The likes of Chris Kielsmeier and Ella Van Weelden may not reside at Cleveland State any longer, but Iowa will still have a notable presence on the Vikings’ roster in 2027, thanks to the commitment…

Bob (minus Jim), as has been an annual tradition, welcome the writers from the HoriZone Roundtable to discuss the Horizon League, in general, as well as their respective teams. In the women's edition of this forum Bob welcomes: Kyle Rossi, Cleveland State Eric Fischer, Green Bay Ben Miller, Northern Kentucky Kurt Szymanski, Oakland Isaac Wendel, Purdue Fort Wayne Adam Pietrzak, Robert Morris Blake Schumaker, Wright State James Moon, Youngstown State (for now...)

It’s probably fair to say that Bob Dunn had a productive Sunday. He made an appearance at a Cleveland Guardians game to throw out the first pitch, in connection with the MLB team’s Cleveland State …

Cleveland State announced its 2026-27 non-conference schedule on Friday, with Bob Dunn’s first slate featuring a healthy mix of the familiar and the novel. It also may very well be the Vikings’ tou…

Former Cleveland State women’s basketball player Izzy Geraci and the United States National Flag Football Team enjoyed a magical run through the knockout rounds of the 2026 IFAF Flag Football World…

By Kyle Rossi Think about your first day at your job. Chances are, it involved plenty of HR paperwork, but clear of that, there was probably

A total of 13 Vikings women’s basketball alumnae played professionally in 2025-26, or are under contract to do so in 2026-27. Kyle Rossi has the latest on how they’re all doing.

Cleveland State made one more addition to its 2026-27 roster on Thursday, guard Annika Corcoran, who will offer the Vikings’ backcourt plenty of valuable experience in her final season of eligibili…

Back on April 17th, Bob Dunn, Shelby Zoeckler, and Carolyn Wochele headed down to the Cincinnati area for one of the numerous AAU showcases that dominate the schedules of college basketball coaches…

Bob Dunn’s first non-conference schedule as Cleveland State’s head coach should seem pretty familiar to Vikings fans, as it retains most of the familiar beats of recent slates, while ti…

When stepping into a practice during Cleveland State’s second week of summer workouts, it’s impossible to avoid being overwhelmed by a flood of familiarity. The waves, quite literally, crashed all …

Earlier this month, as I sucked back the last inch of a cookies and cream milkshake at Cleveland State’s meet-and-greet for season ticket holders, I engaged in a “how’s your summer been going” conv…

Over the last few years, the transfer portal has become the primary source of player movement in college basketball. Each summer, across the country, star players find a bigger stage with more avai…

Cleveland State’s 2026-27 roster grew to 11 on Tuesday, as the team announced the signing of forward Silvia Gonzalez. The 6-2 senior is a transfer from George Washington. “I chose Cleveland State b…

Legendary Cleveland State guard Mariah White will return to the Vikings as an assistant coach for the 2026-27 season, the school announced on Thursday. More than anything else, White was recognized…

Lauren Macer and Rachel Balzer have joined Bob Dunn’s staff as assistant coaches, Cleveland State announced this week, the latest moves for a Vikings program that has rapidly regenerated itself in …

A familiar face became Cleveland State’s latest transfer addition on Sunday, when Macie Taylor announced her commitment to the Vikings for the 2026-27 season. Taylor, a Troy, OH native, has never s…

If there’s one thing clear so far about Bob Dunn’s first Cleveland State roster, it’s that the Vikings won’t be hurting for defense. The latest support for that statement comes from Fatou Sane, who…

Cleveland State’s 2026-27 roster continued to take shape on Wednesday with the transfer commitment of Chloe Oliver, a 5-8 guard who spent the last two seasons at Stony Brook. On3’s Talia Goodman re…

Beginning with his introductory press conference three weeks ago, Cleveland State head coach Bob Dunn pledged to localize the program a bit from its geographically-diverse recent history. He’s alre…

After two weeks on the job, new Cleveland State coach Bob Dunn has secured his first player from outside of the program, as St. Bonaventure transfer Brianna Barr-Buday committed to the Vikings over…

The two-week NCAA Transfer Portal window officially closed at midnight Tuesday morning and, against substantial odds, Cleveland State already has the foundation of its 2026-27 roster. New head coac…

On April 11th, Cleveland State hired Bob Dunn as its new women’s basketball coach, replacing Chris Kielsmeier. Dunn, in some sense, has been charged with building on the success that Kielsmeier est…

While introducing Bob Dunn as Cleveland State’s new women’s basketball coach on Wednesday, athletic director Kelsie Gory Harkey used the word “relationships” four times during her remarks, which la…

