2010–11 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2010–11 Cleveland State Vikings Cleveland State Vikings wordmark.svg 250 Horizon League Horizon 27–9 13–5 Gary Waters Jayson Gee Larry DeSimpelare Jermaine Kimbrough Wolstein Center Horizon League Regular Season Co-Champions NIT Second Round The 2010–11 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team represented Cleveland State University in the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Gary Waters. The Vikings played their home games at the Wolstein Center and are members of the Horizon League. It was the 80th season of Cleveland State basketball. They finished the season 27–9, 13–5 in Horizon League play to share the regular season conference title with Butler and Milwaukee. They lost in the semifinals of the 2011 Horizon League men's basketball tournament to Butler. They were invited to the 2011 National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Vermont before falling to the College of Charleston in the second round. Preseason The preseason Horizon League Coaches' Poll picked the Vikings to finish third.http://horizonleague.org/blog/butler-unanimous-favorite-mack-chosen-player-of-the-year-in-mens-basketball-preseason-poll.html?page=3&sport_id=2&types[]=2 Butler Unanimous Favorite, Mack Chosen Player of the Year in Men's Basketball Preseason Poll Horizon League 2010-12-04 2010-10-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20110102184409/http://horizonleague.org/blog/butler-unanimous-favorite-mack-chosen-player-of-the-year-in-mens-basketball-preseason-poll.html?page=3&sport_id=2&types%5B%5D=2 2011-01-02 dead Norris Cole was named to the preseason all-Horizon League 1st team. Regular season On November 29, 2010 Cleveland State received their first point in the AP Top 25 poll for the season, that had them 41st.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2011/week/4/seasontype/2 2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Week 4 (Dec. 5) ESPN 2010-11-29 2010-12-04 The lone point came from Steve Deshazo of The Free Lance-Star.http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/external/onlinenews.ap.org/top25_basketball/men/index.php?SITE=AP&name=DESHAZO News from the Associated Press; Steve Deshazo Frlnce Star, FdrksbrgVA ESPN 2010-12-04 2010-11-29 The game time of the February 5 game against Butler was changed from 2:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m. to accommodate a broadcast on ESPN2. The attendance at the Butler @ Cleveland State game on February 5 was 8,490. That is the 6th largest home attendance ever for a Cleveland State basketball game. Roster 2010 Cleveland State Vikings y Anthony Wells 1 G 6 1 180 so Shaker Heights, OH Keith Mackie 2 G 5 11 165 fr Westland, MI 3 Trevon Harmon G 6 1 170 Jr Pasadena, CA Devon Long 4 F 6 7 260 Fr Detroit, MI Jeremy Montgomery 5 G 6 2 190 Jr Chicago, IL Sebastian Douglas 11 g 6 4 200 fr Houston, TX Darius Ware 13 g 6 3 195 fr Bloomfield Hills, MI Charlie Woods 20 f 6 7 200 so Lansing, MI Josh McCoy 22 g 6 4 180 so St. Peters, MO Ludovic Ndaye 24 f 6 9 230 fr Montreal, PQ Norris Cole basketball y 30 g 6 2 170 sr Dayton, OH D'Aundray Brown 32 g 6 4 185 sr Youngstown, OH Tim Kamczyc y 33 f 6 6 195 so Strongsville, OH Aaron Pogue 44 f 6 9 275 jr Dayton, OH Joe Latas 51 C 6 11 280 jr Cleveland, OH Gary Waters (Ferris State) Jayson Gee (Charleston) Larry DeSimpelare (Spring Arbor) Jermaine Kimbrough (Virginia Tech) http://www.csuvikings.