College Basketball - Western Athletic Conference

San Jose State Spartans

Location: San Jose, CA
University Founded: 1857
Enrollment: 30,067 San Jose State

Nickname: Spartans
Mascot: Sammy the Spartan
School Colors:
Gold, white and blue
Joined the WAC: 1996
Varsity Sports: 16
U. President: Don W. Kassing
Director of Athletics: Tom Bowen
Basketball Head Coach:
George Nessman
Basketball Arena: The Event Center
Current Capacity: 5,000

The San Jose State Spartans are members of the WAC and play in the NCAA Division I.

San Jose State has appeared 3 times in the NCAA Tournament, the last one in 1996, but it haven't been able to win any game in the tournament.

Since March 2005 George Nessman has been the head coach of the team and the team plays its home games at the Event Center.

Among the Spartans that have made it to the NBA there is Tariq Abdul-Wahad (formerly known as Oliver Michael Saint-Jean) and Darnell "Dr. Dunk" Hillman.

San Jose State 2009/10 Schedule

Date	Opponent	Time/Result
16-Nov	William Jessup	W 89-63
20-Nov	at No. 14 Washington	L 80-70
22-Nov	at UC Riverside	L 70-66
28-Nov	Pacific	W 59-55
30-Nov	Saint Mary's	L 78-71
5-Dec	at Utah Valley	W 82-74
8-Dec	at San Francisco	L 76-71
9-Dec	Cal State Bakersfield	W 84-80
18-Dec	at UC Irvine	W 69-56
21-Dec	at Northern Colorado	L 93-69
23-Dec	at Santa Clara	W 74-68
28-Dec	UC Irvine	W 78-68
4-Jan	Idaho	W 78-75
9-Jan	at Nevada	L 96-67
11-Jan	at Fresno State	L 80-70
14-Jan	Boise State	W 76-74
18-Jan	at Hawaii	L 68-67
21-Jan	Louisiana Tech	W 87-76
23-Jan	New Mexico State	W 93-84
28-Jan	Hawaii	10:00 PM ET
30-Jan	at Utah State	9:05 PM ET
4-Feb	at Louisiana Tech	9:00 PM ET
6-Feb	at New Mexico State	9:00 PM ET
13-Feb	Utah State	10:00 PM ET
22-Feb	Seattle	10:00 PM ET
25-Feb	Nevada	10:00 PM ET
27-Feb	Fresno State	10:00 PM ET
4-Mar	at Idaho	10:05 PM ET
6-Mar	at Boise State	6:15 PM ET

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