Seeded eighth, the Cleveland State men’s basketball team made a magical run to the Horizon League Championship game, becoming the second lowest seeded team to play for a League title. It was the third time in program history that the Vikings played for the League championship and the first time since 2008-09.
Cleveland State head men’s basketball coach Dennis Felton has announced that Aleksa Popovic (Belgrade, Serbia) has formally committed to join the Viking basketball program for the 2018-19 season
Cleveland State University head men's basketball coach Dennis Felton has announced the hiring of Tommy Strine as the program's Director of Basketball Operations.
Cleveland State men's basketball head coach Dennis Felton announced on Friday that the Vikings have added St. Francis Brooklyn transfer Rasheem Dunn to the roster.
Cleveland State head men's basketball coach Dennis Felton has announced that three student-athletes - Jaalam Hill (Louisville, Ky./Waggener HS/Southwestern Illinois), Seth Millner (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian) and Dibaji Walker (Columbus, Ohio/Independence/Woodstock Academy) - have signed National Letters of Intent to join the Viking basketball program.
First-year head coach Dennis Felton’s squad showed continued improvement throughout the season and culminated the year with a run to the Horizon League Championship game. The eighth-seeded Vikings magical run came up one win shy of earning the third NCAA bid in program history.
Just finished my first season at Cleveland State and I couldn’t be more excited! Every year my goal is to see that our TEAM finds a way to overachieve or accomplish more than reasonably expected and be better as a whole than simply the sum of its parts and I believe we managed to do that. Our other goal is to continually improve over the course of the season. We definitely checked that box!
Eighth-seeded Cleveland State continues its magical March run when the Vikings play second-seeded Wright State in the Horizon League Championship on Tuesday (March 6) at 7:00 pm at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.
The Cleveland State University men’s basketball team’s magical run through the 2018 Horizon League Tournament came to an unfortunate end Tuesday night at Little Caesars Arena as second-seeded Wright State claimed a 74-57 win over the Vikings in the Championship contest
Head coach Dennis Felton, senior Kenny Carpenter and freshman Tyree Appleby addressed the media after Tuesday's setback to Wright State in the Horizon League Championship.
Tyree Appleby hit a short baseline shot with 32 seconds left and Cleveland State came up with two defensive stops to defeat fourth-seeded Oakland, 44-43, on Monday night in the Horizon League Championship semifinals at Little Caesars Arena.
Eighth-seeded Cleveland State plays fourth-seeded Oakland in the semifinals of the Horizon League Championship on Monday (March 5) at 7:00 pm in Little Caesars Arena.
Eighth-seeded Cleveland State plays top-seeded Northern Kentucky in the second round of the Horizon League Championship on Saturday (March 3) at 8:00 pm in Little Caesars Arena.
Eighth-seeded Cleveland State used four players in double figures and a pair of three-pointers late to take its first lead of the night and defeated top-seeded and defending tournament champion Northern Kentucky, 89-80, in the quarterfinals of the 2018 Horizon League Championship on Saturday night.
Kenny Carpenter scored 22 points and eighth-seeded Cleveland State knocked off ninth-seeded Youngstown State, 72-71, in the opening round of the 2018 Little Caesars Horizon League Championship on Friday night at Little Caesars Arena.
Eighth-seeded Cleveland State opens the Little Caesars Horizon League Championship with a first round game against ninth-seeded Youngstown State on Friday (March 2) at 8:00 pm in Little Caesars Arena.
Cleveland State guard Tyree Appleby was one of five players voted onto the Horizon League All-Freshman Team which was announced on Wednesday afternoon as voted upon by the League's 10 head coaches, sports information directors and select media.
The Cleveland State men's basketball team earned the No. 8 seed in the Horizon League Championship and will face No. 9 seeded Youngstown State in a first round game on Friday (March 2) at 8:00 pm at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.
Cleveland State rallied late to force overtime and survived a pair of game-winning shot attempts by Youngstown State and defeated the Penguins, 99-94, in double overtime in the regular season finale on Saturday night at the Beeghly Center.
Bobby Word scored 18 points and Cleveland State hit 10 three-pointers, but Wright State used a late run to claim a 72-63 win over the Vikings on Monday night at the Nutter Center.