San Jose State Spartans Basketball Tickets

George Nessman has a lot of work to do in his first year as a Division I head coach. A former Cal assistant, Nessman had a successful run in the California junior college system (209-104 in 10 seasons at two schools), but he faces a major rebuilding project with the Spartans, who lost talented forward Marquin Chandler (19.6 ppg) to graduation. Nessman inherits a program that does not return a double-digit scorer or a rebounder with more than five per game.
San Jose State will need increased production across the board, especially from returning starters Alex Elam, a swingman who was second on the team with 9.8 points per game, and 6' 11" center Matt Misko, who averaged 6.2 points and 4.9 rebounds.
With Nessmans background in the junior college ranks and die Spartans' track record of bringing in transfers, the surprise signing in the off-season was that of 6'4" swingman Devonte Thomas from Fremont, Calif. Thomas is the first Bay Area prepster to sign with San Jose State in 21 years.
"Devonte is a symbol of where we want to go with our recruiting efforts. We are building a program here at San Jose State and signing local high school seniors every year figures prominently in our plans," Nessman says.