2008–09 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team

2008–09 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball
Horizon League Tournament Champion
NCAA 2nd Round vs. Arizona, L, 57–71
Conference Horizon League
2008–09 record 26–11 (12–6 Horizon League)
Head coach Gary Waters
Assistant coach Jayson Gee
Assistant coach Larry DeSimpelare
Assistant coach Jermaine Kimbrough
Home arena Wolstein Center
Seasons
« 2007–08 2009–10 »
2008-09 Horizon League Men's Basketball Standings
Conf Overall
Team (Rank) W L PCT W L PCT
#22 Butler 15 3 .833 26 6 .813
Green Bay 13 5 .722 22 11 .667
Cleveland State† 12 6 .667 26 11 .703
Wright State 12 6 .667 20 13 .606
UW-Milwaukee 11 7 .611 17 14 .548
UIC 7 11 .389 16 15 .516
Youngstown State 7 11 .389 11 19 .367
Loyola 6 12 .333 14 18 .438
Valparaiso 5 13 .278 9 22 .290
Detroit 2 16 .111 7 23 .233

Rankings from AP Poll
† Horizon League Tournament winner

The 2008–09 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team represents Cleveland State University in the 2008-09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by third-year head coach Gary Waters. In 2007–08, the Vikings finished 21–13 (12–6 in the Horizon League). Cleveland State had their first winning season since the 2000–2001 season when they finished 19–13 overall and 9–5 in conference play. They made their first NCAA tournament appearance since their run to the Sweet Sixteen in 1986. It was the 78th season of Cleveland State basketball.

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Preseason

Cleveland State started the preseason off by playing games in Barcelona, Spain. It was also announced that Cleveland State will once again be participating in the ESPNU Bracketbuster games.[1] Cleveland State also made several changes to the schedule. Cleveland State added Syracuse to the schedule, along with moving the former season opening game against John Carroll to November 10, 2008, from November 14, 2008 and making it the only exhibition game of the year. Next they moved the Oakland game originally schedule for December 16, 2008, to November 15, 2008, where it will be the season opener. They also moved the site of the three game CBE Classic from Ft. Myers, Florida (Florida Gulf Coast), to Miami, Florida (Florida International). That meant that Cleveland State will now play Florida International, Toledo, and Tennessee Tech from November 24, 2008 – November 26, 2008. Lastly Cleveland State added La Roche College and Notre Dame College to the schedule, which completed the home scheduling for the year. Cleveland State will play nine teams that made the postseason in total this year. Cleveland State also has no less than 15 home games this year, with 14 of them being regular season contests.[2] The preseason Horizon League Coaches' Poll picked the Vikings to finish first.[3] J'Nathan Bullock and Cedric Jackson were named to the preseason all-Horizon League 1st team.[4] On October 27, 2008 Cleveland State announced that head coach Gary Waters was given a contract extension through the 2012–13 season.[5] Also on October 27, 2008 Cleveland State received its first votes of the year, with two points in the AP Top 25 poll, with a ranking of T-50.[6]

Regular season

Cleveland State participated in the O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic from November 24 – November 26. They won the tournament defeating Saint Leo, Toledo, and Florida International. On December 15, Cleveland State defeated #11 Syracuse at the Carrier Dome, marking the third time that the Vikings defeated a ranked opponent, and the first time it happened on the road. On February 18, 2009 Cleveland State posted its first back-to-back 20 win seasons since 1988. From 1984–1988 Cleveland State won 20 games or more each season. The February 28, 2009 contest against Butler start time was changed from a 2:00 p.m. start to a 12:00 p.m. start to accommodate an ESPN2 broadcast.

Postseason

After clinching a #3 seed in the Horizon League tournament, the Vikings went on to defeat Detroit Mercy, Illinois Chicago, Wisconsin Green Bay, and Butler on the way to their first Horizon League tournament championship, and second tournament championship in school history. On March 15, 2009 it was announced Cleveland State would face Wake Forest in the NCAA Tournament. The Vikings received a #13 seed. On March 20, 2009 Cleveland State defeated Wake Forest 84–69 and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Cleveland State was eliminated in the second round by losing to Arizona 71–57.

Roster

No. Position Year Player
2 G So Eric Schiele
3 G Fr Trevon Harmon
5 G Fr Jeremy Montgomery
11 G Sr Cedric Jackson
20 F Fr Charlie Woods
21 F Sr George Tandy
22 G Fr Josh McCoy
23 F Fr Daitwan Eppinger
30 G So Norris Cole
No. Position Year Player
32 G So D'Aundray Brown
33 F Fr Tim Kamczyc
35 F Sr J'Nathan Bullock
42 C Sr Chris Moore
44 F So Aaron Pogue
45 F Sr Renard Fields
50 F Fr Ethan Anderson
51 C Fr Joe Latas

