2007-08 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team
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The 2007–08 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team represents Cleveland State University
in the 2007-08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
. The team was led by second-year head coach Gary Waters
. In 2006–07, the Vikings finished 10–21 (3–13 in the Horizon League
). Cleveland State had their first winning season since the 2000–2001 season when they finished 19–13 overall and 9–5 in conference play. It was the 77th season of Cleveland State basketball.
until their 56–52 win over No. 12 Butler on January 17, 2008. The 5,352 fans that attended the game marked the largest crowd in the Wolstein Center
since the curtain was added four years ago on the west side to trim the capacity of the building to approximately 8,500. The last time CSU had a larger crowd in the Wolstein Center came on November 29, 2003 when 11,534 saw the Vikings drop an 82–76 decision to No. 9 North Carolina (No. 10 ESPN/USA Today; No. 9 AP). On January 21, 2008 Cleveland State received their first point in the AP Top 25 poll for the season, that had them T-43. The lone point came from Keith Sargeant of the Home News Tribune
. On March 1, 2008 Cleveland State clinched the 2nd seed in the Horizon League tournament with a win over Youngstown State and a Wright State loss. With the 2nd seed they only need to win two games to make the NCAA Tournament. They will host the championship game with a win and a Butler loss in the tournament. Also with the win Cleveland State reached the 20-win mark for only the six time in Cleveland State history. On March 8, 2008 Cleveland State reached their first Horizon League championship game ever, and their first conference championship game appearance since 1987.
Cleveland State University
Cleveland State University is a public university located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. It was established in 1964 when the state of Ohio assumed control of Fenn College, and it absorbed the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 1969...
in the 2007-08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
2007-08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 5, 2007 ended with the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament's championship game on April 7, 2008 in the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.-Season headlines:...
. The team was led by second-year head coach Gary Waters
Gary Waters
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. In 2006–07, the Vikings finished 10–21 (3–13 in the Horizon League
Horizon League
The Horizon League is a ten school, NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose members are located in five of the Midwestern United States....
). Cleveland State had their first winning season since the 2000–2001 season when they finished 19–13 overall and 9–5 in conference play. It was the 77th season of Cleveland State basketball.
Preseason
The preseason Horizon League Coaches' Poll picked the Vikings to finish ninth. The Vikings bring in ten newcomers to this years roster. J'Nathan Bullock was named to the preseason all-Horizon League 2nd team. Also for the first time since the 1986–1987 season the Vikings are guaranteed to play at least 32 games. At least 17 of those games will be on the road.Regular season
On January 5, 2008 Cleveland State matched their win totals from last season (10–21 overall, 3–13 HL), and remain in first place in the Horizon League through 15 games for the first time since the 1999–2000 season. They are the last undefeated team in Horizon League play at 4–0. On January 12, 2008 Cleveland State won its 5th game in conference play. That is its best start in conference play since the 1992–93 season when they won their first 14 conference games. The Vikings were 1–26 in games against ranked opponents, with their only win coming on March 14, 1986, against No. 16 Indiana in the NCAA tournament under coach Kevin MackeyKevin Mackey
Kevin Mackey is a former head coach of men's basketball at Cleveland State University. Although several low moments of his life were made public, Mackey was also a popular symbol of success when his CSU Vikings upset the Indiana Hoosiers to make the Sweet 16 in the 1986 NCAA Men's Division I...
until their 56–52 win over No. 12 Butler on January 17, 2008. The 5,352 fans that attended the game marked the largest crowd in the Wolstein Center
Wolstein Center
The Bert L. & Iris S. Wolstein Convocation Center is an indoor arena located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. It replaced the Woodling Gym...
since the curtain was added four years ago on the west side to trim the capacity of the building to approximately 8,500. The last time CSU had a larger crowd in the Wolstein Center came on November 29, 2003 when 11,534 saw the Vikings drop an 82–76 decision to No. 9 North Carolina (No. 10 ESPN/USA Today; No. 9 AP). On January 21, 2008 Cleveland State received their first point in the AP Top 25 poll for the season, that had them T-43. The lone point came from Keith Sargeant of the Home News Tribune
Home News Tribune
Home News Tribune is a newspaper of New Jersey, serving the Middlesex County area of Central Jersey. The paper has an average daily weekday circulation of about 49,000. The newspaper is the result of a mid 1990s combination of The Home News of East Brunswick and The News Tribune of Woodbridge...