Near the end of his introductory event on Wednesday, new Cleveland State coach Bob Dunn held up a Horizon League championship ring, which he earned in 2023 as a Vikings assistant. Dunn certainly wo…

Bob Dunn didn’t want a job. As an entering freshman at the University of Dayton, his parents gave him a choice: find employment, or become involved with an organization on campus. They didn’t care …

Cleveland State has tabbed Bob Dunn as the eighth head coach in its women’s basketball history, the university announced on Monday. Dunn replaces Chris Kielsmeier, who departed at the beginning of …

They say that nothing good ever happens after 2:00 A.M., and I suppose I’m no exception. Nevertheless, an hour after closing time on March 25th, I sat on a Greyhound Bus about to depart for Atlanta…

I’ll never forget my final postgame interview with Chris Kielsmeier, on Monday at Arkansas State, if only for the simple reality that I put more than ten minutes of planning into it. Let me explain…

Texas State’s women’s basketball program has hired Chris Kielsmeier as its next head coach, according to a report by WKYC-TV’s Nick Camino. Kielsmeier departs Cleveland State with a 178-80 re…

On Monday night in Jonesboro, Ark., Cleveland State’s 2025-26 season ended at the hands of Arkansas State, which earned a 71-53 decision in the WNIT’s Great 8 quarterfinal round. Here a…

On Thursday night in Murfreesboro, TN, Cleveland State took control in the second half to defeat host Middle Tennessee State 66-56 and advance to the WNIT’s Great 8, where the Vikings will fa…

On Monday night, Cleveland State defeated Monmouth 74-68 in the second round of the WNIT, securing a place in the tournament’s final 16, thanks largely to an electric 39 points by Colbi Maple…

Chris Kielsmeier has never kept his opinion of postseason tournaments a secret: if Cleveland State is invited to one, the Vikings will show up and play in it. “We’ll never change our approach…

For the sixth consecutive season, Cleveland State will experience life beyond the Horizon League Tournament. The Vikings have received and accepted a bid to the Women’s National Invitation Tourname…

For the sixth consecutive season, Cleveland State will experience life beyond the Horizon League Tournament. The Vikings have received and accepted a bid to the Women’s National Invitation Tourname…

Last spring, Chris Kielsmeier met with members of Cleveland State’s Board of Trustees to discuss the state of his operation. The trustees may or may not be avid women’s basketball fans, but at the …

Kate Bruce beamed as she sat at a press conference table in the Corteva Coliseum staging area on Sunday. A late arrival passing through on the way to the Horizon League Tournament’s second-round me…

The Horizon League’s first-ever semifinal play-in game, at Indianapolis’ Corteva Coliseum on Sunday afternoon, wasn’t much of one. Fueled by second quarter runs of 14-2 and 9-2, Purdue Fort Wayne j…

In the first round of the 2026 Horizon League tournament, held in the Wolstein Center on Wednesday, Cleveland State climbed out of an early 13-point hole against Oakland, eventually surviving, then…

On Monday, the Horizon League announced its postseason award honorees, though much of the Cleveland State community was focused on a player who didn’t win: specifically, Vikings center Izabella Zin…

Colbi Maples, quite literally, was born to flip houses. As a kid, she would hop around to the various rental properties owned by her family in Arkansas and help with their upkeep however she could.…

Cleveland State graduate student Izabella Zingaro was selected as the HL’s Newcomer of the Year on Monday, an accolade decided by a vote of the conference’s coaches. After three seasons of sparing …

Cleveland State honored its eight seniors in style on Saturday afternoon, by downing Oakland 73-59 in the Wolstein Center to close the 2025-26 regular season as the Horizon League’s third pla…

Cleveland State spoiled Wright State’s Senior Night on Wednesday, clocking a dominant 81-55 victory inside the Nutter Center to stay on track to finish third in the Horizon League standings. …

Oftentimes – particularly in the high-major world – people dismiss the series of postseason events outside of the NCAA Tournament as unworthy of time or attention. That’s decidedly not the case at …

In the season finale of the #HLWBB Power Rankings, most teams crystallized their respective placements ahead of the HL Tournament.

Cleveland State used a hot start to bury IU Indianapolis by a 74-45 count on Thursday in the Wolstein Center, improving to 21-8 overall and 11-7 in Horizon League play. Here are five things that st…

Izabella Zingaro won her first-ever Horizon League Player of the Week nod on Monday, after helping the Vikings to what was fairly objectively their best seven day run of the season, including victo…

On the women’s side of the HL, it was a case of “another week, another shakeup,” as Northern Kentucky, Wright State and Cleveland State picked up huge wins, while Oakland and Robe…