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/clst-m-baskbl-mtt.html 2010-11-11 Schedule 2010-11 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2010 yes yes |- !colspan=9| Exhibition November 8 yes 2010 Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets Baldwin Wallace Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH 68–39 |- !colspan=9| Regular season November 12 7:30 PM yes 2010 Bryant Bulldogs Bryant Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH World Vision Basketball Classic 71–57 1–0 1,450 November 13 6:00 PM yes Iona Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH World Vision Basketball Classic 78–68 2–0 1,561 November 14 6:00 PM yes Kent State Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH World Vision Basketball Classic 69–66 3–0 2,805 November 15 7:00 PM yes 2010 Urbana Blue Knights Urbana Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH 83–49 4–0 1,411 November 19 8:05 PM yes yes Louisiana–Lafayette Cajundome Lafayette, LA 60–55 5–0 3,689 November 24 7:00 PM yes yes Akron James A. Rhodes Arena Akron, OH STO 64–51 6–0 2,716 November 27 6:00 PM yes St. Bonaventure Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH 69–51 7–0 2,214 November 29 6:00 PM yes Robert Morris Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH 58–53 8–0 1,841 December 2 8:00 PM yes Green Bay Resch Center Green Bay, WI 83–75 9–0 1–0 2,305 December 4 8:00 PM yes Milwaukee U.S. Cellular Arena Milwaukee, WI 82–59 10–0 2–0 2,946 December 7 7:00 PM yes 2010 West Virginia Tech Golden Bears West Virginia Tech Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH 94–62 11–0 2,011 December 11 4:30 PM yes yes 2010 Sam Houston State Bearkats Sam Houston State Bernard Johnson Coliseum Huntsville, TX 74–62 12–0 1,195 December 18 2:00 PM yes yes West Virginia WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV ESPN3 63–74 12–1 11,235 December 22 7:00 PM yes South Florida Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH 69–62 13–1 4,711 December 30 7:00 PM Loyola Chicago Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH 73–55 14–1 3–0 4,044 January 1 2:00 PM UIC Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH 83–59 15–1 4–0 2,142 January 7 7:00 PM yes Butler Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN ESPNU 56–79 15–2 4–1 7,071 January 9 2:35 PM yes Valparaiso Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN 58–64 15–3 4–2 3,776 January 15 7:05 PM yes Youngstown State Beeghly Center Youngstown, OH 61–51 16–3 5–2 4,302 January 20 7:30 PM Detroit Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH 81–69 17–3 6–2 3,518 January 22 2:00 PM Wright State Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH 65–46 18–3 7–2 4,615 January 27 8:00 PM yes UIC UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL 63–49 19–3 8–2 3,197 January 29 4:00 PM yes Loyola Chicago Joseph J. Gentile Center Chicago, IL 81–70 20–3 9–2 3,127 February 3 7:00 PM Valparaiso Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH 76–65 21–3 10–2 4,472 February 5 12:00 PM Butler Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH ESPN2 61–73 21–4 10–3 8,590 February 7 7:00 PM yes Detroit Calihan Hall Detroit, MI 78–81 21–5 10–4 2,356 February 12 2:00 PM Youngstown State Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH 86–76 22–5 11–4 3,875 February 16 7:00 PM yes Wright State Nutter Center Dayton, OH 74–72 23–5 12–4 5,768 February 20 1:00 PM yes yes Old Dominion Ted Constant Convocation Center Norfolk, VA ESPNU Bracketbusters ESPN 2 63–74 23–6 12–4 8,328 February 24 7:00 PM Milwaukee Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH 83–87 23–7 12–5 3,449 February 26 2:00 PM Green Bay Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH 64–57 24–7 13–5 4,923 |- !colspan=9| Horizon League tournament March 1 7:00 PM 3 UIC 10 Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH First Round HLN 73–61 25–7 1,161 March 4 6:00 PM yes 3 Wright State 6 U.S. Cellular Arena Milwaukee, WI Quarterfinals ESPN3 73–59 26–7 - March 5 6:00 PM yes 3 Butler 2 U.S. Cellular Arena Milwaukee, WI Semifinals ESPNU 68–76 26–8 - |- !colspan=9| 2011 National Invitation Tournament March 15 7:00 PM yes 2 VT Vermont 7 VT Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH First Round ESPN3 63–60 1,472 27–8 March 19 2:00 PM yes 2 VT College of Charleston 6 VT Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH Second Round ESPNU 56–64 2,077 27–9 AP Poll Eastern Time VT NIT Virginia Tech Bracket Rankings 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. rv=Others receiving votes. 