2012–13 San Jose State Spartans men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 2012–13 San Jose State Spartans Basketball San Jose State text logo 2006-2012.svg Western Athletic Conference WAC 9–20 3–14 George Nessman 8th Brent Davis Donald Williams Durwood McCoy Event Center Arena The 2012–13 San Jose State Spartans men's basketball team representsed San Jose State University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Spartans, led by eighth 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 9–20, 3–14 in WAC play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the WAC tournament to UTSA. This was their last season as a member of the WAC. San Jose State joined the Mountain West Conference in July 2013. San Jose State fired Nessman on March 13, the day after the final game.Wilner, Jon Faraudo, Jeff San Jose State fires basketball coach George Nessman https://www.mercurynews.com/sjsu-spartans/ci_22781045/san-jose-state-fires-basketball-coach-george-nessman San Jose Mercury News March 14, 2013 Preseason roster changes Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason Keith Shamburger 1 1 G 5'11" 170 Sophomore Los Angeles, CA Transferred to HawaiiKeith Shamburger http://www.mutigers.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/keith_shamburger_905852.html Missouri Tigers March 27, 2015 Calvin Douglas 1 5 G 6'3" 195 Senior San Francisco, CA Graduated Wil Carter 15 F 6'8" 234 Senior Pocatello, ID Graduated Jeremy Pope 1 30 G 6'0" 175 Junior Compton, CA Transferred to Biolahttp://athletics.biola.edu/roster.aspx?rp_id=1677 Jeremy Pope - Men's Basketball Joe Henson 1 32 C 6'8" 245 Junior Pasadena, CA Left the team due to knee injuryhttp://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/fres/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/release/release_20120207aaa_sjsu.pdf Player updates San Jose State University Men's Basketball News 5 February 7, 2012 March 28, 2015 April 2, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402105806/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/fres/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/release/release_20120207aaa_sjsu.pdf dead Garrett Ton 1 50 F 6'8" 213 Senior Torrance, CA Graduated Matt Ballard 1 52 F 6'9" 236 Senior Foothill Ranch, CA Graduated Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Xavier Jones 5 G 6'4" 225 Junior Gary, IN John A. Logan CC Louis Garrett 32 F 6'6" 215 Junior St. George, UT Salt Lake CC Alex Brown 44 G 6'11" 210 Junior Mount Vernon, IL John A. Logan CC Recruits no 2013 David Andoh PF Montreal, QC IMG Academy 6 7 205 3 3 87 May 17, 2012 Alex Brown PF Colp, IL John A. Logan CC 6 10 190 April 24, 2012 Louis Garrett SF St. George, UT Salt Lake CC 6 6 215 April 13, 2012 Xavier Jones SG Gary, IN John A. Logan CC 6 4 205 April 17, 2012 Mike VanKirk C Palmdale, CA La Jolla Prep 7 1 240 April 16, 2012 2012 2012 San Jose St. Basketball Commitment List 2012 San Jose St. Basketball Commitment List San José St Spartans 2012 Player Commits sanjosestate 199 23 – – https://web.archive.org/web/20140213090637/http://rivals.yahoo.com/basketballrecruiting/basketball/recruiting/commitments/2012/sanjosestate-44 2014-02-13 March 28, 2015 yes Roster 2012 San Jose State Spartans y yes D.J. Brown 1 G 6 2 185 So yes Los Angeles, CA Chino Hills HS Jaleel Williams 2 G 6 6 215 So Killeen, TX Ellison HS Aalim Moor 4 G 6 3 194 Sr Oakland, CA Saint Mary's College HS Xavier Jones 5 G 6 4 205 Jr Gary, IN John A. Logan CC Stephon Smith 10 F 6 8 260 So Dallas, TX Body of Christ Christian Academy Chris Cunningham 15 F 6 9 240 Jr y Pomona, CA Santa Clara U Mike VanKirk 21 C 7 1 240 