Cleveland State men are 12-0 and off until Saturday's visit to West Virginia. Ohio State became 8-0 and Kent State 8-3 with wins on Sunday.
Guard Norris Cole and the Cleveland State Vikings are 12-0.Cleveland, Ohio -- There's an undefeated Division I men's college basketball team a couple-plus hours' drive north of Columbus.
Cleveland State won at Sam Houston State, 74-62, on Saturday, as Cody Stark reports for The Plain Dealer.
The win makes the Vikings 12-0. We'll see if they move up in the Associated Press rankings on Monday. This week, among the more than 300 Division I college teams in the nation, CSU was outside the Top 25, but gaining respect and some votes with a No. 31 ranking.
On SportingNews.com, Mike DeCourcy writes about what's next for Cleveland State:
Under-the-radar game of the week: Cleveland State at West Virginia, Saturday at 2 p.m., ESPN3.com. CSU’s Vikings are off until the weekend, which means they’ll certainly be visiting Morgantown with a perfect record intact: 12-0. They haven’t yet played a major-conference opponent, although they’ve defeated solid mid-majors such as Iona, Kent State and Akron as well as improving St. Bonaventure’s, who might be a contender in the Atlantic 10.
Ohio State, the nation's second-ranked men's team, is 8-0.
Plain Dealer reporter Doug Lesmerises writes about the Buckeyes' 85-60 win Sunday over Western Carolina.
For old times' sake
There was a sentimental touch to today's Ohio State win. The Buckeyes played in the venerable gymnasium that was their longtime home until Value City Arena was built.
Before the game, Bob Baptist wrote for the Columbus Dispatch, quoting Western Carolina coach and Ohio native Larry Hunter, including what he said to his players:
"I told them that to walk the hallways of St. John Arena is like going down a memory lane of who's who," said Hunter, an Ohio native who coached for 25 years at Wittenberg and his alma mater, Ohio University. "Jesse Owens, Jack Nicklaus, Jerry Lucas, John Havlicek and the other great athletes, the big, impressive pictures of them and how they're laid out. It's like a museum."
The game is being played in St. John because Value City Arena, the Buckeyes' home for 13 years, is hosting commencement.
"I'm not disappointed at all," Hunter said. "It's one of those relics that the kids ought to experience."
Pick and rolls
Kent State's men are 8-3. The Golden Flashes defeated South Florida, 56-51, Sunday in Kent.
Before today's Kent State-South Florida game, Record Courier reporter David Carducci wrote about South Florida coach Stan Heath. Heath was Kent State's coach when the Golden Flashes advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament in 2002.
Game story on Ohio State's win over Western Carolina, by Bob Baptist of the Columbus Dispatch.
Akron's men are 4-3 after one of their worst losses in years, 82-47, at Temple on Saturday, as reported on Philly.com.
A story on talented Akron forward Nikola Cvetinovic, by Tom Gaffney of the Akron Beacon Journal.
A FoxSports.com photo gallery of the top 10 men's basketball Player of the Year candidates, including Ohio State's Jared Sullinger.
Scout.com's list of the top 100 high school senior boys basketball players includes some who are headed to Ohio State.
Roundup of local college games from Saturday, leading off with the Akron women's 73-64 win at Cleveland State, from The Plain Dealer and cleveland.com.
Game story on No. 6-ranked Ohio State women's 75-66 loss at Syracuse on Saturday, by Jim Massie of the Columbus Dispatch.