FINDLAY — Every other year, Toledo steps out on a limb and into a bandbox, trading comfort for chaos in one of college basketball’s unique traditions: a charity exhibition at Division II Findlay.

Most coaches would sooner schedule a double root canal than risk losing at a smaller-school neighbor, but Tod Kowalczyk keeps making the drive down I-75 anyway.

I caught the latest trip here Sunday — a 123-103 win for the visitors — and here are our opening impressions on these rebuilt Rockets:

● First things first, I’d heard all about Toledo’s games at Findlay, but this was my first time seeing it live, and the roaring scene did not disappoint.

Croy Gymnasium is a cool old bandbox with 12 rows of bleachers on both sides — the kind of place where the rafters rattle after a big play and, again,

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