Schedule

Horizon League Standing: T-3rd [1]
Date Opponent* Rank* Location Time# Result Overall Conference
Exhibition Game
November 10, 2008 John Carroll Cleveland, OH 7:00 p.m. W 81–33 1–0
Regular Season Games
November 15, 2008 Oakland Cleveland, OH 7:00 p.m. W 58–55 1–0
November 18, 2008 Washington Seattle, WA 10:00 p.m. L 78–63 1–1
November 22, 2008 Kansas State Cleveland, OH 7:00 p.m. L 69–59 1–2
November 24, 2008 Saint Leo Miami, FL 5:00 p.m. W 72–62 2–2
November 25, 2008 Toledo Miami, FL 4:00 p.m. W 77–54 3–2
November 26, 2008 Florida International Miami, FL 7:30 p.m. W 66–58 4–2
December 2, 2008 Valparaiso Cleveland, OH 7:00 p.m. W 66–42 5–2 1–0
December 4, 2008 Butler Cleveland, OH 7:00 p.m. L 50–48 5–3 1–1
December 6, 2008 West Virginia Morgantown, WV 1:00 p.m. L 53–43 5–4 1–1
December 13, 2008 Marist Poughkeepsie, NY 7:30 p.m. W 66–47 6–4 1–1
December 15, 2008 #11 Syracuse Syracuse, NY 7:00 p.m. W 72–69 7–4 1–1
December 20, 2008 La Roche Cleveland, OH 1:00 p.m. W 72–46 8–4 1–1
December 23, 2008 Kent State Cleveland, OH 7:00 p.m. W 67–41 9–4 1–1
December 27, 2008 Notre Dame College Cleveland, OH 1:00 p.m. W 91–40 10–4 1–1
December 30, 2008 Wright State Fairborn, OH 7:05 p.m. L 71–62 10–5 1–2
January 3, 2009 Detroit Mercy Detroit, MI 4:00 p.m. W 53–44 11–5 2–2
January 8, 2009 Loyola Chicago Cleveland, OH 7:30 p.m. W 76–50 12–5 3–2
January 10, 2009 Illinois Chicago Cleveland, OH 7:30 p.m. W 79–69 13–5 4–2
January 16, 2009 Wisconsin–Green Bay Green Bay, WI 8:00 p.m. L 80–65 13–6 4–3
January 17, 2009 Wisconsin Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI 8:00 p.m. L 77–75 13–7 4–4
January 24, 2009 Youngstown State Youngstown, OH 9:00 p.m. L 64–60 13–8 4–5
January 29, 2009 Detroit Mercy Cleveland, OH 7:30 p.m. W 66–49 14–8 5–5
January 31, 2009 Wright State Cleveland, OH 7:30 p.m. W 59–50 15–8 6–5
February 5, 2009 Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL 8:00 p.m. W 66–63 16–8 7–5
February 7, 2009 Loyola Chicago Chicago, IL 4:00 p.m. W 83–70 17–8 8–5
February 12, 2009 Wisconsin Milwaukee Cleveland, OH 7:00 p.m. W 70–61 18–8 9–5
February 14, 2009 Wisconsin–Green Bay Cleveland, OH 7:30 p.m. W 83–75 19–8 10–5
February 18, 2009 Youngstown State Cleveland, OH 7:00 p.m. W 58–54 20–8 11–5
February 21, 2009 Wichita State Wichita, KS 3:05 p.m. L 70–59 20–9 11–5
February 26, 2009 Valparaiso Valparaiso, IN 8:30 p.m. W 71–64 21–9 12–5
February 28, 2009 #24 Butler Indianapolis, IN 12:00 p.m. L 56–58 21–10 12–6
Horizon League Tournament
March 3, 2009 Detroit Mercy Cleveland, OH 7:00 p.m. W 56–43 22–10 12–6
March 6, 2009 Illinois Chicago Indianapolis, IN 8:00 p.m. W 67–64 23–10 12–6
March 7, 2009 Wisconsin–Green Bay Indianapolis, IN 9:00 p.m. W 73–67 24–10 12–6
March 10, 2009 #17 Butler Indianapolis, IN 9:00 p.m. W 57–54 25–10 12–6
NCAA Tournament
March 20, 2009 #12 Wake Forest Miami, FL 9:40 p.m. W 84–69 26–10 12–6
March 22, 2009 Arizona Miami, FL 2:50 p.m. L 71–57 26–11 12–6
*Rank according to AP Top 25 Poll. #All times are in Eastern. Conference games in bold.

References

  1. ^ "All 10 Horizon League MBB teams to play in ESPN BracketBusters" (Press release). Horizon League. 2008-09-04. http://horizonleague.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/090408aae.html. Retrieved 2008-10-04. 
  2. ^ "Vikings Finalize 2008–09 Basketball Schedule" (Press release). Cleveland State University. 2008-09-15. http://csuvikings.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/091508aaa.html. Retrieved 2008-10-04. 
  3. ^ "Horizon League announces 2008–09 MBB Preseason Poll" (Press release). Horizon League. 2008-10-07. http://horizonleague.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/100907aac.html. Retrieved 2008-10-11. 
  4. ^ "Horizon League names 2008–09 MBB Preseason Teams" (Press release). Horizon League. 2008-10-09. http://horizonleague.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/100908aab.html. Retrieved 2008-10-11. 
  5. ^ "Gary Waters Receives Contract Extension" (Press release). Cleveland State University. 2008-10-27. http://csuvikings.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/102708aaa.html. Retrieved 2008-11-01. 
  6. ^ "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings (Nov. 10)" (Press release). ESPN. 2008-10-27. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/rankings?poll=1&year=2009&week=1. Retrieved 2008-11-01. 

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