# 2018–19 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team

The 2018–19 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team represented Cleveland State University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were coached by second-year head coach Dennis Felton. The Vikings played their home games at the Wolstein Center as members of the Horizon League. They finished the season 10–21, 5–13 in Horizon League play to finish in eighth place. They failed to qualify for the Horizon League tournament.
On July 12, 2019, head coach Dennis Felton was fired. He finished at Cleveland State with a record of 22–44.

## Previous season

The Vikings finished the 2017–18 season 12–23, 6–12 in Horizon League play to finish in a tie for eighth place. As the No. 8 seed at the Horizon League tournament, they defeated Youngstown State and upset No. 1 seed Northern Kentucky and No. 4 seed Oakland to advance to the championship game where they lost to Wright State.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition |||||
| Oct 30, 2018* 7:00 pm | Ohio Valley | W 102–55 | | Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH |
| Non-Conference regular season |||||
| Nov 6, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Davidson | L 63–83 | 0–1 | John M. Belk Arena (2,663) Davidson, NC |
| Nov 10, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Kent State Northeast Ohio Coaches vs Cancer Doubleheader | L 79–83 | 0–2 | Wolstein Center (2,052) Cleveland, OH |
| Nov 13, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Urbana | W 94–65 | 1–2 | Wolstein Center (951) Cleveland, OH |
| Nov 16, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | South Carolina State Buckeye Basketball Classic | W 84–69 | 2–2 | Wolstein Center (1,071) Cleveland, OH |
| Nov 18, 2018* 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | Samford Buckeye Basketball Classic | L 60–73 | 2–3 | Wolstein Center (818) Cleveland, OH |
| Nov 23, 2018* 5:00 pm, FS1 | at No. 23 Ohio State Buckeye Basketball Classic | L 62–89 | 2–4 | Value City Arena (13,276) Columbus, OH |
| Nov 25, 2018* 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | Purdue Fort Wayne Buckeye Basketball Classic | L 79–82 | 2–5 | Wolstein Center (777) Cleveland, OH |
| Nov 28, 2018* 8:00 pm, FS2 | at DePaul | L 73–83 | 2–6 | Wintrust Arena (3,741) Chicago, IL |
| Dec 1, 2018* 2:00 pm | at Toledo | L 67–80 | 2–7 | Savage Arena (4,636) Toledo, OH |
| Dec 5, 2018* 7:30 pm, ESPN+ | Bowling Green | W 82–64 | 3–7 | Wolstein Center (1,322) Cleveland, OH |
| Dec 9, 2018* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | Notre Dame (OH) | W 77–56 | 4–7 | Wolstein Center (724) Cleveland, OH |
| Dec 16, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Illinois State | L 77–88 $^{OT}$ | 4–8 | Redbird Arena (4,225) Normal, IL |
| Dec 19, 2018* 7:30 pm, ESPN3 | Niagara | W 82–60 | 5–8 | Wolstein Center (1,185) Cleveland, OH |
| Horizon League regular season |||||
| Dec 28, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Oakland | L 77–89 | 5–9 (0–1) | Wolstein Center (1,043) Cleveland, OH |
| Dec 30, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Detroit Mercy | L 61–73 | 5–10 (0–2) | Wolstein Center (885) Cleveland, OH |
| Jan 3, 2019 8:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Milwaukee | L 76–83 | 5–11 (0–3) | UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (1,001) Milwaukee, WI |
| Jan 5, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Green Bay | L 89–90 | 5–12 (0–4) | Resch Center (2,470) Ashwaubenon, WI |
| Jan 10, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at IUPUI | L 74–90 | 5–13 (0–5) | Indiana Farmers Coliseum (1,191) Indianapolis, IN |
| Jan 12, 2019 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | at UIC | L 56–73 | 5–14 (0–6) | Credit Union 1 Arena (56–73) Chicago, IL |
| Jan 17, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Northern Kentucky | L 76–91 | 5–15 (0–7) | Wolstein Center (866) Cleveland, OH |
| Jan 19, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Wright State | L 66–89 | 5–16 (0–8) | Wolstein Center (942) Cleveland, OH |
| Jan 26, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Youngstown State | W 72–62 | 6–16 (1–8) | Wolstein Center (1,103) Cleveland, OH |
| Jan 31, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Detroit Mercy | L 64–78 | 6–17 (1–9) | Calihan Hall (1,805) Detroit, MI |
| Feb 2, 2019 3:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Oakland | L 68–83 | 6–18 (1–10) | Athletics Center O'rena (3,705) Auburn Hills, MI |
| Feb 7, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Green Bay | L 65–82 | 6–19 (1–11) | Wolstein Center (1,144) Cleveland, OH |
| Feb 9, 2019 3:00 pm, ESPN+ | Milwaukee | W 78–68 | 7–19 (2–11) | Wolstein Center (1,708) Cleveland, OH |
| Feb 14, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | UIC | L 77–81 | 7–20 (2–12) | Wolstein Center (798) Cleveland, OH |
| Feb 16, 2019 3:00 pm, ESPN+ | IUPUI | W 89–86 | 8–20 (3–12) | Wolstein Center (1,567) Cleveland, OH |
| Feb 21, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Wright State | L 61–87 | 8–21 (3–13) | Nutter Center (4,655) Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 23, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Northern Kentucky | W 83–77 | 9–21 (4–13) | BB&T Arena (5,047) Highland Heights, KY |
| Mar 2, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Youngstown State | W 89–80 $^{OT}$ | 10–21 (5–13) | Beeghly Center (4,011) Youngstown, OH |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |||||