Cleveland State Men’s Basketball 2021 NCAA Tournament Capsule
March 1, 2021 · CSM Staff
Cleveland State Vikings
Horizon (19-7, 16-4)
Big Wins: 1/15 at Wright State (66-64), 3/8 vs Milwaukee (71-65), 3/9 vs Oakland (80-69)
Bad Losses: 1/23 Milwaukee (80-81), 2/12 Detroit (83-89), 2/19 at Fort Wayne (68-75)
Coach: Dennis Gates
Probable Starters:
Craig Beaudion, Senior, Guard, 9.6 ppg, 3.4 apg
Torrey Patton, Senior, Guard, 14.9 ppg, 2.7 apg, 8.0 rpg
Tre Gomillion, Junior, Guard, 10.5 ppg, 2.4 apg, 5.2 rpg
D’Moi Hodge, Junior, Guard, 10.5 ppg, 1.6 apg, 1.7 spg
Deante Johnson, Junior, Forward, 5.5 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 1.2 bpg
Key Role Players:
Algevon Eichelberger, Senior, Forward, 6.2 ppg, 3.4 rpg
Yahel Hill, Junior, Guard, 3.3 ppg, 1.0 apg
Alec Oglesby, Freshman, Guard, 4.3 ppg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 71.1 (181st in nation, 11th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 70.9 (195, 2)
Field-Goal Percentage: 44.9 (130, 5)
Field-Goal Defense: 42.8 (150, 2)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 6.5 (256, 12)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 31.8 (265, 10)
Free-Throw Percentage: 66.8 (288, 10)
Rebound Margin: -0.2 (195, 4)
Assists Per Game: 13.5 (145, 7)
Turnovers Per Game: 13.2 (174, 7)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
| 2015 | CIT | First Round win over Western Michigan |
| 2015 | CIT | Second Round loss to NJIT |
| 2014 | CIT | First Round loss to Ohio |
| 2012 | NIT | First Round loss to Stanford |
| 2011 | NIT | First Round win over Vermont |
| 2011 | NIT | Second Round loss to College of Charleston |
| 2009 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Wake Forest |
| 2009 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to Arizona |
| 2008 | NIT | First Round loss to Dayton |
*all team stats through 3/7
