2011–12 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team

The 2011–12 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team represents Cleveland State University in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Gary Waters. The Vikings play their home games at the Wolstein Center and are members of the Horizon League. It was the 81st season of Cleveland State basketball.

2011–12 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball
NIT, First Round
ConferenceHorizon League
Record22–11 (12–6 Horizon)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jayson Gee
  • Larry DeSimpilare
  • Jermaine Kimbough
Home arenaWolstein Center
Seasons
2011–12 Horizon League men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Valparaiso144 .7782211 .667
Cleveland State126 .6672211 .667
Detroit117 .6112214 .611
Milwaukee117 .6112013 .606
Butler117 .6112214 .611
Youngstown State108 .5561615 .516
Green Bay108 .5561515 .500
Wright State711 .3891319 .406
UIC315 .167822 .267
Loyola Chicago117 .056723 .233
2012 Horizon League Tournament winner
As of March 6, 2012
Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

Last year's team finished the season 27–9, 13–5 in Horizon League play to share the regular season conference title with Butler and Milwaukee. They played in the NIT, advancing to the second round.

Preseason

The preseason Horizon League Coaches' Poll picked the Vikings to finish third with two first place votes behind Butler and Detroit, with 28 and 19 first place votes, respectively.[1]

Regular season

In the preseason rankings Cleveland State received no points or votes in the AP or ESPN/USA Today coaches poll.[2] On November 7, 2011 Cleveland State received 43 points in the AP poll for 29th overall and 13 votes in the coaches poll for a ranking of 35th.[3] On November 14, 2011 Cleveland State received 94 points in the AP poll for a ranking of 26th. In the coaches poll Cleveland State received 20 points for a ranking of 34th.[4]

Roster

2011–12 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightWeightYearHometown
G1Sebastian Douglas6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)200 lb (91 kg)RS FrHouston, TX
G3Trevon Harmon6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)185 lb (84 kg)SrPasadena, CA
F4Devon Long6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)260 lb (118 kg)SoHighland Park, MI
G5Jeremy Montgomery6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)195 lb (88 kg)SrChicago, IL
F15Anton Grady6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)215 lb (98 kg)FrCleveland, OH
F21Marlin Mason6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)210 lb (95 kg)FrDetroit, MI
F24Ludovic Ndaye6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)230 lb (104 kg)SoMontreal, QC, CA
G31Charles Lee5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)160 lb (73 kg)FrMilwaukee, WI
G32D'Aundray Brown6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)195 lb (88 kg)RS SrYoungstown, OH
F33Tim Kamczyc6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)220 lb (100 kg)RS JrStrongsville, OH
G34Ike Nwamu6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)205 lb (93 kg)FrGreensboro, NC
F44Aaron Pogue6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)270 lb (122 kg)RS SrDayton, OH
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: 2011-11-1

