackson	Cintas Center (36) Cincinnati, OH
November 27, 2020* 12:00 p.m., FS1	at Xavier Xavier Invitational	L 73–76	1–2	20 – Rollins	15 – Millner Jr.	6 – Jackson	Cintas Center (300) Cincinnati, OH
December 1, 2020* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3	Cleveland State	W 70–61	2–2	17 – Millner Jr.	11 – Komagum	5 – Jackson	Savage Arena (0) Toledo, OH
December 4, 2020 7:00 p.m., ESPN3	at Eastern Michigan	W 91–74	3–2 (1–0)	20 – Jackson	7 – Saunders	5 – Jackson	Convocation Center (0) Ypsilanti, MI
December 9, 2020 7:00 p.m., FS1	at No. 19 Michigan	L 71–91	3–3	14 – Millner Jr.	6 – Millner Jr.	4 – Rollins	Crisler Center (0) Ann Arbor, MI
December 12, 2020* ESPN3	Kansas City	W 64–57	4–3	17 – Millner Jr.	10 – Millner Jr.	3 – Millner Jr.	Savage Arena (0) Toledo, OH
December 16, 2020* 6:00 p.m., C-USA TV	at Marshall	W 96–87 ^OT	5–3	23 – Jackson	13 – Rollins	8 – Jackson	Cam Henderson Center (1,222) Huntington, WV
December 19, 2020* 2:00 p.m.	Valparaiso	W 71–55	6–3	18 – Jackson	8 – Littleson	5 – Jackson	Savage Arena (0) Toledo, OH
Mid-American regular season
December 22, 2020 2:00 p.m., ESPN3	Northern Illinois	W 78–55	7–3 (2–0)	18 – Littleson	11 – Rollins	6 – Millner Jr.	Savage Arena (0) Toledo, OH
January 2, 2021 2:00 p.m., ESPN3	at Western Michigan	W 70–59	8–3 (3–0)	20 – Rollins	9 – Shumate	4 – Jackson	University Arena (0) Kalamazoo, MI
January 5, 2021 6:00 p.m., ESPN3	at Kent State	W 84–82	9–3 (4–0)	26 – Littleson	6 – Rollins	5 – Jackson	Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (0) Kent, OH
January 8, 2021 6:30 p.m., CBSSN	Ohio	W 95–78	10–3 (5–0)	18 – Jackson	7 – Millner Jr.	6 – Jackson	Savage Arena (0) Toledo, OH
January 12, 2021 7:00 p.m., ESPN3	Eastern Michigan	W 96–63	11–3 (6–0)	20 – Saunders	7 – Millner Jr.	5 – Jackson	Savage Arena (0) Toledo, OH
January 16, 2021 2:00 p.m., ESPN3	at Akron	L 94–95 ^OT	11–4 (6–1)	24 – Jackson	9 – Jackson	10 – Jackson	Rhodes Arena (0) Akron, OH
January 19, 2021 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Central Michigan	W 89-72	12-4 (7-1)	25 – Rollins	7 – Rollins	9 – Jackson	Savage Arena (0) Toledo, OH
January 23, 2021 12:00 p.m., ESPN3	Kent State	W 76-74	13-4 (8-1)	31 – Jackson	6 – Millner Jr.	5 – Jackson	Savage Arena (0) Toledo, OH
January 26, 2021 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Miami (OH)	W 90-81	14-4 (9-1)	33 – Shumate	5 – Rollins	6 – Rollins	Millett Hall (0) Oxford, OH
January 30, 2021 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Bowling Green	W 84-66	15-4 (10-1)	19 – Littleson	12 – Jackson	7 – Jackson	Stroh Center (0) Bowling Green, OH
February 2, 2021 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Akron	W 91-76	16-4 (11-1)	25 – Shumate	11 – Jackson	8 – Jackson	Savage Arena (0) Toledo, OH
February 6, 2021 12:00 p.m., CBSSN	at Ball State	L 67–81	16–5 (11–2)	13 – Shumate	8 – Millner Jr.	4 – Jackson	Worthen Arena (0) Muncie, IN
February 9, 2021 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Northern Illinois	Postponed due to COVID-19					Convocation Center (-) DeKalb, IL
February 13, 2021 2:00 p.m., ESPN3	Bowling Green			Savage Arena Toledo, OH
February 16, 2021 7:00 p.m., ESPN3	Miami (OH)			Savage Arena Toledo, OH
February 19, 2021 9:00 p.m., ESPN2	at Buffalo			Alumni Arena Amherst, NY
February 27, 2021 TBD, ESPN3	Western Michigan			Savage Arena Toledo, OH
March 2, 2021 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Central Michigan			McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, MI
March 5, 2021 TBD, ESPN3	Ball State			Savage Arena Toledo, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

"NO. 12 KNIGHTS PULL AWAY FROM REDSTORM". University of Rio Grande. November 17, 2020. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
Perez, Rainier (May 5, 2020). "BarryU Hoops Signs Second DI Transfer - T.J. Smith". Barry Buccaneers. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
Neddenriep, Kyle (April 28, 2020). "Basketball recruiting notebook: Plenty of transfer news involving Indy-area players". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
Venci, Scott (April 23, 2020). "UWGB men's basketball team adds former Toledo guard". Green Bay Press-Gazette. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
"#32 Dylan Alderson". Indiana Wesleyan Wildcats. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
Buckey, Brian (April 17, 2020). "Toledo basketball reloads with seven-man recruiting class". Toledo Blade. Retrieved December 2, 2020.

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[1] "NO. 12 KNIGHTS PULL AWAY FROM REDSTORM". University of Rio Grande. November 17, 2020. Retrieved November 28, 2020.

[2] Perez, Rainier (May 5, 2020). "BarryU Hoops Signs Second DI Transfer - T.J. Smith". Barry Buccaneers. Retrieved November 28, 2020.

[3] Neddenriep, Kyle (April 28, 2020). "Basketball recruiting notebook: Plenty of transfer news involving Indy-area players". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved November 28, 2020.

[4] Venci, Scott (April 23, 2020). "UWGB men's basketball team adds former Toledo guard". Green Bay Press-Gazette. Retrieved November 28, 2020.

[5] "#32 Dylan Alderson". Indiana Wesleyan Wildcats. Retrieved November 28, 2020.

[buckey-6] Buckey, Brian (April 17, 2020). "Toledo basketball reloads with seven-man recruiting class". Toledo Blade. Retrieved December 2, 2020.

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