Kyle from HoriZone
@kylehzrt.horizoneroundtable.com
Cleveland State and Horizon League women's basketball for @horizoneroundtable.com. 2025 Cleveland Scene Best of Cleveland Finalist. USBWA member.
In my latest rundown of ICYMIs from Cleveland State's weekly radio show, I highlight Jada Leonard's recruitment and fashion sense, as well as the Vikings' tendency to play differently than they practice. horizoneroundtable.com/2026/02/10/c...
CSU Courtside (February 10th)
Practice How You Play? During his weekly radio show on Monday, Chris Kielsmeier expressed that he wasn’t happy with how Cleveland State practiced that day. “We didn’t have our best day of pre…
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February 10, 2026 at 9:49 PM
In my latest rundown of ICYMIs from Cleveland State's weekly radio show, I highlight Jada Leonard's recruitment and fashion sense, as well as the Vikings' tendency to play differently than they practice. horizoneroundtable.com/2026/02/10/c...
Cleveland State rolled past Purdue Fort Wayne on Saturday, shutting down the Mastodons in the second half with an effort that Chris Kielsmeier called "as good as we've defended all year."
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Vikings Lock Down Purdue Fort Wayne: Five Observations
Cleveland State collected a stunningly-decisive 73-56 victory over Purdue Fort Wayne in the Wolstein Center on Saturday afternoon, helping the Vikings keep pace in an extremely competitive Horizon …
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February 8, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Cleveland State rolled past Purdue Fort Wayne on Saturday, shutting down the Mastodons in the second half with an effort that Chris Kielsmeier called "as good as we've defended all year."
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CSU recaps presented by Greenie Sports Cards horizoneroundtable.com/2026/02/07/v...
Cleveland State once again showed its inconsistency on Wednesday night, which brought a damaging 78-70 upset defeat at IU Indianapolis.
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IU Indianapolis Streaks by Vikings: Five Observations
On Wednesday night, Cleveland State fell to 7-7 in Horizon League play with a discouraging and damaging 78-70 loss at IU Indianapolis. Here are five things that stood out, as the Vikings dropped to…
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February 5, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Cleveland State once again showed its inconsistency on Wednesday night, which brought a damaging 78-70 upset defeat at IU Indianapolis.
Presented by Greenie Sports Cards horizoneroundtable.com/2026/02/05/i...
Presented by Greenie Sports Cards horizoneroundtable.com/2026/02/05/i...
On this week's Cleveland State radio show: a look inside a recent Vikings' video session, a significant voicemail, and Chris Kielsmeier's diet. horizoneroundtable.com/2026/02/03/c...
CSU Courtside (February 3rd)
Expectation and Reality Chris Kielsmeier frequently mentions that he sees Cleveland State’s ceiling as something well in excess of the Vikings’ current 7-6 Horizon League record. During his weekly …
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February 3, 2026 at 7:23 PM
On this week's Cleveland State radio show: a look inside a recent Vikings' video session, a significant voicemail, and Chris Kielsmeier's diet. horizoneroundtable.com/2026/02/03/c...
This week's #HLWBB Power Rankings saw movement with seven teams - including new occupants of the second, third, and fourth positions.
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#HLWBB Power Rankings — Week 13
There’s a new number two team this week, as the season-long shuffle among the teams chasing Green Bay continues.
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February 2, 2026 at 5:06 PM
This week's #HLWBB Power Rankings saw movement with seven teams - including new occupants of the second, third, and fourth positions.
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Cleveland State re-asserted its position as a contender for a top-five finish in the Horizon League with an important victory at Northern Kentucky on Saturday behind Izabella Zingaro and Colbi Maples.
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Vikings Earn Key Victory at NKU: Five Observations
Inside Northern Kentucky’s Truist Arena on Saturday, Cleveland State used strong second and fourth quarters to squeeze out a 69-61 victory over the Norse, and improve to 17-7 (7-6 Horizon Lea…
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January 31, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Cleveland State re-asserted its position as a contender for a top-five finish in the Horizon League with an important victory at Northern Kentucky on Saturday behind Izabella Zingaro and Colbi Maples.
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Both Cleveland State and star point guard Colbi Maples looked like their old selves on Wednesday, as the Vikings romped past Milwaukee.
