2015–16 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team

2015–16 Horizon League men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Valparaiso	16	–	2	.889	30	–	7	.811
Oakland	13	–	5	.722	23	–	12	.657
Wright State	13	–	5	.722	22	–	13	.629
Green Bay †	11	–	7	.611	23	–	13	.639
Milwaukee	10	–	8	.556	20	–	13	.606
Detroit	9	–	9	.500	16	–	15	.516
Youngstown State	6	–	12	.333	11	–	21	.344
Northern Kentucky*	5	–	13	.278	9	–	21	.300
Cleveland State	4	–	14	.222	9	–	23	.281
UIC	3	–	15	.167	5	–	25	.167
* Ineligible for NCAA postseason during transition to Division I.

† 2016 Horizon League Tournament winner

The 2015–16 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team represented Cleveland State University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Gary Waters in his tenth season. The Vikings were members of the Horizon League and played their home games at the Wolstein Center with five home games at Quicken Loans Arena. It was the 85th season of Cleveland State basketball. They finished the season 9–23, 4–14 in Horizon League play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Horizon League Tournament to Green Bay.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	0	Derek Sloan	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	RS So	Moreland Hills, OH
G	1	Andre Yates	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Dayton, OH
G	2	Myles Hamilton	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	RS Jr	Cleveland, OH
G	3	Rob Edwards	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Detroit, MI
G	4	Kenny Carpenter	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Detroit, MI
F	5	Jibri Blount	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Mountain Creek, Australia
G	11	Terrell Hales	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Detroit, MI
F	13	Jonathan Janssen	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Mountain Creek, Queensland, AUS
G	20	Bobby Word	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Lancaster, TX
G	21	Tim Hasbargen	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Munich, Germany
G	23	Khyler Fields	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sr	Massillon, OH
G	31	Nelson Maxwell	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	Orange Village, OH
C	32	Aaron Scales	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	RS Jr	High Point, NC
F	33	Demonte Flannigan	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Jr	Richmond Heights, OH
F	34	Jeron Rogers	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Fr	North Farmington, MI
F	41	Vinny Zollo	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Sr	Greenfield, OH
G	44	Daniel Levitt	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	Montreal, Quebec, CAN

Head coach

Gary Waters (Ferris State)

Assistant coach(es)

Larry DeSimpelare (Spring Arbor)
Jermaine Kimbrough (Virginia Tech)
Cornelius Jackson (Marshall)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2015–12–05

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-Conference regular season
11/14/2015* 9:30 pm	vs. Akron Coaches vs. Cancer Tip-Off	L 53–65	0–1	MAC Center (5,471) Kent, OH
11/17/2015* 7:00 pm	Malone	W 62–46	1–1	Wolstein Center (1,331) Cleveland, OH
11/21/2015* 7:30 pm	at Rhode Island Cancún Challenge	L 45–73	1–2	Ryan Center (4,721) Kingston, RI
11/24/2015* 12:30 pm	vs. Rider Cancún Challenge	W 57–52	2–2	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (982) Cancún, MX
11/25/2015* 3:00 pm	vs. South Dakota State Cancún Challenge	L 66–77	2–3	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (982) Cancún, MX
11/28/2015* 3:00 pm, BTN	at Maryland Cancún Challenge	L 63–80	2–4	Xfinity Center (17,282) College Park, MD
12/02/2015* 3:00 pm	at Toledo	L 65–76	2–5	Savage Arena (4,014) Toledo, OH
12/05/2015* 3:30 pm	vs. Kent State	L 62–66	2–6	Quicken Loans Arena (3,671) Cleveland, OH
12/12/2015* 1:00 pm, ESPN3	vs. Ohio	L 67–76	2–7	Quicken Loans Arena (3,261) Cleveland, OH
12/16/2015* 8:00 pm, ESPN3	at Loyola–Chicago	W 60–54	3–7	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (1,189) Chicago, IL
12/19/2015* 1:00 pm, ESPN3	Belmont	W 67–65	4–7	Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH
12/23/2015* 1:00 pm, ESPN3	Bowling Green	L 47–62	4–8	Wolstein Center (1,725) Cleveland, OH
12/29/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Cedarville	W 77–37	5–8	Wolstein Center (1,107) Cleveland, OH
Horizon League regular season
01/02/2016 3:00 pm, ESPN3	at Oakland	L 68–86	5–9 (0–1)	Athletics Center O'rena (2,508) Rochester, MI
01/04/2016 7:30 pm, ESPN3	at Detroit	L 80–88	5–10 (0–2)	Calihan Hall (1,539) Detroit, MI
01/07/2016 7:30 pm	Green Bay	L 67–87	5–11 (0–3)	Wolstein Center (1,471) Cleveland, OH
01/09/2016 3:00 pm	Milwaukee	L 62–65	5–12 (0–4)	Wolstein Center (1,805) Cleveland, OH
01/14/2016 7:00 pm	at Wright State	L 53–70	5–13 (0–5)	Nutter Center (3,937) Fairborn, OH
01/16/2016 7:00 pm	at Northern Kentucky	W 70–65	6–13 (1–5)	BB&T Arena (2,615) Highland Heights, KY
01/18/2016 7:00 pm	UIC	W 70–53	7–13 (2–5)	Wolstein Center (1,129) Cleveland, OH
01/24/2016 1:00 pm	vs. Youngstown State	L 55–70	7–14 (2–6)	Quicken Loans Arena (2,633) Cleveland, OH
01/28/2016 8:00 pm	at Valparaiso	L 52–77	7–15 (2–7)	Athletics–Recreation Center (2,313) Valparaiso, IN
01/30/2016 4:00 pm	at UIC	L 70–72 ^OT	7–16 (2–8)	UIC Pavilion (2,980) Chicago, IL
02/04/2016 7:30 pm	Detroit	L 63–71	7–17 (2–9)	Wolstein Center (1,577) Cleveland, OH
02/06/2016 1:00 pm	Oakland	L 57–67	7–18 (2–10)	Wolstein Center (2,475) Cleveland, OH
02/13/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at Youngstown State	W 64–59	8–18 (3–10)	Beeghly Center (2,9996) Youngstown, OH
02/16/2016 7:00 pm	vs. Valparaiso	L 43–66	8–19 (3–11)	Quicken Loans Arena (1,545) Cleveland, OH
02/20/2016 4:00 pm, ESPN3	at Milwaukee	L 54–88	8–20 (3–12)	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (2,689) Milwaukee, WI
02/22/2016 8:00 pm	at Green Bay	L 61–78	8–21 (3–13)	Resch Center (2,664) Green Bay, WI
02/25/2016 7:30 pm	Northern Kentucky	W 63–58	9–21 (4–13)	Wolstein Center (1,333) Cleveland, OH
02/27/2016 1:00 pm	vs. Wright State	L 51–55	9–22 (4–14)	Quicken Loans Arena (2,337) Cleveland, OH
Horizon League Tournament
03/05/2016 12:00 pm, ESPN3	vs. Green Bay First round	L 53–65	9–23	Joe Louis Arena (5,247) Detroit, MI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

^ http://www.csuvikings.com/sports/m-baskbl/2015-16/schedule

[1] ttp://www.csuvikings.com/sports/m-baskbl/2015-16/schedule

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