Fr Palmdale, CA La Jolla Prep David Andoh 22 F 6 7 200 Fr Montreal, QC IMG Academy Chris Jones 23 G 6 4 205 Sr Hayward, CA Westwind Prep S LaVanne Pennington 24 G 6 4 180 Sr San Bernardino, CA Barstow CC Nick Grieves 30 G 6 3 160 So Aptos, CA W Aptos HS Louis Garrett 32 F 6 6 215 Jr St. George, UT Salt Lake CC James Kinney basketball 33 G 6 2 180 Sr Champaign, IL CC of Eastern Utah y S Alex Brown 44 C 6 11 210 Jr Mount Vernon, IL John A. Logan CC S http://www.sjsuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/sjsu-m-baskbl-mtt-2012.html George Nessman (California) Brent Davis (San Diego State)Donald Williams (Cal State Hayward)Tim Marrion (Washington State) Suspensions James Kinney, the team's leading scorer, was suspended twice in the season for violating team rules: once for the December 22, 2012 game against James Madison and again beginning with the January 11, 2013 game against Utah State.Pennington Scores 16 In Loss to James Madison http://www.sjsuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/122312aaa.html San Jose State Spartans March 27, 2015 December 23, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402114752/http://www.sjsuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/122312aaa.html April 2, 2015 deadSan Jose State Points-Rebounds-Assists (as of Mar 12, 2013) http://www.sjsuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/stats/2012-2013/teamgbg.html#TGBG.PRA San Jose State Athletics March 27, 2015 April 2, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402115713/http://www.sjsuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/stats/2012-2013/teamgbg.html#TGBG.PRA dead On February 8, coach Nessman confirmed that Kinney's suspension would continue until the end of the season; the San Jose Mercury News reported that the suspension "is believed to be related to academics."San Jose State top scorer James Kinney suspended for remainder of basketball season https://www.mercurynews.com/ci_22553889/san-jose-state-mens-basketball-team-drubbed-by San Jose Mercury News March 27, 2015 February 8, 2013 After Kinney's second suspension, San Jose State's scoring average went down 15 points to 49.8, and the team never won a game for the rest of the season. Starting forward Louis Garrett was also indefinitely suspended on January 11 for a violation of team rules but was reinstated on January 24.Durkin Jimmy San Jose State basketball held under 40 points without Kinney, Garrett https://www.mercurynews.com/ci_22403397/san-jose-state-basketball-held-under-40-points San Jose Mercury News April 1, 2015 January 18, 2013 Two more players were suspended after Kinney. Chris Jones was suspended beginning February 28, and Alex Brown was suspended beginning March 2.Cobb Christina Unlucky 13: Men's losing streak continues as they head to WAC tournament http://spartandaily.com/100061/unlucky-13-mens-losing-streak-continues-as-they-head-to-wac-tournament Spartan Daily March 27, 2015 March 9, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20140718030608/http://spartandaily.com/100061/unlucky-13-mens-losing-streak-continues-as-they-head-to-wac-tournament July 18, 2014 dead mdy-all Jones was suspended after San Jose State student newspaper The Spartan Daily published a comment of his saying that Nessman "should have been fired a long time ago."Hailey Lauren Rumors swirl about future of basketball coach http://spartandaily.com/98450/rumors-swirl-about-future-of-basketball-coach Spartan Daily March 27, 2015 February 24, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130908125610/http://spartandaily.com/98450/rumors-swirl-about-future-of-basketball-coach September 