2009–10 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team

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2009-10 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball
Cleveland State Vikings wordmark.svg
Conference Horizon League
2009-10 record 16–17 (10–8 Horizon League)
Head coach Gary Waters
Assistant coach Jayson Gee
Assistant coach Larry DeSimpelare
Assistant coach Jermaine Kimbrough
Home arena Wolstein Center
Seasons
←  2008-09
2010–11  →

{{2009–10 Horizon League men's basketball standings}} The 2009–10 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team represented Cleveland State University in the 2009-10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Gary Waters and played their home games at the Wolstein Center. They finished the season 16–17, 10–8 in Horizon League play and lost in the quarterfinals of the 2010 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament. It was the 79th season of Cleveland State basketball.

Cleveland State University university

Cleveland State University (CSU) is a public research university in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It was established in 1964, and opened for classes in 1965 after acquiring the buildings, property, and students of Fenn College, a private school that had been in operation since 1923. CSU absorbed the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 1969. Today it is part of the University System of Ohio, has more than 120,000 alumni, and offers over 200 academic programs.

Gary Steven Waters is an American college basketball coach and the men's basketball former head coach at Cleveland State University.

Wolstein Center

The Bert L. and Iris S. Wolstein Center, often called "The Convo", is an indoor arena located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States, on the campus of Cleveland State University. It is home to the Cleveland State Vikings men's and women's basketball teams and the former home of the Cleveland Crunch and Cleveland Force of the NPSL and MISL. The building opened in 1991 as a replacement for Woodling Gym and was known until 2005 as the CSU Convocation Center. It is named for Bert L. Wolstein, a Cleveland State alumnus. The main arena is known as Henry J. Goodman Arena, and is named for a former CSU trustee. It seats 13,610 for basketball, and with additional floor seating can hold 15,000 for concerts and professional wrestling. In addition to the arena, the Wolstein Center also has a practice gym and grand ballroom. It is the largest basketball arena in the Horizon League and the second-largest college basketball arena in Ohio by seating capacity.

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Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

FIBA International basketball governing body

The International Basketball Federation, more commonly known as FIBA, from its French name Fédération internationale de basket-ball, is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. Originally known as the Fédération internationale de basket-ball amateur, in 1989 it dropped the word amateur from its name but retained the acronym; the "BA" now represents the first two letters of basketball.

No.PositionPlayer
3 Flag of the United States.svg G Trevon Harmon
5 Flag of the United States.svg G Jeremy Montgomery
20 Flag of the United States.svg F Charlie Woods
22 Flag of the United States.svg G Josh McCoy
23 Flag of the United States.svg F Daitwan Eppinger
30 Flag of the United States.svg G Norris Cole
No.PositionPlayer
32 Flag of the United States.svg G D'Aundray Brown
33 Flag of the United States.svg F Tim Kamczyc
44 Flag of the United States.svg F Aaron Pogue
50 Flag of the United States.svg F Ethan Anderson
51 Flag of the United States.svg C Joe Latas

Schedule

Horizon League Standing: 2nd
DateOpponent*Rank*LocationTime#ResultOverallConference
Exhibition Game
November 9, 2009 John Carroll Cleveland 7:00 p.m.W 92–751–0
Regular Season Games
November 13, 2009 St. Bonaventure Olean, New York 7:00 p.m.L 72–620–1
November 16, 2009 Wilmington Cleveland11:30 a.m.W 99–741–1
November 19, 2009 Florida A&M Cleveland7:00 p.m.W 78–642–1
November 21, 2009 Sam Houston State Cleveland7:00 p.m.W 80–653–1
November 24, 2009#5 Kentucky Cancún, Mexico4:30 p.m.L 73–493–2
November 25, 2009 Virginia Cancun, Mexico8:00 p.m.L 76–653–3
November 28, 2009 Wichita State Cleveland2:00 p.m.L 69–543–4
December 3, 2009 Wright State Fairborn, Ohio 9:00 p.m.L 73–643–50–1
December 5, 2009 Detroit Mercy Detroit 1:00 p.m.L 69–623–60–2
December 12, 2009 Wilberforce Cleveland, OH2:00 p.m.W 113–614–60–2
December 15, 2009 Robert Morris Cleveland7:00 p.m.L 78–704–70–2
December 19, 2009#6 West Virginia Cleveland2:00 p.m.L 80–784–80–2
December 22, 2009#17 Ohio State Columbus, Ohio 8:30 p.m.L 72–594–90–2
December 29, 2009#12 Kansas State Manhattan, Kansas 8:00 p.m.L 85–564–100–2
January 2, 2010 Youngstown State Youngstown, Ohio 7:05 p.m.W 70–485–101–2
January 7, 2010 Loyola Chicago Cleveland7:00 p.m.W 62–576–102–2
January 9, 2010 Illinois Chicago Cleveland5:30 p.m.W 70–637–103–2
January 14, 2010#22 Butler Indianapolis 7:00 p.m.L 64–557–113–3
January 16, 2010 Valparaiso Valparaiso, Indiana 8:05 p.m.L 78–71 7–123–4
January 22, 2010 UW–Green Bay Cleveland7:30 p.m.W 64–508–124–4
January 24, 2010 UW–Milwaukee Cleveland2:00 p.m.W 73–729–125–4
January 30, 2010 Youngstown State Cleveland4:00 p.m.W 77–6910–126–4
February 4, 2010 Illinois Chicago Chicago 8:00 p.m.W 74–6311–127–4
February 6, 2010 Loyola Chicago Chicago4:00 p.m.W 59–5612–128–4
February 11, 2010 Valparaiso Cleveland7:00 p.m.W 80–7113–129–4
February 13, 2010#15 Butler Cleveland2:00 p.m.L 70–5913–139–5
February 16, 2010 UW–Green Bay Green Bay, Wisconsin 8:00 p.m.L 74–5713–149–6
February 18, 2010 UW–Milwaukee Milwaukee 8:30 p.m.L 69–5913–159–7
February 20, 2009 Toledo Cleveland6:00 p.m.W 87–6314–159–7
February 25, 2010 Detroit Mercy Cleveland7:30 p.m.L 65–5414–169–8
February 27, 2010 Wright State Cleveland2:00 p.m.W 68–6315–1610–8
Horizon League Tournament
March 2, 2010 Loyola Chicago Cleveland7:00 p.m.W 80–6616–16
March 5, 2010 UW–Milwaukee Indianapolis7:00 p.m.L 82–7516–17
*Rank according to AP Top 25 Poll. #All times are in Eastern. Conference games in bold.

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