. On March 1, 2008 Cleveland State clinched the 2nd seed in the Horizon League tournament with a win over Youngstown State and a Wright State loss. With the 2nd seed they only need to win two games to make the NCAA Tournament. They will host the championship game with a win and a Butler loss in the tournament. Also with the win Cleveland State reached the 20-win mark for only the six time in Cleveland State history. On March 8, 2008 Cleveland State reached their first Horizon League championship game ever, and their first conference championship game appearance since 1987.
Schedule
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| November 6, 2007 | Lake Erie Lake Erie College Lake Erie College is a private liberal arts college that is located in Painesville, Ohio, approximately east of Cleveland. As of the 2010-2011 academic year, the enrollment was approximately 1200 undergraduates and graduate students.... |
Cleveland, OH | 7:30 p.m. | W 67–46 | 1–0 | ||
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| November 9, 2007 | South Florida University of South Florida The University of South Florida, also known as USF, is a member institution of the State University System of Florida, one of the state's three flagship universities for public research, and is located in Tampa, Florida, USA... |
Tampa, FL | 7:00 p.m. | W 73–70 | 1–0 | ||
| November 13, 2007 | George Mason 2007-08 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team The 2007–08 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team began their 42nd season of collegiate play on November 9, 2007 at the Patriot Center versus Vermont. George Mason won the 2008 CAA tournament and advanced to the 2008 NCAA tournament... |
Fairfax, VA | 7:00 p.m. | L 47–56 | 1–1 | ||
| November 16, 2007 | Georgia Southern Georgia Southern University Georgia Southern University is a national public university located on a campus in Statesboro, Georgia, USA. Founded in 1906, it is part of the University System of Georgia and is the largest center of higher education in the southern half of Georgia offering 117 academic majors in a comprehensive... |
Daytona Beach, FL | 12:00 p.m. | L 70–72 | 1–2 | ||
| November 17, 2007 | Florida State Florida State University The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation... |
Daytona Beach, FL | 6:00 p.m. | W 69–66 | 2–2 | ||
| November 18, 2007 | Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic University Florida Atlantic University, also referred to as FAU or Florida Atlantic, is a public, coeducational, research university located in , United States. The university has six satellite campuses located in the Florida cities of Dania Beach, Davie, Fort Lauderdale, Jupiter, Port St. Lucie, and in Fort... |
Daytona Beach, FL | 12:00 p.m. | W 76–66 | 3–2 | ||
| November 24, 2007 | John Carroll John Carroll University John Carroll University is a private, co-educational Jesuit Catholic university in University Heights, Ohio, United States, a suburb of Cleveland. The university was founded in 1886 by the Society of Jesus as Saint Ignatius College.The university was founded in 1886 by the Society of Jesus, as... |
Cleveland, OH | 3:00 p.m. | W 67–57 | 4–2 | ||
| November 28, 2007 | California State Northridge California State University, Northridge California State University, Northridge is a public university in Northridge, a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, California, United States.... |
Cleveland, OH | 7:00 p.m. | L 68–78 | 4–3 | ||
| December 1, 2007 | Geneva College Geneva College Geneva College is a Christian liberal arts college in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, United States, north of Pittsburgh. Founded in 1848, in Northwood, Ohio, the college moved to its present location in 1880, where it continues to educate a student body of about 1400 traditional undergraduates in... |
Cleveland, OH | 7:00 p.m. | W 107–51 | 5–3 | ||
| December 4, 2007 | Chicago State Chicago State University Chicago State University is a state university of the U.S. state of Illinois, located in Chicago.-History:Cook County Normal School was founded in 1867, largely through the initiative of John F. Eberhart, the Commissioner of Schools for Cook County... |
Chicago, IL | 8:00 p.m. | W 76–71 | 6–3 | ||
| December 8, 2007 | Youngstown State Youngstown State University Youngstown State University, founded in 1908, is an urban research university located in Youngstown, Ohio, United States. As of fall 2010, there were 15,194 students and a student-faculty ratio of 19:1. It is recognized as being one of the premier schools in the country, comparable to Ivy League... |
