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Ram Jam: Cleveland State Falls to VCU
Another road game against a top-25 caliber opponent, another loss for the Cleveland State Vikings. CSU (6-8) battled back after spotting the Virginia Commonwealth University Rams (10-3) an early 12-0...
View ArticleWorking for the Weekend: Cleveland State Wins First Two Conference Games
While we were spending our weekends on the couch under a blanket of warm nacho cheese and cool beverage cans, the Cleveland State Vikings went to work. After a so-so start to the season, the Vikes...
View ArticleA Case of the Runs: Cleveland State edges Oakland
The Cleveland State Vikings (9-8) defeated the Oakland Golden Grizzlies (5-11) in a back-and-forth matchup Thursday night at the Wolstein Center. CSU hopped on the Grizz early in the first half and led...
View ArticleWho’s Over .500? These Guys! Cleveland State beats Wright State
Don’t despair, Cleveland basketball fans. There’s one team with a winning record in the Forest City. The Cleveland State Vikings (10-9, 4-1 in Horizon League) did not play outstanding basketball...
View ArticlePsst: Cleveland State Beats Youngstown State to win five of last six
Don’t look now, but the Cleveland State Vikings have won five of their last six and are in first place in the Horizon League. The Vikes (11-9, 5-1 Horizon League) have come alive in conference play...
View ArticleDismember the Titans: Cleveland State beats Detroit to win third straight
During the national anthem Friday night at the Wolstein Center, Cleveland State guard Charlie Lee stretched his ankles. He put his right foot behind him and then his left, rotating each to warm up his...
View ArticleAudience with the King: Cleveland State Loses Before LeBron
LeBron James, in town for the Cavaliers’ game against the Detroit Pistons Tuesday, was in attendance as the Cleveland State Vikings took on the Oakland Golden Grizzlies in Rochester, Michigan Monday...
View ArticleCleveland State sends Green Bay packing
Last season, a surging Cleveland State team hosted Green Bay in mid-February. The Vikings were on a seven-game winning streak, including five on the road. It didn’t matter. The Phoenix came into...
View ArticleA Beginner’s Guide to the Cleveland State Vikings
Let me let you in on a little secret, sports fans: I did not expect to take the Cleveland State Vikings all that seriously when I took on the task of covering them this season. We at WFNY were glad to...
View ArticleCleveland State ices Penguins, now 8-2 in conference play
The Cleveland State Vikings continued their winning ways in the Horizon League Wednesday night, as they built a comfortable lead early and went wire-to-wire to beat the Youngstown State Penguins 73-60...
View ArticleCleveland State outshoots Wright State, back on top of Horizon League
Head coach Gary Waters’ tenure at Cleveland State has been defined by his teams’ defense, and this year’s squad is no exception. The Vikings entered Saturday afternoon’s game against the Wright State...
View ArticleWATCH: Cleveland State celebrates senior day with big alley-oop
Sunday was Senior Day at the Wolstein Center, and Cleveland State seniors Charlie Lee and Marlin Mason celebrated with a big alley-oop in the second half. Lee lobbed it up from the top of the key, and...
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Cleveland State Splits Weekend Games; In Second Place in Horizon League
Cleveland State split two games over the weekend, losing a half-game’s worth of ground in their pursuit of the top spot in the Horizon League. They lost a heartbreaker in the closing seconds at Detroit...
View ArticleCSU hands Green Bay first home loss, controls own destiny in Horizon League
The Cleveland State Vikings completed a season sweep of Green Bay Friday night, winning 66-61 in overtime and handing the Phoenix their first home loss of the season. They did it all on national...
View ArticleCSU falls to Milwaukee, loses shot at regular season conference title
Cleveland State controlled their own destiny, and then they fumbled it away. The Vikings beat Green Bay in an overtime thriller Friday night, but fell to the Milwaukee Panthers 66-60 Sunday afternoon...
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Breaking Down CSU’s Shot at the Conference Title
Despite a boneheaded headline suggesting the contrary―seriously, who writes this crap?―the Cleveland State Vikings will play Friday night for a share of the Horizon League regular season title and the...
View ArticleBlinded by the Lights: Cleveland State Struggles on Big Stage
For any team, those words hurt to say after a loss. They especially hurt for this Cleveland State team. For a team whose reputation is built around defense; for a team that led the conference in steals...
View ArticleCharting the Vikings’ Course to the Big Dance
Their regular season ended with disappointment, and their path to the NCAA Tournament is much tougher than it would have been had they beaten Valparaiso last Friday, but the Cleveland State Vikings...
View ArticleCleveland State’s Quest for Big Dance Ends in Valparaiso
It wasn’t a surprising result. They were playing on the road. They were playing on the second night of a back-to-back. They were playing the conference champions. They were playing against a bigger...
View ArticleLeave-land State: What’s going on at CSU?
In 2012, Gary Waters saw a bright future for the Cleveland State Vikings. Perennial Horizon League power Butler, which had won at least a share of five of the previous six HL championships, left the...
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