College Basketball - Horizon League
Cleveland State Vikings
| Location: Cleveland, OH University Founded: 1964 Enrollment: 16,245  Nickname: Vikings Mascot: Magnus School Colors: Forest green and white Joined the Horizon L: 1994 Varsity Teams: 17 U. President: Dr. Michael Schwartz Director of Athletics: Krenzler Field Basketball Head Coach: Gary Waters Conference Titles: Summit Reg. Sea: 1985, '86, '93 Summit Tournament: 1986 Basketball Arena: Wolstein Center Current Capacity: 13,610 First Year of Basketball: 1929 |
The school men’s basketball team is known as the Cleveland State Vikings. The Vikings have been in NCAA Division I since 1972 and since 1994 the Vikings have been part of the Horizon Conference.
Amongst some to the school’s most accomplished coaches are: Ray Dieringer with a record of 150-210, Kevin Mackey with a record of 142-69 and finally Rollie Massimino with a record of 90-113.
The current team’s coach is Gary Waters and assistants Jayson Gee, Larry DeSimpelare, Jermaine Kimbrough, and Bill Buck.
The Vikings have won the conference titles with former conferences in 1985, 1986,and 1993.
The Vikings play their home games at the Wolstein Center. Among some of the players listed in the current roster are: George Tandy, Chris Moore, Cole Norris, and Joe Latas just to mention some. Coach Gary Waters expected a good season with this roster on this period 2008-09.
Cleveland State 2009/2010 Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Time/Result |
| 13-Nov | at St. Bonaventure | L 72-62 |
| 16-Nov | Wilmington OH | W 99-74 |
| 19-Nov | Florida A&M | W 78-64 |
| 21-Nov | Sam Houston State | W 80-65 |
| 24-Nov | vs. No. 5 Kentucky | L 73-49 |
| 25-Nov | vs. Virginia | L 76-65 |
| 28-Nov | Wichita State | L 69-54 |
| 3-Dec | at Wright State | L 73-64 |
| 5-Dec | at Detroit | L 69-62 |
| 12-Dec | Wilberforce | W 113-61 |
| 15-Dec | Robert Morris | L 78-70 |
| 19-Dec | No. 6 West Virginia | L 80-78 |
| 22-Dec | at No. 17 Ohio State | L 72-59 |
| 29-Dec | at No. 12 Kansas State | L 85-56 |
| 2-Jan | at Youngstown State | W 70-48 |
| 7-Jan | Loyola (IL) | W 62-57 |
| 9-Jan | Illinois-Chicago | W 70-63 |
| 14-Jan | at No. 22 Butler | L 64-55 |
| 16-Jan | at Valparaiso | L 78-71 |
| 22-Jan | Green Bay | W 64-50 |
| 24-Jan | Milwaukee | W 73-72 |
| 30-Jan | Youngstown State | W 77-69 |
| 4-Feb | at Illinois-Chicago | W 74-63 |
| 6-Feb | at Loyola (IL) | W 59-56 |
| 11-Feb | Valparaiso | W 80-71 |
| 13-Feb | No. 15 Butler | 2:00 PM ET |
| 16-Feb | at Green Bay | 8:00 PM ET |
| 18-Feb | at Milwaukee | 8:30 PM ET |
| 20-Feb | Toledo | TBA |
| 25-Feb | Detroit | 7:30 PM ET |
| 27-Feb | Wright State | 2:00 PM ET |