2011–12 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team

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.

2011–12 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball
NIT, First Round
Conference	Horizon League
Record	22–11 (12–6 Horizon)
Head coach	Gary Waters
Assistant coaches	Jayson Gee Larry DeSimpilare Jermaine Kimbough
Home arena	Wolstein Center
Seasons ← 2010–11 2012–13 →

2011–12 Horizon League men's basketball standings

v t e	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 Chicago	1	–	17		.056			7	–	23		.233
† 2012 Horizon League Tournament winner As of March 6, 2012 Rankings from AP Poll

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 Hometown G 1 Sebastian Douglas 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS Fr Houston, TX G 3 Trevon Harmon 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Pasadena, CA F 4 Devon Long 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 260 lb (118 kg) So Highland Park, MI G 5 Jeremy Montgomery 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Chicago, IL F 15 Anton Grady 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Cleveland, OH F 21 Marlin Mason 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Detroit, MI F 24 Ludovic Ndaye 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So Montreal, QC, CA G 31 Charles Lee 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Fr Milwaukee, WI G 32 D'Aundray Brown 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS Sr Youngstown, OH F 33 Tim Kamczyc 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Jr Strongsville, OH G 34 Ike Nwamu 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Greensboro, NC F 44 Aaron Pogue 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 270 lb (122 kg) RS Sr Dayton, OH	Head coach Gary Waters (Ferris State) Assistant coach(es) Jayson Gee (College of Charleston) Larry DeSimpelare (Spring Arbor) Jermaine Kimbrough (Virginia Tech) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2011-11-1

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Nov. 9* 7:00 pm		John Carroll	W 88–58	–	Wolstein Center (1,583) Cleveland, OH
Regular season
Nov. 13* 2:00 pm, ESPNU		at No. 7 Vanderbilt	W 71–58	1–0	Memorial Gymnasium (13,503) Nashville, TN
Nov. 15* 7:00 pm		Rio Grande	W 86–57	2–0	Wolstein Center (1,871) Cleveland, OH
Nov. 18* 7:00 pm, HLN		St. Bonaventure	W 67–64	3–0	Wolstein Center (3,073) Cleveland, OH
Nov. 22* 7:30 pm		at Kent State	W 57–53	4–0	M.A.C. Center (6,327) Kent, OH
Nov. 25* 2:30 pm		vs. Boston University	W 63–62	5–0	Ryan Center (–) Kingston, RI
Nov. 26* 2:30 pm		vs. Hofstra	W 63–53	5–1	Ryan Center (–) Kingston, RI
Nov. 27* 2:30 pm		at Rhode Island	W 67–45	6–1	Ryan Center (2,737) Kingston, RI
Dec. 1 7:00 pm, HLN		at Wright State	W 45–43	7–1 (1–0)	Nutter Center (3,349) Dayton, OH
Dec. 3 2:00 pm, HLN		at Detroit	W 66–61	8–1 (2–0)	Calihan Hall (1,880) Detroit, MI
Dec. 8* 7:00 pm		at Robert Morris	W 62–58	9–1	Sewall Center (1,378) Moon Township, PA
Dec. 10* 2:00 pm, HLN		Akron	W 69–66	10–1	Wolstein Center (4,739) Cleveland, OH
Dec. 19* 7:00 pm		at South Florida	W 70–55	10–2	St. Pete Times Forum (2,942) Tampa, FL
Dec. 22* 7:00 pm, HLN		Sam Houston State	W 63–45	11–2	Wolstein Center (2,683) Cleveland, OH
Dec. 28* 7:00 pm		at Toledo	W 72–64	12–2	Savage Arena (4,032) Toledo, OH
Dec. 31 2:00 pm, HLN		Youngstown State	L 67–73	12–3 (2–1)	Wolstein Center (3,513) Cleveland, OH
Jan. 5 7:00 pm, HLN		UIC	W 73–56	13–3 (3–1)	Wolstein Center (2,137) Cleveland, OH
Jan. 7 2:00 pm, HLN		Loyola (IL)	W 69–48	14–3 (4–1)	Wolstein Center (3,107) Cleveland, OH
Jan. 13 7:05 pm, ESPNU		at Butler	W 76–69	15–3 (5–1)	Hinkle Fieldhouse (7,994) Indianapolis, IN
Jan. 15 2:35 pm, HLN		at Valparaiso	L 66–72	15–4 (5–2)	Athletics–Recreation Center (4,124) Valparaiso, IN
Jan. 20 8:00 pm, ESPNU		Green Bay	W 78–68	16–4 (6–2)	Wolstein Center (2,941) Cleveland, OH
Jan. 22 2:00 pm, HLN		Milwaukee	W 83–57	17–4 (7–2)	Wolstein Center (3,235) Cleveland, OH
Jan. 28 7:05 pm, HLN		at Youngstown State	W 67–47	18–4 (8–2)	Beeghly Center (6,313) Youngstown, OH
Feb. 3 9:00 pm, ESPNU		at Loyola (IL)	W 65–47	19–4 (9–2)	Gentile Center (2,443) Chicago, IL
Feb. 5 2:00 pm, HLN		at UIC	W 70–42	20–4 (10–2)	UIC Pavilion (1,923) Chicago, IL
Feb. 9 7:00 pm, HLN		Valparaiso	L 41–59	20–5 (10–3)	Wolstein Center (4,521) Cleveland, OH
Feb. 11 11:00 am, ESPN2		Butler	L 49–52	20–6 (10–4)	Wolstein Center (5,021) Cleveland, OH
Feb. 14 8:00 pm, HLN		at Milwaukee	L 84–86	20–7 (10–5)	US Cellular Arena (3,643) Milwaukee, WI
Feb. 18* 11:00 am, ESPNU		Drexel ESPN BracketBusters	L 49–69	20–8	Wolstein Center (2,583) Cleveland, OH
Feb. 21 8:00 pm, HLN		at Green Bay	L 67–71	20–9 (10–6)	Resch Center (2,819) Green Bay, WI
Feb. 23 7:00 pm, HLN		Detroit	W 77–64	21–9 (11–6)	Wolstein Center (2,325) Cleveland, OH
Feb. 25 2:00 pm, HLN		Wright State	W 77–55	22–9 (12–6)	Wolstein Center (3,891) Cleveland, OH
Horizon League tournament
Mar. 3 6:00 pm, ESPNU/ESPN3		vs. Detroit Semifinal	L 58–63	22–10	Athletics-Recreation Center (–) Valparaiso, IN
NIT
Mar. 13 11:00 pm, ESPN2		at Stanford First Round	L 65–76	22–11	Maples Pavilion (–) Stanford, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time..

Rankings

Main article: 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball 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	–

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