The Falcons represented Bowling Green State University, played their home games at the Slater Family Ice Arena and were coached by Ty Eigner in his 5th season.

[2] A little over a month later, an independent investigation discovered that older players had provided alcohol for underaged persons at an off-campus event.

However, due to the nature of the violation, the school's athletic director, Derek van der Merwe, began to directly oversee the program while requiring the coaching staff to receive additional training to prevent a recurrence.

[3] This incident was particularly galling for Bowling Green as the school was still recovering from the 2021 death of Stone Foltz that led to hazing becoming a felony under Ohio state law.

With the offense missing six of its top seven scorers from a year ago, the team desperately needed to be coached into a cohesive unit, something Eigner could not do while suspended.

Beginning in mid-November, Bowling Green started acting like a functional team and was able to earn a split or better for four consecutive weeks.

The losses gave BG a terrible non-conference record and left the Falcons only one path to the NCAA tournament: a conference championship.