# 2015–16 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team

The 2015–16 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team represented Cleveland State University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Gary Waters in his tenth season. The Vikings were members of the Horizon League and played their home games at the Wolstein Center with five home games at Quicken Loans Arena. It was the 85th season of Cleveland State basketball. They finished the season 9–23, 4–14 in Horizon League play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Horizon League tournament to Green Bay.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-Conference regular season |||||
| 11/14/2015* 9:30 pm | vs. Akron Coaches vs. Cancer Tip-Off | L 53–65 | 0–1 | MAC Center (5,471) Kent, OH |
| 11/17/2015* 7:00 pm | Malone | W 62–46 | 1–1 | Wolstein Center (1,331) Cleveland, OH |
| 11/21/2015* 7:30 pm | at Rhode Island Cancún Challenge | L 45–73 | 1–2 | Ryan Center (4,721) Kingston, RI |
| 11/24/2015* 12:30 pm | vs. Rider Cancún Challenge | W 57–52 | 2–2 | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (982) Cancún, MX |
| 11/25/2015* 3:00 pm | vs. South Dakota State Cancún Challenge | L 66–77 | 2–3 | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (982) Cancún, MX |
| 11/28/2015* 3:00 pm, BTN | at Maryland Cancún Challenge | L 63–80 | 2–4 | Xfinity Center (17,282) College Park, MD |
| 12/02/2015* 3:00 pm | at Toledo | L 65–76 | 2–5 | Savage Arena (4,014) Toledo, OH |
| 12/05/2015* 3:30 pm | vs. Kent State | L 62–66 | 2–6 | Quicken Loans Arena (3,671) Cleveland, OH |
| 12/12/2015* 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | vs. Ohio | L 67–76 | 2–7 | Quicken Loans Arena (3,261) Cleveland, OH |
| 12/16/2015* 8:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Loyola–Chicago | W 60–54 | 3–7 | Joseph J. Gentile Arena (1,189) Chicago, IL |
| 12/19/2015* 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | Belmont | W 67–65 | 4–7 | Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH |
| 12/23/2015* 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | Bowling Green | L 47–62 | 4–8 | Wolstein Center (1,725) Cleveland, OH |
| 12/29/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Cedarville | W 77–37 | 5–8 | Wolstein Center (1,107) Cleveland, OH |
| Horizon League regular season |||||
| 01/02/2016 3:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Oakland | L 68–86 | 5–9 (0–1) | Athletics Center O'rena (2,508) Rochester, MI |
| 01/04/2016 7:30 pm, ESPN3 | at Detroit | L 80–88 | 5–10 (0–2) | Calihan Hall (1,539) Detroit, MI |
| 01/07/2016 7:30 pm | Green Bay | L 67–87 | 5–11 (0–3) | Wolstein Center (1,471) Cleveland, OH |
| 01/09/2016 3:00 pm | Milwaukee | L 62–65 | 5–12 (0–4) | Wolstein Center (1,805) Cleveland, OH |
| 01/14/2016 7:00 pm | at Wright State | L 53–70 | 5–13 (0–5) | Nutter Center (3,937) Fairborn, OH |
| 01/16/2016 7:00 pm | at Northern Kentucky | W 70–65 | 6–13 (1–5) | BB&T Arena (2,615) Highland Heights, KY |
| 01/18/2016 7:00 pm | UIC | W 70–53 | 7–13 (2–5) | Wolstein Center (1,129) Cleveland, OH |
| 01/24/2016 1:00 pm | vs. Youngstown State | L 55–70 | 7–14 (2–6) | Quicken Loans Arena (2,633) Cleveland, OH |
| 01/28/2016 8:00 pm | at Valparaiso | L 52–77 | 7–15 (2–7) | Athletics–Recreation Center (2,313) Valparaiso, IN |
| 01/30/2016 4:00 pm | at UIC | L 70–72 $^{OT}$ | 7–16 (2–8) | UIC Pavilion (2,980) Chicago, IL |
| 02/04/2016 7:30 pm | Detroit | L 63–71 | 7–17 (2–9) | Wolstein Center (1,577) Cleveland, OH |
| 02/06/2016 1:00 pm | Oakland | L 57–67 | 7–18 (2–10) | Wolstein Center (2,475) Cleveland, OH |
| 02/13/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Youngstown State | W 64–59 | 8–18 (3–10) | Beeghly Center (2,9996) Youngstown, OH |
| 02/16/2016 7:00 pm | vs. Valparaiso | L 43–66 | 8–19 (3–11) | Quicken Loans Arena (1,545) Cleveland, OH |
| 02/20/2016 4:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Milwaukee | L 54–88 | 8–20 (3–12) | UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (2,689) Milwaukee, WI |
| 02/22/2016 8:00 pm | at Green Bay | L 61–78 | 8–21 (3–13) | Resch Center (2,664) Green Bay, WI |
| 02/25/2016 7:30 pm | Northern Kentucky | W 63–58 | 9–21 (4–13) | Wolstein Center (1,333) Cleveland, OH |
| 02/27/2016 1:00 pm | vs. Wright State | L 51–55 | 9–22 (4–14) | Quicken Loans Arena (2,337) Cleveland, OH |
| Horizon League tournament |||||
| 03/05/2016 12:00 pm, ESPN3 | vs. Green Bay First round | L 53–65 | 9–23 | Joe Louis Arena (5,247) Detroit, MI |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |||||