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
2011–12 Horizon League men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Valparaiso14–4 .77822–11  .667
Cleveland State12–6 .66722–11  .667
Detroit †11–7 .61122–14  .611
Milwaukee11–7 .61120–13  .606
Butler11–7 .61122–14  .611
Youngstown State10–8 .55616–15  .516
Green Bay10–8 .55615–15  .500
Wright State7–11 .38913–19  .406
UIC3–15 .1678–22  .267
Loyola Chicago1–17 .0567–23  .233
† 2012 Horizon League Tournament winner
As of March 6, 2012
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

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
G 1 Sebastian Douglas 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)200 lb (91 kg) RS Fr Houston, TX
G 3 Trevon Harmon 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)185 lb (84 kg) Sr Pasadena, CA
F 4 Devon Long 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)260 lb (118 kg) So Highland Park, MI
G 5 Jeremy Montgomery 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)195 lb (88 kg) Sr Chicago, IL
F 15 Anton Grady 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)215 lb (98 kg) Fr Cleveland, OH
F 21 Marlin Mason 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)210 lb (95 kg) Fr Detroit, MI
F 24 Ludovic Ndaye 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)230 lb (104 kg) So Montreal, QC, CA
G 31 Charles Lee 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)160 lb (73 kg) Fr Milwaukee, WI
G 32 D'Aundray Brown 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)195 lb (88 kg) RS Sr Youngstown, OH
F 33 Tim Kamczyc 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)220 lb (100 kg) RS Jr Strongsville, OH
G 34 Ike Nwamu 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)205 lb (93 kg) Fr Greensboro, NC
F 44 Aaron Pogue 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)270 lb (122 kg) RS Sr Dayton, 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# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
Nov. 9*
7:00 pm		 John Carroll W 88–58  –
 Wolstein Center (1,583)
Cleveland, OH
Regular season
Nov. 13*
2:00 pm, ESPNU		 at No. 7 Vanderbilt W 71–58  1–0
 Memorial Gymnasium (13,503)
Nashville, TN
Nov. 15*
7:00 pm		 Rio Grande W 86–57  2–0
 Wolstein Center (1,871)
Cleveland, OH
Nov. 18*
7:00 pm, HLN		 St. Bonaventure W 67–64  3–0
 Wolstein Center (3,073)
Cleveland, OH
Nov. 22*
7:30 pm		 at Kent State W 57–53  4–0
 M.A.C. Center (6,327)
Kent, OH
Nov. 25*
2:30 pm		 vs. Boston University W 63–62  5–0
 Ryan Center (–)
Kingston, RI
Nov. 26*
2:30 pm		 vs. Hofstra W 63–53  5–1
 Ryan Center (–)
Kingston, RI
Nov. 27*
2:30 pm		 at Rhode Island W 67–45  6–1
 Ryan Center (2,737)
Kingston, RI
Dec. 1
7:00 pm, HLN		 at Wright State W 45–43  7–1
(1–0)		 Nutter Center (3,349)
Dayton, OH
Dec. 3
2:00 pm, HLN		 at Detroit W 66–61  8–1
(2–0)		 Calihan Hall (1,880)
Detroit, MI
Dec. 8*
7:00 pm		 at Robert Morris W 62–58  9–1
 Sewall Center (1,378)
Moon Township, PA
Dec. 10*
2:00 pm, HLN		 Akron W 69–66  10–1
 Wolstein Center (4,739)
Cleveland, OH
Dec. 19*
7:00 pm		 at South Florida W 70–55  10–2
 St. Pete Times Forum (2,942)
Tampa, FL
Dec. 22*
7:00 pm, HLN		 Sam Houston State W 63–45  11–2
 Wolstein Center (2,683)
Cleveland, OH
Dec. 28*
7:00 pm		 at Toledo W 72–64  12–2
 Savage Arena (4,032)
Toledo, OH
Dec. 31
2:00 pm, HLN		 Youngstown State L 67–73  12–3
(2–1)		 Wolstein Center (3,513)
Cleveland, OH
Jan. 5
7:00 pm, HLN		 UIC W 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 Butler W 76–69  15–3
(5–1)		 Hinkle Fieldhouse (7,994)
Indianapolis, IN
Jan. 15
2:35 pm, HLN		 at Valparaiso L 66–72  15–4
(5–2)		 Athletics–Recreation Center (4,124)
Valparaiso, IN
Jan. 20
8:00 pm, ESPNU		 Green Bay W 78–68  16–4
(6–2)		 Wolstein Center (2,941)
Cleveland, OH
Jan. 22
2:00 pm, HLN		 Milwaukee W 83–57  17–4
(7–2)		 Wolstein Center (3,235)
Cleveland, OH
Jan. 28
7:05 pm, HLN		 at Youngstown State W 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 UIC W 70–42  20–4
(10–2)		 UIC Pavilion (1,923)
Chicago, IL
Feb. 9
7:00 pm, HLN		 Valparaiso L 41–59  20–5
(10–3)		 Wolstein Center (4,521)
Cleveland, OH
Feb. 11
11:00 am, ESPN2		 Butler L 49–52  20–6
(10–4)		 Wolstein Center (5,021)
Cleveland, OH
Feb. 14
8:00 pm, HLN		 at Milwaukee L 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 Bay L 67–71  20–9
(10–6)		 Resch Center (2,819)
Green Bay, WI
Feb. 23
7:00 pm, HLN		 Detroit W 77–64  21–9
(11–6)		 Wolstein Center (2,325)
Cleveland, OH
Feb. 25
2:00 pm, HLN		 Wright State W 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
AP NR[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]
Coaches NR[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-Major 22 4 3 5[43] 5[44] 4[45] 4[46] 5[47] 8[48] 8[49] 10 10 10[50] 10 15[51] RV[52] RV RV –

References

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