Returning home last night from a winless three-game road trip at 4-5 in the Horizon League, the pre-season favorite Cleveland State Vikings welcomed the second most disappointing team in the league into Wolstein Arena, the 0-9 University of Detroit Titans. The Vikes got things back on track with a 66-49 win, and Jay Pearlman recaps the win for our readers in his latest piece.

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Cleveland State returns home this week after two weeks on the road. The time away was not kind to the Vikings as CSU dropped three straight contests to fall to 13-8, 4-5. After some tough out of conference games, and a brutal start to their Horizon League slate, he schedule softens up a little for the Vikes ... who will set out to improve their seeding for the conference tournament. Ryan Aroney takes a look at Cleveland State's next two games, home contests against Detroit and Wright State.

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Cleveland State plays only one game this week and it's a nationally-televised contest at Horizon League rival Youngstown State and the ESPNU cameras figure to draw out the largest crowd of the season for the Penguins. CSU (13-7, 4-4) is coming off a disappointing road trip into Wisconsin that saw the Vikings drop two straight. They'll look to right the ship Friday night before lots of eyes, both at the Beeghly Center, and on the ESPN family of networks. Ryan Aroney previews the contest for us.

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Even after a brutal oh-for-Wisconsin weekend last week, coming into last night's game at Youngstown State it was all set up for Cleveland State. No, the preseason Horizon favorites weren't going to catch Butler for the regular season Horizon crown; nor will anyone else. But with Green Bay and Milwaukee both picking up losses two nights ago, the table was set for CSU to position themselves for the #2 seed in the conference tournament. Alas, it was not to be. Jay Pearlman recaps the Vikings disappointing loss to YSU.

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