# 2010–11 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team

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.

## Preseason

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

## Regular season

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.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| November 8* | | Baldwin Wallace | W 68–39 | | Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH |
| Regular season ||||||
| November 12* 7:30 PM | | Bryant World Vision Basketball Classic | W 71–57 | 1–0 | Wolstein Center (1,450) Cleveland, OH |
| November 13* 6:00 PM | | Iona World Vision Basketball Classic | W 78–68 | 2–0 | Wolstein Center (1,561) Cleveland, OH |
| November 14* 6:00 PM | | Kent State World Vision Basketball Classic | W 69–66 | 3–0 | Wolstein Center (2,805) Cleveland, OH |
| November 15* 7:00 PM | | Urbana | W 83–49 | 4–0 | Wolstein Center (1,411) Cleveland, OH |
| November 19* 8:05 PM | | at Louisiana–Lafayette | W 60–55 | 5–0 | Cajundome (3,689) Lafayette, LA |
| November 24* 7:00 PM, STO | | at Akron | W 64–51 | 6–0 | James A. Rhodes Arena (2,716) Akron, OH |
| November 27* 6:00 PM | | St. Bonaventure | W 69–51 | 7–0 | Wolstein Center (2,214) Cleveland, OH |
| November 29* 6:00 PM | | Robert Morris | W 58–53 | 8–0 | Wolstein Center (1,841) Cleveland, OH |
| December 2 8:00 PM | | at Green Bay | W 83–75 | 9–0 (1–0) | Resch Center (2,305) Green Bay, WI |
| December 4 8:00 PM | | at Milwaukee | W 82–59 | 10–0 (2–0) | U.S. Cellular Arena (2,946) Milwaukee, WI |
| December 7* 7:00 PM | | West Virginia Tech | W 94–62 | 11–0 | Wolstein Center (2,011) Cleveland, OH |
| December 11* 4:30 PM | | at Sam Houston State | W 74–62 | 12–0 | Bernard Johnson Coliseum (1,195) Huntsville, TX |
| December 18* 2:00 PM, ESPN3 | | at West Virginia | L 63–74 | 12–1 | WVU Coliseum (11,235) Morgantown, WV |
| December 22* 7:00 PM | | South Florida | W 69–62 | 13–1 | Wolstein Center (4,711) Cleveland, OH |
| December 30 7:00 PM | | Loyola Chicago | W 73–55 | 14–1 (3–0) | Wolstein Center (4,044) Cleveland, OH |
| January 1 2:00 PM | | UIC | W 83–59 | 15–1 (4–0) | Wolstein Center (2,142) Cleveland, OH |
| January 7 7:00 PM, ESPNU | | at Butler | L 56–79 | 15–2 (4–1) | Hinkle Fieldhouse (7,071) Indianapolis, IN |
| January 9 2:35 PM | | at Valparaiso | L 58–64 | 15–3 (4–2) | Athletics-Recreation Center (3,776) Valparaiso, IN |
| January 15 7:05 PM | | at Youngstown State | W 61–51 | 16–3 (5–2) | Beeghly Center (4,302) Youngstown, OH |
| January 20 7:30 PM | | Detroit | W 81–69 | 17–3 (6–2) | Wolstein Center (3,518) Cleveland, OH |
| January 22 2:00 PM | | Wright State | W 65–46 | 18–3 (7–2) | Wolstein Center (4,615) Cleveland, OH |
| January 27 8:00 PM | | at UIC | W 63–49 | 19–3 (8–2) | UIC Pavilion (3,197) Chicago, IL |
| January 29 4:00 PM | | at Loyola Chicago | W 81–70 | 20–3 (9–2) | Joseph J. Gentile Center (3,127) Chicago, IL |
| February 3 7:00 PM | | Valparaiso | W 76–65 | 21–3 (10–2) | Wolstein Center (4,472) Cleveland, OH |
| February 5 12:00 PM, ESPN2 | | Butler | L 61–73 | 21–4 (10–3) | Wolstein Center (8,590) Cleveland, OH |
| February 7 7:00 PM | | at Detroit | L 78–81 | 21–5 (10–4) | Calihan Hall (2,356) Detroit, MI |
| February 12 2:00 PM | | Youngstown State | W 86–76 | 22–5 (11–4) | Wolstein Center (3,875) Cleveland, OH |
| February 16 7:00 PM | | at Wright State | W 74–72 | 23–5 (12–4) | Nutter Center (5,768) Dayton, OH |
| February 20* 1:00 PM, ESPN 2 | | at Old Dominion ESPNU Bracketbusters | L 63–74 | 23–6 (12–4) | Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,328) Norfolk, VA |
| February 24 7:00 PM | | Milwaukee | L 83–87 | 23–7 (12–5) | Wolstein Center (3,449) Cleveland, OH |
| February 26 2:00 PM | | Green Bay | W 64–57 | 24–7 (13–5) | Wolstein Center (4,923) Cleveland, OH |
| Horizon League tournament ||||||
| March 1 7:00 PM, HLN | (3) | (10) UIC First Round | W 73–61 | 25–7 | Wolstein Center (1,161) Cleveland, OH |
| March 4 6:00 PM, ESPN3 | (3) | vs. (6) Wright State Quarterfinals | W 73–59 | 26–7 | U.S. Cellular Arena (-) Milwaukee, WI |
| March 5 6:00 PM, ESPNU | (3) | vs. (2) Butler Semifinals | L 68–76 | 26–8 | U.S. Cellular Arena (-) Milwaukee, WI |
| 2011 National Invitation Tournament ||||||
| March 15* 7:00 PM, ESPN3 | (2 VT) | (7 VT) Vermont First Round | W 63–60 | 27–8 | Wolstein Center (1,472) Cleveland, OH |
| March 19* 2:00 PM, ESPNU | (2 VT) | (6 VT) College of Charleston Second Round | L 56–64 | 27–9 | Wolstein Center (2,077) Cleveland, OH |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. VT=NIT Virginia Tech Bracket. 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 | NR | NR | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | RV | RV | | | | | | |
| Coaches | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | RV | NR | NR | RV | NR | NR | RV | RV | NR | | | | | | |
| Mid-Major | 25 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 |