The 2010–11 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team represented

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in the

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. Their head coach was

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. The Vikings played their home games at the

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and are members of the

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. It was the 80th season of Cleveland State basketball. They finished the season 27–9, 13–5 in Horizon League play to share the regular season conference title with

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and

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. They lost in the semifinals of the 2011 Horizon League men's basketball tournament to Butler. They were invited to the

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where they defeated

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before falling to the

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in the second round.

Preseason

The preseason Horizon League Coaches' Poll picked the Vikings to finish third. Norris Cole was named to the preseason all-Horizon League 1st team.

Regular season

On November 29, 2010 Cleveland State received their first point in the AP Top 25 poll for the season, that had them 41st. The lone point came from Steve Deshazo of

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. The game time of the February 5 game against Butler was changed from 2:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m. to accommodate a broadcast on ESPN2. The attendance at the Butler @ Cleveland State game on February 5 was 8,490. That is the 6th largest home attendance ever for a Cleveland State basketball game.

Roster

Schedule

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Rankings

References

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