8, 2013 dead mdy-all Schedule no 2012-13 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2012 yes yes |- !colspan=9| Exhibition 11/01/2012 5:00 pm yes no Academy of Art Event Center Arena San Jose, CA 673 88–54 0–0 |- !colspan=9| Regular season 11/09/2012 6:00 pm yes yes no New Orleans Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA 1,419 68–72 0–1 11/13/2012 7:00 pm yes no Houston Event Center Arena San Jose, CA 1,133 75-77 0–2 11/15/2012 7:30 pm yes no Weber State Event Center Arena San Jose, CA 1,236 68–67 OT 1–2 11/20/2012 7:00 pm yes no UC Santa Cruz Event Center Arena San Jose, CA 1,340 94–54 2–2 11/26/2012 6:00 pm yes yes no Kansas 10 Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS 16,300 ESPNU 57–70 2–3 12/01/2012 6:00 pm yes yes no Montana State Worthington Arena Bozeman, MT 2,242 82–74 3–3 12/05/2012 7:00 pm yes yes no UC Davis The Pavilion Davis, CA 1,065 73–64 4–3 12/08/2012 4:30 pm yes no Sacramento State Event Center Arena San Jose, CA 1,442 62–57 5–3 12/11/2012 7:00 pm yes no Santa Clara Event Center Arena San Jose, CA 2,037 54–75 5–4 12/22/2012 8:30 pm yes yes no James Madison MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, NV MGM Grand Garden Classic 840 68–77 5–5 12/29/2012 12:00 pm yes no Texas State Strahan Coliseum San Marcos, TX 1,037 72–55 6–5 (1–0) 12/31/2012 12:00 pm yes no UTSA Convocation Center San Antonio, TX 865 80–67 7–5 (2–0) 01/03/2013 7:00 pm no Idaho Event Center Arena San Jose, CA 1,144 55–64 7–6 (2–1) 01/05/2013 7:00 pm no Seattle Event Center Arena San Jose, CA 1,081 76–71 8–6 (3–1) 01/08/2013 7:00 pm yes no New Orleans Event Center Arena San Jose, CA 1,134 71–64 9–6 01/11/2013 7:05 pm yes no Utah State Smith Spectrum Logan, UT 9,191 ESPN3 60–66 9–7 (3–2) 01/17/2013 6:00 pm yes no Denver Magness Arena Denver, CO 1,406 37–73 9–8 (3–3) 01/19/2013 6:00 pm yes no New Mexico State Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 6,644 ESPN3 53–70 9–9 (3–4) 01/24/2013 7:00 pm no Louisiana Tech Event Center Arena San Jose, CA 2,624 54–76 9–10 (3–5) 01/26/2013 7:00 pm no Texas–Arlington Event Center Arena San Jose, CA 1,027 47–66 9–11 (3–6) 01/31/2013 7:00 pm yes no Seattle KeyArena Seattle, WA 2,052 48–56 9–12 (3–7) 02/02/2013 7:05 pm yes no Idaho Cowan Spectrum Moscow, ID 950 63–66 9–13 (3–8) 02/08/2013 7:00 pm no Utah State Event Center Arena San Jose, CA 1,876 36–63 9–14 (3–9) 02/14/2013 7:00 pm no New Mexico State Event Center Arena San Jose, CA 1,066 57–67 9–15 (3–10) 02/16/2013 7:00 pm no Denver Event Center Arena San Jose, CA 1,260 41–62 9–16 (3–11) 02/28/2013 5:00 pm yes no Texas–Arlington College Park Center Arlington, TX 1,308 74–81 9–17 (3–12) 03/02/2013 5:00 pm yes no Louisiana Tech 25 Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 4,850 61–88 9–18 (3–13) 03/07/2013 7:00 pm no UTSA Event Center Arena San Jose, CA   Canceled 03/09/2013 7:00 pm no Texas State Event Center Arena San Jose, CA 2,087 67–90 9–19 (3–14) |- !colspan=9| WAC tournament 03/12/2013 8:30 pm yes no UTSA Orleans Arena Paradise, NV First Round N/A 49–67 9–20 AP Poll Pacific Time March 7's game vs UTSA was canceled due to a leak in the roof at The Events Center Arena. The game was not made up. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/9030372/san-jose-state-utsa-game-canceled-roof-leak San Jose State and UTSA game canceled for roof leak 8 March 2013 References External links 2012-13 San Jose State men's basketball media guide Category:San Jose State Spartans men's basketball seasons San Jose State San Jose State Spartans men's basketball team San Jose State Spartans men's basketball team Category:2010s in San Jose, California