Cleveland, OH | 5:00 p.m. | W 77–54 | 7–3 | 1–0 | |
| December 18, 2007 | Ohio State | Cleveland, OH | 7:00 p.m. | L 63–80 | 7–4 | 1–0 | |
| December 22, 2007 | Central Michigan Central Michigan University Central Michigan University is a public research university located in Mount Pleasant in the U.S. state of Michigan... |
Cleveland, OH | 1:00 p.m. | W 86–70 | 8–4 | 1–0 | |
| December 29, 2007 | Kent State Kent State University Kent State University is a public research university located in Kent, Ohio, United States. The university has eight campuses around the northeast Ohio region with the main campus in Kent being the largest... |
Kent, OH | 5:00 p.m. | L 69–84 | 8–5 | 1–0 | |
| January 3, 2008 | Loyola Chicago Loyola University Chicago Loyola University Chicago is a private Jesuit research university located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1870 under the title St... |
Cleveland, OH | 7:30 p.m. | W 63–55 | 9–5 | 2–0 | |
| January 5, 2008 | Illinois Chicago University of Illinois at Chicago The University of Illinois at Chicago, or UIC, is a state-funded public research university located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its campus is in the Near West Side community area, near the Chicago Loop... |
Cleveland, OH | 7:30 p.m. | W 68–51 | 10–5 | 3–0 | |
| January 10, 2008 | Detroit Mercy University of Detroit Mercy University of Detroit Mercy is a private, Roman Catholic co-educational university in Detroit, Michigan, United States, affiliated with the Society of Jesus and the Sisters of Mercy. Antoine M. Garibaldi is the president. With origins dating from 1877, it is the largest Roman Catholic university... |
Detroit, MI | 7:05 p.m. | W 74–64 | 11–5 | 4–0 | |
| January 12, 2008 | Wright State Wright State University Wright State University is a comprehensive public university with strong doctoral, research, and undergraduate programs, rated among the 260 Best National Universities listed in the annual "America's Best Colleges" rankings by U.S. News and World Report. Wright State is located in Fairborn, Ohio,... |
Fairborn, OH | 7:00 p.m. | W 65–63 | 12–5 | 5–0 | |
| January 17, 2008 | #12 Butler Butler University Butler University is a private university located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Founded in 1855 and named after founder Ovid Butler, the university offers 60 degree programs to 4,400 students through six colleges: business, communication, education, liberal Arts and sciences, pharmacy and health... |
Cleveland, OH | 7:30 p.m. | W 56–52 | 13–5 | 6–0 | |
| January 19, 2008 | Valparaiso 2007-08 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team The 2007–08 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team was a NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Horizon League.-Preseason:... |
Cleveland, OH | 7:30 p.m. | W 69–63 | 14–5 | 7–0 | |
| January 24, 2008 | UW–Green Bay | Green Bay, WI | 8:05 p.m. | L 50–59 | 14–6 | 7–1 | |
| January 26, 2008 | UW–Milwaukee | Milwaukee, WI | 8:00 p.m. | L 71–79 | 14–7 | 7–2 | |
| January 31, 2008 | Illinois Chicago University of Illinois at Chicago The University of Illinois at Chicago, or UIC, is a state-funded public research university located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its campus is in the Near West Side community area, near the Chicago Loop... |
Chicago, IL | 8:00 p.m. | L 68–74 | 14–8 | 7–3 | |
| February 2, 2008 | Loyola Chicago Loyola University Chicago Loyola University Chicago is a private Jesuit research university located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1870 under the title St... |
Chicago, IL | 8:00 p.m. | L 53–65 | 14–9 | 7–4 | |
| February 7, 2008 | Wright State Wright State University Wright State University is a comprehensive public university with strong doctoral, research, and undergraduate programs, rated among the 260 Best National Universities listed in the annual "America's Best Colleges" rankings by U.S. News and World Report. Wright State is located in Fairborn, Ohio,... |
Cleveland, OH | 7:30 p.m. | L 49–55 | 14–10 | 7–5 | |
| February 9, 2008 | Detroit Mercy University of Detroit Mercy University of Detroit Mercy is a private, Roman Catholic co-educational university in Detroit, Michigan, United States, affiliated with the Society of Jesus and the Sisters of Mercy. Antoine M. Garibaldi is the president. With origins dating from 1877, it is the largest Roman Catholic university... |
