# 2005–06 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team

The 2005–06 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team represented Cleveland State University in the 2005–06 college basketball season. The team was led by third-year head coach Mike Garland. In 2004–05, the Vikings finished 9–17 (6–10 in the Horizon League). Cleveland State played for the first time since late in the 1990–91 season in Woodling Gym, which served as the home of Viking men's basketball from the 1972–73 season until the Wolstein Center opened prior to the 1991–92 season. The win against Rochester College raised CSU's all-time record in the building to 123–21. It was the 75th season of Cleveland State basketball.

## Notable players

* Carlos English

## Preseason

The preseason Horizon League Coaches' Poll picked the Vikings to finish eighth. Raheem Moss was named to the preseason all-Horizon League 2nd team.

## Schedule

Horizon League Standing: 8th :
| Date | Opponent* | Location | Time$^#$ | Result | Overall | Conference |
| Regular Season Games ||||||||
| November 19, 2005 | Florida A&M | Cleveland, OH | 5:30 p.m. | L 68–66 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| November 22, 2005 | North Carolina | Chapel Hill, NC | 9:00 p.m. | L 112–55 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| November 26, 2005 | Rochester College | Cleveland, OH | 3:00 p.m. | W 76–43 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| November 30, 2005 | Central Michigan | Cleveland, OH | 7:00 p.m. | W 56–43 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| December 3, 2005 | Kent State | Kent, OH | 7:00 p.m. | L 83–68 | 2–3 | 0–0 |
| December 10, 2005 | Albany | Cleveland, OH | 5:30 p.m. | L 78–65 | 2–4 | 0–0 |
| December 16, 2005 | Michigan State | East Lansing, MI | 7:00 p.m. | L 83–75 | 2–5 | 0–0 |
| December 20, 2005 | Utah Valley State College | Cleveland, OH | 7:00 p.m. | W 70–69 | 3–5 | 0–0 |
| December 22, 2005 | John Carroll | Cleveland, OH | 7:30 p.m. | W 84–53 | 4–5 | 0–0 |
| December 29, 2005 | Loyola Chicago | Cleveland, OH | 7:00 p.m. | L 77–60 | 4–6 | 0–1 |
| January 2, 2006 | UW–Milwaukee | Milwaukee, WI | 8:00 p.m. | L 75–68 | 4–7 | 0–2 |
| January 5, 2006 | Wright State | Cleveland, OH | 7:00 p.m. | L 58–55 | 4–8 | 0–3 |
| January 12, 2006 | Detroit Mercy | Cleveland, OH | 7:30 p.m. | W 59–53 | 5–8 | 1–3 |
| January 14, 2006 | Youngstown State | Youngstown, OH | 7:35 p.m. | W 63–50 | 6–8 | 2–3 |
| January 16, 2006 | Akron | Cleveland, OH | 7:00 p.m. | L 62–50 | 6–9 | 2–3 |
| January 19, 2006 | Illinois Chicago | Chicago, IL | 8:00 p.m. | W 87–83 | 7–9 | 3–3 |
| January 21, 2006 | UW–Green Bay | Green Bay, WI | 8:05 p.m. | W 66–63 | 8–9 | 4–3 |
| January 25, 2006 | Butler | Cleveland, OH | 7:00 p.m. | L 55–51 | 8–10 | 4–4 |
| January 28, 2006 | Youngstown State | Cleveland, OH | 5:30 p.m. | L 68–63 | 8–11 | 4–5 |
| February 2, 2006 | Detroit Mercy | Detroit, MI | 7:05 p.m. | L 84–73 | 8–12 | 4–6 |
| February 4, 2006 | Loyola Chicago | Chicago, IL | 5:00 p.m. | L 81–75 | 8–13 | 4–7 |
| February 8, 2006 | Butler | Indianapolis, IN | 7:00 p.m. | L 78–49 | 8–14 | 4–8 |
| February 11, 2006 | UW–Milwaukee | Chicago, IL | 5:30 p.m. | L 86–57 | 8–15 | 4–9 |
| February 15, 2006 | Wright State | Fairborn, OH | 8:05 p.m. | W 63–56 | 9–15 | 5–9 |
| February 18, 2006 | Delaware | Cleveland, OH | 5:30 p.m. | W 52–40 | 10–15 | 5–9 |
| February 22, 2006 | Illinois Chicago | Cleveland, OH | 8:05 p.m. | L 72–67 | 10–16 | 5–10 |
| February 25, 2006 | UW–Green Bay | Cleveland, OH | 5:30 p.m. | L 76–72 | 10–17 | 5–11 |
| Horizon League tournament ||||||||
| February 28, 2006 | Detroit Mercy | Detroit, MI | 7:00 p.m. | L 92–58 | 10–18 | 5–11 |
| *Rank according to ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. $^#$All times are in EST. Conference games in BOLD. ||||||||