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Maples, Vikings Run Past Milwaukee: Five Observations
On Wednesday night at the Wolstein Center, Cleveland State used a pair of first-half runs to down Milwaukee 66-46 and improve to 16-7 overall (6-6 in the Horizon League). Here are five things that …
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January 29, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Both Cleveland State and star point guard Colbi Maples looked like their old selves on Wednesday, as the Vikings romped past Milwaukee.
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CSU recaps are presented by Greenie Sports Cards horizoneroundtable.com/2026/01/29/m...
In my latest CSU radio show recap, I look at Chris Kielsmeier's high praise for an opposing player, the "five or six" different plans for the team to get to Youngstown on Sunday, and Carolyn Wochele's journey up I-71 from Baldwin Wallace. horizoneroundtable.com/2026/01/28/c...
CSU Courtside (January 28th)
High Praise It’s no secret to observers that Cleveland State’s trademark zone defense has been remarkably inconsistent. While Jada Leonard has been among the conference and national leaders for ste…
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January 28, 2026 at 6:36 PM
In my latest CSU radio show recap, I look at Chris Kielsmeier's high praise for an opposing player, the "five or six" different plans for the team to get to Youngstown on Sunday, and Carolyn Wochele's journey up I-71 from Baldwin Wallace. horizoneroundtable.com/2026/01/28/c...
After attending a game during a historic snowstorm on Sunday, I reflect a bit on my experience with plunging headfirst into the unknown and coming out okay on the other side. horizoneroundtable.com/2026/01/27/g...
Ghost Town
I don’t know what it feels like to die, and hopefully won’t for quite a while, but I imagine that it’s a bit like the day before a winter storm. It’s not a terrible analogy, if you linger on it. Ah…
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January 27, 2026 at 9:14 PM
After attending a game during a historic snowstorm on Sunday, I reflect a bit on my experience with plunging headfirst into the unknown and coming out okay on the other side. horizoneroundtable.com/2026/01/27/g...
This week's #HLWBB Power Rankings, presented by Greenie Sports Cards, saw another round of wild swings in the top half of the conference. horizoneroundtable.com/2026/01/26/h...
#HLWBB Power Rankings — Week 12
As has become customary of late, the tightly-packed top half of the conference was subject to wild swings as the perfomances of different teams rose and fell.
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January 26, 2026 at 4:04 PM
This week's #HLWBB Power Rankings, presented by Greenie Sports Cards, saw another round of wild swings in the top half of the conference. horizoneroundtable.com/2026/01/26/h...
Youngstown State's defense held Cleveland State to its lowest point total in seven years on Sunday, leaving the Vikings with a second straight ugly loss. CSU recaps are presented by Greenie Sports Cards. horizoneroundtable.com/2026/01/25/y...
Youngstown State Snows Out Vikings: Five Observations
On Sunday afternoon inside Zidian Family Arena at the Beeghly Center, homestanding Youngstown State walloped Cleveland State 61-38, dropping the Vikings to 15-7 overall and 5-6 in Horizon League pl…
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January 26, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Youngstown State's defense held Cleveland State to its lowest point total in seven years on Sunday, leaving the Vikings with a second straight ugly loss. CSU recaps are presented by Greenie Sports Cards. horizoneroundtable.com/2026/01/25/y...
Cleveland State's consistently inconsistent Horizon League season continued on Wednesday at Purdue Fort Wayne, a contest doomed by a putrid defensive start. The Vikings are now 5-5 in conference play. horizoneroundtable.com/2026/01/22/f...
Flat Opening Dooms Vikings at Purdue Fort Wayne: Five Observations
1. On the very first possession of the game, heavily-defended Purdue Fort Wayne center Lili Krasovec found a much-less-bothered Alana Nelson cutting down the baseline for the first two of her event…
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January 22, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Cleveland State's consistently inconsistent Horizon League season continued on Wednesday at Purdue Fort Wayne, a contest doomed by a putrid defensive start. The Vikings are now 5-5 in conference play. horizoneroundtable.com/2026/01/22/f...
