Cleveland State was coming off three big wins. Wright State started the season playing poorly, but has been coming around as of late, despite being without their best player, Vaughn Duggins. It made for an interesting Horizon League matchup. Wright State played stifling first half defense, then shot 65% in the second half to walk away with a relatively easy 71-62 win over CSU. Jay Pearlman writes about it for us.

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Since Gary Waters' third year at Kent State in 1998-99 - in fact since the conference season the previous winter, Kent State has clearly been the best Ohio basketball program north of Columbus. That could all be changing. Waters' Vikings absolutely pounded Kent State last night at the Wolstein Center, winning 67-41 in a game that was never close. Jay Pearlman recaps last night's win.

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Kent State makes the bus trip north tonight for their annual contest against Cleveland State ... a 7 PM tip off at the Wolstein Center downtown. Cleveland State coach (and TCF contributor) Gary Waters was the man that brought Kent State to national prominence a decade ago, and will look to keep big mo rollin' with the Vikings, who are fresh off an upset of #11 Syracuse up in the Carrier Dome last week. Should be a fun one downtown tonight. Ryan Aroney previews the showdown.

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When CSU's Cedric Jackson buried his 60-foot buzzer beater to upset #11 Syracuse on Monday night, it ended more than just a great college basketball game. It also marked the end of the Vikings' brutal non conference, early season road schedule. In the first month of this season, Cleveland State traveled nearly 8,000 miles-from Washington on the west coast, south to Florida and then to New York on the east coast-to battle teams from the Pac-10, Big 12 and Big East. In this column, CSU coach Gary Waters talks about the importance of scheduling in college basketball and the lessons his Vikings (8-4) have learned so far this year.

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