Schedule

Date
time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
Nov. 9*
7:00 pm
John CarrollW 88–58 
Wolstein Center (1,583)
Cleveland, OH
Regular season
Nov. 13*
2:00 pm, ESPNU
at No. 7 VanderbiltW 71–58 1–0
Memorial Gymnasium (13,503)
Nashville, TN
Nov. 15*
7:00 pm
Rio GrandeW 86–57 2–0
Wolstein Center (1,871)
Cleveland, OH
Nov. 18*
7:00 pm, HLN
St. BonaventureW 67–64 3–0
Wolstein Center (3,073)
Cleveland, OH
Nov. 22*
7:30 pm
at Kent StateW 57–53 4–0
M.A.C. Center (6,327)
Kent, OH
Nov. 25*
2:30 pm
vs. Boston UniversityW 63–62 5–0
Ryan Center (–)
Kingston, RI
Nov. 26*
2:30 pm
vs. HofstraW 63–53 5–1
Ryan Center (–)
Kingston, RI
Nov. 27*
2:30 pm
at Rhode IslandW 67–45 6–1
Ryan Center (2,737)
Kingston, RI
Dec. 1
7:00 pm, HLN
at Wright StateW 45–43 7–1
(1–0)
Nutter Center (3,349)
Dayton, OH
Dec. 3
2:00 pm, HLN
at DetroitW 66–61 8–1
(2–0)
Calihan Hall (1,880)
Detroit, MI
Dec. 8*
7:00 pm
at Robert MorrisW 62–58 9–1
Sewall Center (1,378)
Moon Township, PA
Dec. 10*
2:00 pm, HLN
AkronW 69–66 10–1
Wolstein Center (4,739)
Cleveland, OH
Dec. 19*
7:00 pm
at South FloridaW 70–55 10–2
St. Pete Times Forum (2,942)
Tampa, FL
Dec. 22*
7:00 pm, HLN
Sam Houston StateW 63–45 11–2
Wolstein Center (2,683)
Cleveland, OH
Dec. 28*
7:00 pm
at ToledoW 72–64 12–2
Savage Arena (4,032)
Toledo, OH
Dec. 31
2:00 pm, HLN
Youngstown StateL 67–73 12–3
(2–1)
Wolstein Center (3,513)
Cleveland, OH
Jan. 5
7:00 pm, HLN
UICW 73–56 13–3
(3–1)
Wolstein Center (2,137)
Cleveland, OH
Jan. 7
2:00 pm, HLN
Loyola (IL)W 69–48 14–3
(4–1)
Wolstein Center (3,107)
Cleveland, OH
Jan. 13
7:05 pm, ESPNU
at ButlerW 76–69 15–3
(5–1)
Hinkle Fieldhouse (7,994)
Indianapolis, IN
Jan. 15
2:35 pm, HLN
at ValparaisoL 66–72 15–4
(5–2)
Athletics–Recreation Center (4,124)
Valparaiso, IN
Jan. 20
8:00 pm, ESPNU
Green BayW 78–68 16–4
(6–2)
Wolstein Center (2,941)
Cleveland, OH
Jan. 22
2:00 pm, HLN
MilwaukeeW 83–57 17–4
(7–2)
Wolstein Center (3,235)
Cleveland, OH
Jan. 28
7:05 pm, HLN
at Youngstown StateW 67–47 18–4
(8–2)
Beeghly Center (6,313)
Youngstown, OH
Feb. 3
9:00 pm, ESPNU
at Loyola (IL)W 65–47 19–4
(9–2)
Gentile Center (2,443)
Chicago, IL
Feb. 5
2:00 pm, HLN
at UICW 70–42 20–4
(10–2)
UIC Pavilion (1,923)
Chicago, IL
Feb. 9
7:00 pm, HLN
ValparaisoL 41–59 20–5
(10–3)
Wolstein Center (4,521)
Cleveland, OH
Feb. 11
11:00 am, ESPN2
ButlerL 49–52 20–6
(10–4)
Wolstein Center (5,021)
Cleveland, OH
Feb. 14
8:00 pm, HLN
at MilwaukeeL 84–86 20–7
(10–5)
US Cellular Arena (3,643)
Milwaukee, WI
Feb. 18*
11:00 am, ESPNU
Drexel
ESPN BracketBusters
L 49–69 20–8
Wolstein Center (2,583)
Cleveland, OH
Feb. 21
8:00 pm, HLN
at Green BayL 67–71 20–9
(10–6)
Resch Center (2,819)
Green Bay, WI
Feb. 23
7:00 pm, HLN
DetroitW 77–64 21–9
(11–6)
Wolstein Center (2,325)
Cleveland, OH
Feb. 25
2:00 pm, HLN
Wright StateW 77–55 22–9
(12–6)
Wolstein Center (3,891)
Cleveland, OH
Horizon League tournament
Mar. 3
6:00 pm, ESPNU/ESPN3
vs. Detroit
Semifinal
L 58–63 22–10
Athletics-Recreation Center (–)
Valparaiso, IN
NIT
Mar. 13
11:00 pm, ESPN2
at Stanford
First Round
L 65–76 22–11
Maples Pavilion (–)
Stanford, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time..

Rankings

Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
PollPreWk 1Wk 2Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5Wk 6Wk 7Wk 8Wk 9Wk 10Wk 11Wk 12Wk 13Wk 14Wk 15Wk 16Wk 17Wk 18Final
APNR[5]RV[6]RV[7]RV[8]RV[9]RV[10]RV[11]NR[12]NR[13]NR[14]NR[15]NR[16]NR[17]RV[18]NR[19]NR[20]NR[21]NR[22]NR[23]
CoachesNR[24]RV[25]RV[26]RV[27]RV[28]NR[29]NR[30]RV[31]NR[32]NR[33]NR[34]NR[35]NR[36]RV[37]NR[38]NR[39]NR[40]NR[41]NR[42]
Mid-Major22435[43]5[44]4[45]4[46]5[47]8[48]8[49]101010[50]1015[51]RV[52]RVRV

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