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Week 13 (Jan. 31) ESPN 2011-02-03 2011-01-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20110227072401/http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2011/poll/2/week/13/seasontype/2 27 February 2011 liveNR Mid-Major 25http://www.allkyhoops.com/2010/11/murray-state-wku-in-mid-major-top-25.html Murray State, WKU in Mid-Major Top 25, Racers No. 5 AllKyHoops.com CollegeInsider.com 2010-11-01 2010-12-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20101108032109/http://www.allkyhoops.com/2010/11/murray-state-wku-in-mid-major-top-25.html 8 November 2010 dead 16http://www.allkyhoops.com/2010/11/western-kentucky-climbs-in-mid-major.html Western Kentucky Climbs in Mid-Major Top 25 AllKyHoops.com CollegeInsider.com 2010-11-15 2010-12-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20101119073716/http://www.allkyhoops.com/2010/11/western-kentucky-climbs-in-mid-major.html 2010-11-19 dead 7http://www.allkyhoops.com/2010/11/murray-state-wku-remain-in-mid-major.html Murray State, WKU Remain in Mid-Major Top 25 AllKyHoops.com CollegeInsider.com 2010-11-22 2010-12-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20101230075837/http://www.allkyhoops.com/2010/11/murray-state-wku-remain-in-mid-major.html 2010-12-30 dead 5http://www.allkyhoops.com/2010/11/murray-state-drops-in-mid-major-top-25.html Murray State Drops in Mid-Major Top 25 AllKyHoops.com CollegeInsider.com 2010-11-29 2010-12-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20101203045622/http://www.allkyhoops.com/2010/11/murray-state-drops-in-mid-major-top-25.html 3 December 2010 dead 1http://www.allkyhoops.com/2010/12/morehead-state-eagles-move-into-mid.html Morehead State Eagles Move into Mid-Major Top 25 AllKyHoops.com CollegeInsider.com 2010-12-06 2011-01-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20101210015015/http://www.allkyhoops.com/2010/12/morehead-state-eagles-move-into-mid.html 2010-12-10 dead 1http://www.allkyhoops.com/2010/12/morehead-state-murray-state-remain-in.html Morehead State, Murray State Remain in Mid-Major Top 25 AllKyHoops.com CollegeInsider.com 2010-12-13 2011-01-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20101219100011/http://www.allkyhoops.com/2010/12/morehead-state-murray-state-remain-in.html 2010-12-19 dead 1http://www.allkyhoops.com/2010/12/murray-state-morehead-state-drop-in-mid.html Murray State, Morehead State Drop in Mid-Major Poll AllKyHoops.com CollegeInsider.com 2010-12-20 2011-01-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20101224175720/http://www.allkyhoops.com/2010/12/murray-state-morehead-state-drop-in-mid.html 2010-12-24 dead 1http://www.allkyhoops.com/2010/12/murray-state-holds-at-no-23-in-mid.html Murray State Holds at No. 23 in Mid-Major Top 25 AllKyHoops.com CollegeInsider.com 2010-12-27 2011-01-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20110103062334/http://www.allkyhoops.com/2010/12/murray-state-holds-at-no-23-in-mid.html 2011-01-03 dead 1http://www.allkyhoops.com/2011/01/murray-state-up-one-spot-in-this-weeks.html Murray State Up One Spot in This Week's Mid-Major Top 25 AllKyHoops.com CollegeInsider.com 2011-01-03 2011-01-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20110111112031/http://www.allkyhoops.com/2011/01/murray-state-up-one-spot-in-this-weeks.html 2011-01-11 dead 7http://www.allkyhoops.com/2011/01/murray-morehead-receive-votes-in-mid.html Murray, Morehead Receive Votes in Mid-Major Top 25 AllKyHoops.com CollegeInsider.com 2011-01-10 2011-01-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20110119123939/http://www.allkyhoops.com/2011/01/murray-morehead-receive-votes-in-mid.html 2011-01-19 dead 721691010111112 References 2 Cleveland State Vikings Men's Category:Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball seasons Cleveland State Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball Category:2010 in Cleveland Category:2011 in Cleveland