In my latest rundown of radio show highlights, I cover Chris Kielsmeier's take on Kyle Tucker signing with the Dodgers, Laurel Rockwood surviving Cleveland's winter, and opponents disrespecting Macey Fegan's shot. horizoneroundtable.com/2026/01/20/c...
CSU Courtside (January 20th)
Like a Rock Would With the temperature outside hovering around nine degrees, Vikings center Laurel Rockwood took a seat inside the Cleveland State Student Center for the second segment of Monday’s …
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January 20, 2026 at 6:54 PM
In my latest rundown of radio show highlights, I cover Chris Kielsmeier's take on Kyle Tucker signing with the Dodgers, Laurel Rockwood surviving Cleveland's winter, and opponents disrespecting Macey Fegan's shot. horizoneroundtable.com/2026/01/20/c...
Roughly halfway through the conference schedule, the #HLWBB Power Rankings seemed to be separating into clear tiers, at least until IU Indy's upset of Youngstown State presented a counterpoint this week. horizoneroundtable.com/2026/01/19/h...
#HLWBB Power Rankings — Week 11
It was a pretty stable week for the #HLWBB Power Rankings, though IU Indianapolis’ shocking upset of Youngstown State drove a bit of shuffling.
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January 19, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Roughly halfway through the conference schedule, the #HLWBB Power Rankings seemed to be separating into clear tiers, at least until IU Indy's upset of Youngstown State presented a counterpoint this week. horizoneroundtable.com/2026/01/19/h...
Cleveland State overcame shooting struggles and foul trouble to grit out an important win against a good Robert Morris team, with reserve center Laurel Rockwood earning a turn in the spotlight. horizoneroundtable.com/2026/01/18/c...
CSU Wins War of Attrition with Robert Morris: Five Observations
On Sunday afternoon in the Wolstein Center, Cleveland State outlasted Robert Morris 68-61, behind four double-digit scorers and a halftime defensive turnaround. Here are five things that stood out,…
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January 19, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Cleveland State overcame shooting struggles and foul trouble to grit out an important win against a good Robert Morris team, with reserve center Laurel Rockwood earning a turn in the spotlight. horizoneroundtable.com/2026/01/18/c...
Cleveland State is once again level in Horizon League play with a 4-4 mark, thanks to a solid revenge victory over Detroit Mercy last night in the Wolstein Center. Here's what stood out. horizoneroundtable.com/2026/01/15/v...
Vikings Grind Past Detroit Mercy: Five Observations
On a snowy Wednesday evening in the Wolstein Center, Cleveland State clawed back to 4-4 in Horizon League play with a 68-52 victory over Detroit Mercy, avenging the Titans’ victory in the Mic…
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January 15, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Cleveland State is once again level in Horizon League play with a 4-4 mark, thanks to a solid revenge victory over Detroit Mercy last night in the Wolstein Center. Here's what stood out. horizoneroundtable.com/2026/01/15/v...
In the first radio show notebook post of the new year, I recap a surprising CSU statistical leader, Hanna Zerr's long memory, and a future coach on the Vikings' roster. horizoneroundtable.com/2026/01/14/c...
CSU Courtside (January 14th)
Somebody Told Me Chris Kielsmeier wants everyone to know that he doesn’t spend his precious free time looking up statistics on Sports Reference. Still, during his weekly radio show on Monday, he me…
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January 14, 2026 at 5:25 PM
In the first radio show notebook post of the new year, I recap a surprising CSU statistical leader, Hanna Zerr's long memory, and a future coach on the Vikings' roster. horizoneroundtable.com/2026/01/14/c...
Norse mythology is packed full of fascinating stories, but Norse reality offers a pretty good one too: Northern Kentucky women's basketball. horizoneroundtable.com/2026/01/13/t...
The Norse Are Here
One famous Norse myth, The Tale of Utgarda-Loki, involves a pair of gods, Thor and Loki, and Thor’s servant Thialfi, undertaking a journey to the land of the giants. Upon their arrival at the castl…
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January 13, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Norse mythology is packed full of fascinating stories, but Norse reality offers a pretty good one too: Northern Kentucky women's basketball. horizoneroundtable.com/2026/01/13/t...
