2010–11 San Jose State Spartans men's basketball team

2010–11 San Jose State Spartans men's basketball

CBI First Round vs. Creighton, L, 85–74
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
2010–11 record	17–16 (5–11 WAC)
Head coach	George Nessman (6th year)
Assistant coach	Brent Davis (6th year)
Assistant coach	Talvin Hester (1st year)
Assistant coach	Donald Williams (8th year)
Home arena	Event Center Arena

	Conf				Overall
2010–11 WAC men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#19 Utah State †	15	–	1	.938	30	–	4	.882
Boise State	10	–	6	.625	22	–	13	.629
New Mexico State	9	–	7	.563	16	–	17	.485
Idaho	9	–	7	.563	18	–	14	.563
Hawaii	8	–	8	.500	19	–	13	.594
Nevada	8	–	8	.500	13	–	19	.406
Fresno State	6	–	10	.375	14	–	17	.452
San Jose State	5	–	11	.313	17	–	16	.515
Louisiana Tech	2	–	14	.125	12	–	20	.375

† 2011 WAC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010–11 San Jose State Spartans men's basketball team represented San Jose State University during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Spartans, led by sixth-year head coach George Nessman, played their home games at the Event Center Arena and were members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 17–16, 5–11 in WAC play, to finish eighth in the conference. However, San Jose State upset Idaho and Hawaii in the WAC Tournament before losing the semifinal round to Utah State and earned an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational for San Jose State's first postseason appearance since making the 1996 NCAA Tournament.

Preseason roster changes

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason
Dixon, AnthonyAnthony Dixon	35	G	6'5"	195	1 !Freshman	Chicago, IL	Transferred to West Valley CC
Oakes, ChrisChris Oakes	30	C	6'10"	235	4 !Senior	Oakland, CA	Graduated
Owens, RobertRobert Owens	23	G	6'3"	195	4 !Senior	Oakland, CA	Graduated
Peterson, MacMac Peterson	33	G	6'3"	195	4 !Senior	Antioch, CA	Graduated
Thomas, KyleKyle Thomas	4	F	6'8"	225	2 !Sophomore	Folsom, CA	Left the team
Webster, C. J.C. J. Webster	52	F	6'9"	255	3 !Junior	Missouri City, TX	Declared for NBA draft
Wilson, JerrelleJerrelle Wilson	52	G	6'1"	200	4 !Senior	San Francisco, CA	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Carter, WilWil Carter	15	G	6'8"	215	Junior	Pocatello, ID	Salt Lake CC
Dick, BillyBilly Dick	10	F	6'6"	235	Junior	San Jose, CA	San Jose CC
Douglas, CalvinCalvin Douglas	5	G	6'3"	215	Junior	Antioch, CA	CC of San Francisco
Kamen, BrylleBrylle Kamen	24	F	6'7"	235	Sophomore	Paris, France	Western Nebraska CC

Roster

2010–11 San Jose State Spartans men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	High School/Junior College	Home town
1.5 !G	1	Shamburger, KeithKeith Shamburger	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 170 lb (77 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Lutheran HS of San Diego	Lakewood, CA
1.5 !G	2	Oliver, AdrianAdrian Oliver	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 210 lb (95 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	Washington !U. of Washington	Modesto, CA
1.5 !G	4	Moor, AalimAalim Moor	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 194 lb (88 kg)	2.0 !So	Saint Mary's College HS	Oakland, CA
1.5 !G	5	Douglas, CalvinCalvin Douglas	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 215 lb (98 kg)	3.0 !Jr	San Francisco CC !CC of San Francisco	Antioch, CA
3.5 !F	10	Dick, BillyBilly Dick	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 235 lb (107 kg)	3.0 !Jr	San Jose CC	San Jose, CA
3.5 !F	15	Carter, WilWil Carter	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 215 lb (98 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Salt Lake CC	Pocatello, ID
2.5 !G/F	23	Jones, ChrisChris Jones	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 205 lb (93 kg)	2.0 !So	Newark Memorial HS	Hayward, CA
3.5 !F	24	Kamen, BrylleBrylle Kamen	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 235 lb (107 kg)	2.0 !So	Western Nebraska CC	Paris, France
5.0 !C	32	Henson, JoeJoe Henson	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 245 lb (111 kg)	2.0 !So	Pasadena HS	Pasadena, CA
1.5 !G	33	Graham, JustinJustin Graham	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 205 lb (93 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	Ripon HS	Ripon, CA
1.5 !G	42	Brown, D.J.D.J. Brown	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 165 lb (75 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Chino Hills HS	Los Angeles, CA
1.5 !G	44	Casey, JerryJerry Casey (W)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 195 lb (88 kg)	2.0 !So	Mission College Prep	San Luis Obispo, CA
3.5 !F	50	Ton, GarrettGarrett Ton (W)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 222 lb (101 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	Torrance West HS	Torrance, CA
5.0 !C	52	Ballard, MattMatt Ballard	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 220 lb (100 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Irvine Valley CC	Foothill Ranch, CA

