Sustaining the momentum from last season's stunning first-round NCAA Tournament upset of Wake Forest won't be easy for Cleveland State with only two starters back in 2009-10.

"It's going to be a difficult challenge," head coach Gary Waters told Blue Ribbon Yearbook. "We don't have the long tradition like a Butler, where they can just recharge their motors. That's what we're trying to formulate here. At the same time, we have to work a little harder."

The formerly forgotten Vikings won 47 games in the past two seasons, led by the nucleus of All-Horizon League honorees Cedric Jackson and J'Nathan Bullock. Their eligibility has expired, along with a third starter, Chris Moore.

The two returning starters are junior guard Norris Cole and junior small forward D'Aundray ...More