The 2011–12 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team represented

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in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Gary Waters. The Vikings played their home games at the Wolstein Center and were members of the

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. It was the 81st season of Cleveland State basketball.

Previous season

Last year's team 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 played in the NIT, advancing to the second round.

Preseason

The preseason Horizon League Coaches' Poll picked the Vikings to finish third with two first place votes behind Butler and Detroit, with 28 and 19 first place votes, respectively.

Regular season

In the preseason rankings Cleveland State received no points or votes in the AP or ESPN/USA Today coaches poll. On November 7, 2011 Cleveland State received 43 points in the AP poll for 29th overall and 13 votes in the coaches poll for a ranking of 35th. On November 14, 2011 Cleveland State received 94 points in the AP poll for a ranking of 26th. In the coaches poll Cleveland State received 20 points for a ranking of 34th.

Roster

Schedule

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Rankings

References

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