By Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Basketball Beat Reporter Photo courtesy of Jake Barger of SJSU Athletics Hell would freeze over before Alvaro Cardenas’ passion and drive to win escapes him. But it’s that same passion and drive that makes the Read more
By Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Basketball Beat Reporter Photo via Titus Wilkinson of The Spear Milk spilled on San Jose State’s hardwood, but a spill isn’t an accurate measurement – a full-fledged flooding is more apt. Last Friday, in a Read more
Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Basketball Beat Reporter Photo via Titus Wilkinson of The Spear As means of motivation (or torture) Miles had the Spartans rewatch and relive the final five minutes of its loss to Utah State in Logan a Read more
Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Basketball Beat Reporter Photo via Titus Wilkinson of The Spear Fresno State head coach Justin Hutson handed true freshman power forward Robert Vaihola a harsh, life-altering suggestion following the conclusion of last season. “He wanted me Read more
Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Basketball Beat Reporter Photo courtesy of Jake Barger of SJSU Athletics Alvaro Cardenas thought he overcame all unthinkable obstacles to play Division I basketball for San Jose State in June of 2021. The Spanish Embassy amidst Read more
Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Basketball Beat Reporter San Jose State’s Omari Moore is living, breathing and navigating the pressures that come from the dichotomy that surrounds a team’s best player. His high scoring pedigree gifts him the trust from SJSU Read more
Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Basketball Beat Reporter Throughout conference play last season, Tibet Görener was the three-point specialist who couldn’t make threes. He shot 22.7% from deep and didn’t crack the top seven Spartans in scoring despite attempting 48 more Read more
SJSU was blown out 77-57 by UNM after shooting 6-for-32 from three and allowing Jaelen House and Jamal Mashburn Jr. to combine for 40.
By Nathan Canilao (@nathancanilao)- SJSU men’s basketball Beat Reporter After starting conference play 2-1 with wins over UNLV (11-3, 0-2 MW) and Colorado State (8-8, 0-3 MW), the San Jose State men’s basketball team (11-6, 2-2 MW) dropped their home Read more
SJSU men’s basketball opens Mountain West play with a stunning 75-72 victory over UNLV as the Tim Miles era continues to progress.
Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Basketball Beat Reporter It was a tale of two halves for SJSU men’s basketball. Well, second halves that is. SJSU was cursed with self-inflicted errors in the final 20 minutes of its recent loss to Pacific, Read more
Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Basketball Beat Reporter SJSU men’s basketball fell short to Pacific 59-58 in its most disappointing loss of the season, blowing a 17-point second half lead. “It’s really more I feel we lost the game than they Read more
Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Basketball Beat Reporter SJSU men’s basketball has found itself in unfamiliar territory with its 8-3 start. The Spartans never won more than seven games in any of its seasons between 2017 and 2021 and much of Read more
Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Basketball Beat Reporter SJSU men’s basketball made a statement in its 75-64 upset win over Santa Clara that matched its win total from last season. It went beyond a David vs. Goliath narrative. The Spartans (8-3, Read more
Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Basketball Beat Reporter One couldn’t tell SJSU men’s basketball (7-3, MW 0-0) had defeated CSU Bakersfield (4-5, 0-0) when forwards Trey Anderson and Sage Tolbert III took the podium. The Spartans shot 35% and 3-19 from Read more