The next Horizon League commissioner ought to listen to two of the conference's highest-profile coaches and examine whether the current scheduling process meets the HL's goals. horizoneroundtable.com/2026/01/09/d...
De-Modernize The Schedule
Over the last week, two of the highest-profile head coaches in the Horizon League have offered blistering criticisms of the conference’s schedule. Green Bay men’s coach Doug Gottlieb was one.…
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January 9, 2026 at 3:06 PM
The next Horizon League commissioner ought to listen to two of the conference's highest-profile coaches and examine whether the current scheduling process meets the HL's goals. horizoneroundtable.com/2026/01/09/d...
Cleveland State wrapped up a brutally-tough stretch of four games in nine days with a much-needed home win over Wright State on Wednesday night. horizoneroundtable.com/2026/01/08/e...
Exhausted Vikings Get Past Wright State: Five Observations
Cleveland State snapped its three-game losing streak on Wednesday night, earning a solid 87-75 home victory over Wright State to close out an arduous four games in nine days stretch, while improvin…
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January 8, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Cleveland State wrapped up a brutally-tough stretch of four games in nine days with a much-needed home win over Wright State on Wednesday night. horizoneroundtable.com/2026/01/08/e...
Travel, particularly within the Horizon League, is extremely repetitive. For both myself and Cleveland State women's basketball, seeing and experiencing the same things over and over invites comparisons to the past - for better or for worse. horizoneroundtable.com/2026/01/07/h...
Hard Miles
At roughly 9:00 PM on New Year’s Day, I collapsed on to a queen bed in room 105 of a Motel 6 in Elkhart, IN. I was nauseous, lightheaded, and terrified of the possible explanations for those occasi…
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January 7, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Travel, particularly within the Horizon League, is extremely repetitive. For both myself and Cleveland State women's basketball, seeing and experiencing the same things over and over invites comparisons to the past - for better or for worse. horizoneroundtable.com/2026/01/07/h...
The first 2026 edition of the #HLWBB Power Rankings is here! horizoneroundtable.com/2026/01/06/h...
#HLWBB Power Rankings — Week 9
A chaotic week out of the holiday break meant movement for ten of the Horizon League’s 11 teams in this edition of the #HLWBB Power Rankings.
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January 6, 2026 at 1:03 PM
The first 2026 edition of the #HLWBB Power Rankings is here! horizoneroundtable.com/2026/01/06/h...
Cleveland State is now just 2-4 in Horizon League play, after the Vikings hit their latest nadir on Sunday in Milwaukee. horizoneroundtable.com/2026/01/05/m...
Milwaukee Stuns Cleveland State: Five Observations
Cleveland State fell to 12-5 overall, and just 2-4 in Horizon League play, following a 66-58 loss to Milwaukee on Sunday – the latest, and possibly ugliest, in a string of concerning defeats this s…
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January 5, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Cleveland State is now just 2-4 in Horizon League play, after the Vikings hit their latest nadir on Sunday in Milwaukee. horizoneroundtable.com/2026/01/05/m...
Misfires in some pivotal late moments - as well as a bunch of earlier ones - doomed Cleveland State's attempt to collect its third-ever win at the Kress Center on Friday. horizoneroundtable.com/2026/01/03/c...
CSU Falls Just Shy at Green Bay: Five Observations
Cleveland State very nearly stunned Horizon League favorite Green Bay in the Phoenix’s home Kress Center on Friday night, but left three points too many on the floor in a 58-55 loss. Here are…
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January 3, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Misfires in some pivotal late moments - as well as a bunch of earlier ones - doomed Cleveland State's attempt to collect its third-ever win at the Kress Center on Friday. horizoneroundtable.com/2026/01/03/c...
Former Cleveland State players are hooping all over the globe, in places as near as Youngstown and as far as Australia. Here's a look at how each is doing halfway through the season. horizoneroundtable.com/2025/12/30/c...
Catching Up With Former CSU Players
Back in the spring, Cleveland State was battered by nine players entering the transfer portal, eight of whom wound up at other Division I schools. How have they acclimated to their new realities? H…
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December 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Former Cleveland State players are hooping all over the globe, in places as near as Youngstown and as far as Australia. Here's a look at how each is doing halfway through the season. horizoneroundtable.com/2025/12/30/c...