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2010–11 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team

2010–11 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball
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Horizon League Regular Season Co-Champions
NIT, Second Round
Conference Horizon League
2010–11 record 27–9 (13–5 Horizon)
Head coach Gary Waters
Assistant coach Jayson Gee
Assistant coach Larry DeSimpelare
Assistant coach Jermaine Kimbrough
Home arena Wolstein Center
Seasons
« 2009–10 2011–12 »
2010–11 Horizon League men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
*Milwaukee 13 5   .722     19 14   .576
Butler 13 5   .722     28 10   .737
Cleveland State 13 5   .722     27 9   .750
Valparaiso 12 6   .667     23 12   .657
Wright State 10 8   .556     19 14   .576
Detroit 10 8   .556     17 16   .515
Green Bay 8 10   .444     14 18   .438
Loyola (IL) 7 11   .389     16 15   .516
Youngstown State 2 16   .111     9 21   .300
UIC 2 16   .111     7 24   .226
2011 Horizon League Tournament winner
As of April 4, 2011; Rankings from Coaches Poll

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.

The preseason Horizon League Coaches' Poll picked the Vikings to finish third. Norris Cole was named to the preseason all-Horizon League 1st team.

On November 29, 2010 Cleveland State received their first point in the AP Top 25 poll for the season, that had them 41st. The lone point came from Steve Deshazo of The Free Lance-Star. 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.


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