2011–12 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team

2011–12 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball
NIT, First Round
Conference Horizon League
2011–12 record 22–11 (12–6 Horizon)
Head coach Gary Waters
Assistant coach Jayson Gee
Assistant coach Larry DeSimpilare
Assistant coach Jermaine Kimbough
Home arena Wolstein Center
2011–12 Horizon League men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Valparaiso 14 – 4   .778     22 – 11   .667
Cleveland State 12 – 6   .667     22 – 11   .667
Detroit† 11 – 7   .611     22 – 14   .611
Milwaukee 11 – 7   .611     20 – 13   .606
Butler 11 – 7   .611     22 – 14   .611
Youngstown State 10 – 8   .556     16 – 15   .516
Green Bay 10 – 8   .556     15 – 15   .500
Wright State 7 – 11   .389     13 – 19   .406
UIC 3 – 15   .167     8 – 22   .267
Loyola (IL) 1 – 17   .056     7 – 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
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Home town
G 1 Douglas, SebastianSebastian Douglas style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 200 lb (91 kg) RS Fr Houston, TX
G 3 Harmon, TrevonTrevon Harmon style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Pasadena, CA
F 4 Long, DevonDevon Long style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 260 lb (118 kg) So Highland Park, MI
G 5 Montgomery, JeremyJeremy Montgomery style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Chicago, IL
F 15 Grady, AntonAnton Grady style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Cleveland, OH
F 21 Mason, MarlinMarlin Mason style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Detroit, MI
F 24 Ndaye, LudovicLudovic Ndaye style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 230 lb (104 kg) So Montreal, QC, CA
G 31 Lee, CharlesCharles Lee style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 160 lb (73 kg) Fr Milwaukee, WI
G 32 Brown, D'AundrayD'Aundray Brown style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 195 lb (88 kg) RS Sr Youngstown, OH
F 33 Kamczyc, TimTim Kamczyc style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 220 lb (100 kg) RS Jr Strongsville, OH
G 34 Nwamu, IkeIke Nwamu style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Greensboro, NC
F 44 Pogue, AaronAaron Pogue style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 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 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
Nov. 9* John Carroll W 88–58  – Wolstein Center (1,583)
Regular Season
Nov. 13* at #7 Vanderbilt W 71–58  1–0 Memorial Gymnasium (13,503)
Nov. 15* Rio Grande W 86–57  2–0 Wolstein Center (1,871)
Nov. 18* St. Bonaventure W 67–64  3–0 Wolstein Center (3,073)
Nov. 22* at Kent State W 57–53  4–0 M.A.C. Center (6,327)
Nov. 25* vs. Boston University W 63–62  5–0 Ryan Center (–)
Nov. 26* vs. Hofstra L 63–53  5–1 Ryan Center (–)
Nov. 27* at Rhode Island W 67–45  6–1 Ryan Center (2,737)
Dec. 1 at Wright State W 45–43  7–1 (1–0) Nutter Center (3,349)
Dec. 3 at Detroit W 66–61  8–1 (2–0) Calihan Hall (1,880)
Dec. 8* at Robert Morris W 62–58  9–1 Sewall Center (1,378)
Dec. 10* Akron W 69–66  10–1 Wolstein Center (4,739)
Dec. 19* at South Florida L 70–55  10–2 St. Pete Times Forum (2,942)
Dec. 22* Sam Houston State W 63–45  11–2 Wolstein Center (2,683)
Dec. 28* at Toledo W 72–64  12–2 Savage Arena (4,032)
Dec. 31 Youngstown State L 67–73  12–3 (2–1) Wolstein Center (3,513)
Jan. 5 UIC W 73–56  13–3 (3–1) Wolstein Center (2,137)
Jan. 7 Loyola (IL) W 69–48  14–3 (4–1) Wolstein Center (3,107)
Jan. 13 at Butler W 76–69  15–3 (5–1) Hinkle Fieldhouse (7,994)
Jan. 15 at Valparaiso L 66–72  15–4 (5–2) Athletics–Recreation Center (4,124)
Jan. 20 Green Bay W 78–68  16–4 (6–2) Wolstein Center (2,941)
Jan. 22 Milwaukee W 83–57  17–4 (7–2) Wolstein Center (3,235)
Jan. 28 at Youngstown State W 67–47  18–4 (8–2) Beeghly Center (6,313)
Feb. 3 at Loyola (IL) W 65–47  19–4 (9–2) Gentile Center (2,443)
Feb. 5 at UIC W 70–42  20–4 (10–2) UIC Pavilion (1,923)
Feb. 9 Valparaiso L 41–59  20–5 (10–3) Wolstein Center (4,521)
Feb. 11 Butler L 49–52  20–6 (10–4) Wolstein Center (5,021)
Feb. 14 at Milwaukee L 84–86  20–7 (10–5) US Cellular Arena (3,643)
Feb. 18* Drexel
(ESPN BracketBusters)		 L 49–69  20–8 Wolstein Center (2,583)
Feb. 21 at Green Bay L 67–71  20–9 (10–6) Resch Center (2,819)
Feb. 23 Detroit W 77–64  21–9 (11–6) Wolstein Center (2,325)
Feb. 25 Wright State W 77–55  22–9 (12–6) Wolstein Center (3,891)
Horizon League Tournament
Mar. 3 vs. Detroit
(Semifinal)		 L 58–63  22–10 Athletics-Recreation Center (–)
NIT
Mar. 13 at Stanford
(First Round)		 L 65–76  22–11 Maples Pavilion (–)
*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.
Poll Pre Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 Wk 17 Wk 18 Final
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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