2020–21 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team

2020–21 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball
Horizon League regular-season co-champions & Horizon League tournament champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
ConferenceHorizon League
Record19–8 (16–4 Horizon)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaWolstein Center
2020–21 Horizon League men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Wright State 16 4   .800 18 6   .750
Cleveland State 16 4   .800 19 8   .704
Detroit Mercy 10 6   .625 12 10   .545
Northern Kentucky 11 7   .611 14 11   .560
Oakland 10 10   .500 12 18   .400
Youngstown State 9 11   .450 15 12   .556
IUPUI 7 9   .438 8 10   .444
Milwaukee 7 10   .412 10 12   .455
Green Bay 8 12   .400 8 17   .320
UIC 6 10   .375 9 13   .409
Purdue Fort Wayne 6 14   .300 8 15   .348
Robert Morris 3 12   .200 4 15   .211
2021 Horizon League tournament winner

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 Dennis Gates, played their home games at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland, 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, Milwaukee 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 Houston.