Cleveland, OH | 5:30 p.m. | W 60–56 | 15–10 | 8–5 | |
| February 11, 2008 | UW–Green Bay | Cleveland, OH | 7:00 p.m. | W 81–64 | 16–10 | 9–5 | |
| February 14, 2008 | Valparaiso 2007-08 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team The 2007–08 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team was a NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Horizon League.-Preseason:... |
Valparaiso, IN | 8:05 p.m. | W 71–58 | 17–10 | 10–5 | |
| February 16, 2008 | #9 Butler Butler University Butler University is a private university located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Founded in 1855 and named after founder Ovid Butler, the university offers 60 degree programs to 4,400 students through six colleges: business, communication, education, liberal Arts and sciences, pharmacy and health... |
Indianapolis, IN | 3:00 p.m. | L 46–51 | 17–11 | 10–6 | |
| February 20, 2008 | UW–Milwaukee | Cleveland, OH | 7:00 p.m. | W 74–64 | 18–11 | 11–6 | |
| February 23, 2008 | Marist Marist College Marist College is a private liberal arts college on the east bank of the Hudson River near Poughkeepsie, New York. The site was established in 1905 by Marist Brothers, and the college was chartered in 1929... |
Cleveland, OH | 6:30 p.m. | W 59–44 | 19–11 | 11–6 | |
| March 1, 2008 | Youngstown State Youngstown State University Youngstown State University, founded in 1908, is an urban research university located in Youngstown, Ohio, United States. As of fall 2010, there were 15,194 students and a student-faculty ratio of 19:1. It is recognized as being one of the premier schools in the country, comparable to Ivy League... |
Youngstown, OH | 7:05 p.m. | W 65–58 | 20–11 | 12–6 | |
| 2008 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament The 2008 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament is scheduled at the end of the 2007–2008 regular season. The better seed will host each first round match. Butler hosted the second round and semifinals, because they were the top seed... |
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| March 8, 2008 | Valparaiso 2007-08 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team The 2007–08 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team was a NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Horizon League.-Preseason:... |
Indianapolis, IN | 4:30 p.m. | W 78–73 | 21–11 | 12–6 | |
| March 11, 2008 | #12 Butler Butler University Butler University is a private university located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Founded in 1855 and named after founder Ovid Butler, the university offers 60 degree programs to 4,400 students through six colleges: business, communication, education, liberal Arts and sciences, pharmacy and health... |
Indianapolis, IN | 9:00 p.m. | L 55–70 | 21–12 | 12–6 | |
| 2008 National Invitation Tournament -Semifinals and Final:Played at Madison Square Garden in New York City on April 1 and 3* - Overtime game.-External links:*... |
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| March 19, 2008 | Dayton University of Dayton The University of Dayton is a private Roman Catholic university operated by the Society of Mary located in Dayton, Ohio... |
Dayton, OH | 7:00 p.m. | L 57–66 | 21–13 | 12–6 | |
| *Rank according to AP Top 25 Poll. #All times are in EST Eastern Standard Time Eastern Standard Time may refer to:*North American Eastern Time Zone, UTC-5*Australian Eastern Standard Time, UTC+10*An album by Hip Hop group Kooley High... . Conference games in BOLD. |
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External links
- http://csuvikings.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/clst-m-baskbl-body.html
- http://csuvikings.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/clst-m-baskbl-sched.html
- http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/teams/cbh
- http://sports-ak.espn.go.com/ncb/clubhouse?teamId=325
- http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CLEVST
- http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/ncaa/men/teams/clevst/
- http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/team?statsId=121
- http://www.sportingnews.com/cbasketball/teams/clevelandstate/index.html
- http://www.cleveland.com/sports/csu/
- http://www.usbasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=USA&Team=1052