Head coach

George Nessman (California)

Assistant coach(es)

Brent Davis (San Diego State)
Talvin Hester (Texas Wesleyan)
Donald Williams (Cal State Hayward)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Source:^[1]^[2]

Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/06/2010*	Whitman	W 109–92	0–0	Event Center Arena
Regular Season
11/12/2010*	at Eastern Washington	W 67–60	1–0	Reese Court (1,357)
11/17/2010*	San Francisco	W 74–64	2–0	Event Center Arena (2,116)
11/20/2010*	at Oregon	W 75–72	3–0	McArthur Court (7,352)
11/24/2010*	at Cal State Bakersfield	L 77–82	3–1	Icardo Center (1,335)
11/28/2010*	UC Riverside	W 80–77	4–1	Event Center Arena (1,133)
11/30/2010*	at UTSA	L 63–72	4–2	Convocation Center (1,434)
12/4/2010*	at UC Irvine	W 85–70	5–2	Bren Events Center (1,347)
12/10/2010*	Santa Clara (Clash of the County)	L 63–67	5–3	Event Center Arena (3,411)
12/12/2010*	Eastern Washington	W 70–69	6–3	Event Center Arena (1,253)
12/18/2010*	at Seattle	W 86–70	7–3	KeyArena (3,619)
12/22/2010*	Puget Sound	W 95–62	8–3	Event Center Arena (1,377)
12/29/2010	at Fresno State (Rivalry)	L 62–75	8–4 (0–1)	Save Mart Center (6,995)
12/31/2010	at Utah State	L 71–80	8–5 (0–2)	Smith Spectrum (6,732)
01/06/2011	Boise State	L 101–102 ^{4 OT}	8–6 (0–3)	Event Center Arena (1,684)
01/08/2011	Idaho	L 67–75	8–7 (0–4)	Event Center Arena (1,286)
01/13/2011	at Louisiana Tech	W 79–74	9–7 (1–4)	Thomas Assembly Center (1,905)
01/15/2011	at New Mexico State	L 53–78	9–8 (1–5)	Pan American Center (5,581)
01/22/2011	at Hawaii	L 61–67	9–9 (1–6)	Stan Sheriff Center (6,236)
01/27/2011	Utah State	L 65–84	9–10 (1–7)	Event Center Arena (2,391)
01/29/2011	Fresno State (Rivalry)	W 78–66	10–10 (2–7)	Event Center Arena (2,545)
2/3/2011	Idaho	W 92–89 ^OT	11–10 (3–7)	Cowan Spectrum (1,088)
2/5/2011	at Nevada	L 69–89	11–11 (3–8)	Lawlor Events Center (4,946)
2/12/2011	Nevada	L 76–84 ^OT	11–12 (3–9)	Event Center Arena (1,544)
2/15/2011*	Montana State	W 77–74	12–12 (3–9)	Event Center Arena (1,160)
2/18/2011*	Weber State	W 62–46	13–12 (3–9)	Event Center Arena (1,243)
2/23/2011	New Mexico State	W 72–70	14–12 (4–9)	Event Center Arena (2,159)
2/26/2011	Louisiana Tech	W 72–60	15–12 (5–9)	Event Center Arena (1,879)
3/3/2011	Hawaii	L 71–77	15–13 (5–10)	Event Center Arena (2,823)
3/5/2011	Boise State	L 51–66	15–14 (5–11)	Taco Bell Arena (6,286)
WAC Tournament
3/9/2011	vs. Hawaii (First round)	W 75–74	16–14 (5–11)	Orleans Arena (2,814)
3/10/2011	vs. Idaho (Quarterfinals)	W 74–68	17–14 (5–11)	Orleans Arena (2,985)
3/11/2011	vs. #23 Utah State (Semifinals)	W 54–58	17–15 (5–11)	Orleans Arena (2,985)
College Basketball Invitational
3/15/2011	at Creighton (First round)	L 74–85	17–16 (5–11)	Qwest Center Omaha (3,086)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

References

External links

Media guide

San Jose State Spartans men's basketball

Venues	San Jose Civic Auditorium (1933–1989) Event Center Arena (1989–present)

Culture & lore	History Sammy Spartan

People	Head coaches

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