The 2020–21 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team represented Cleveland State University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Vikings, led by second-year head coach

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, played their home games at the Wolstein Center in

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, Ohio as members of the Horizon League. They finished the season 19–8, 16–4 in Horizon League play, to finish as regular-season co-champions. They defeated Purdue Fort Wayne,

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and Oakland to be champions of the Horizon League tournament. They received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to

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Previous season

The

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finished the 2019–20 season 11–21, 7–11 in Horizon League play, to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the Horizon League tournament to Oakland.

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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