Nov. 21—NASSAU, Bahamas — A 4 a.m. wake-up contact would not sound so undesirable when the remaining destination is the Bahamas.
Welcome to the Toledo men’s basketball team’s Saturday.
The Rockets woke up whilst the moon was higher and roosters slept, departing from the university at 4:30 a.m. for a flight to Atlanta, and then onto Nassau. Their Delta Boeing 737 touched down in the Bahamas at 1:45 p.m., just in time for a light-weight observe at the Baha Mar Performing Arts and Convention Middle.
“Obviously, the MAC championship is on our head, but we just want to get better every video game,” Junior forward Setric Millner, Jr. stated.
Toledo (2-1) plays Charlotte (3-) at noon Monday. The 8-team tournament was reduced to 7 very last week right after Abilene Christian was forced to terminate its journey for the reason that of a coronavirus outbreak on the staff. If UT loses its initial two online games, it will not participate in a third match simply because of the odd variety setup.
“I am searching ahead to studying about our workforce,” Toledo coach Tod Kowalczyk mentioned. “We’re however a younger group. We nonetheless do not know about rotations. We want our youthful guys to continue on to get superior.”
Players ended up swift to exit the converted ballroom where by they practiced, bound for one of the many swimming pools and the seaside at the deluxe Baha Mar Grand Hyatt. If just one of the almost dozen pools is not very good sufficient, you can find a $200-million h2o park. An aquarium with sharks, sea turtles, and stingrays is one more preferred attraction, as nicely as a each day flamingo parade.
Baha Mar, which overlooks Cable Beach front, opened in 2017. The 1,000-acre elaborate has 3 hotels, 2,300 rooms, a on line casino, convention centre, Jack Nicklaus golf training course, and 40 places to eat.
“This has been in the works for various yrs. It was planned very last 12 months but bought canceled since of COVID,” Kowalczyk mentioned. “What a excellent location. What a wonderful put.”
A number of coaches introduced their wives and little ones, and some players’ family members made the excursion. They will try to eat as a big prolonged loved ones on Thanksgiving, a feast that will number a several dozen.
But it can be not all fun and games — at the very least not Marco Polo. You can find basketball to be performed. Asked what the aim of the trip is, junior…
