It is still a work-in-progress but the transformation, makeover, blow it up and start from scratch revolution in the San Jose State men's basketball program is finally displaying signs of progress, both on and off the court.
The epitome of such is redshirt freshman Justin Graham as you will read below.
Yes, there will be starts and stops, potholes and bumps -- especially this season -- but the academic horrors and the knowing it's going to be a last place finish or close to it, along with zero hope of any betterment, has been put to rest, exorcised if you will.
WAC basketball: Graham's shots, study habits, are tops in WACGo here for the remainder.
STEVE SNEDDON
RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL
1/9/2008
Maybe Justin Graham isn't the perfect freshman basketball player, but he's pretty darn close.
As a redshirt freshman point guard, he has made a major impact for the San Jose State Spartans, who host Nevada on Thursday. He's leading the team in scoring, at 13.2 points a game, and has helped them to a 7-7 overall record, after they won all of five games last season.
And he could receive his bachelor's degree by December in his sophomore season. And he is expected to graduate no later than spring 2009. Still, performances like his 29 points in the Spartans' 85-79 home loss to Hawaii last Saturday are catching most of the attention.
"He's going to be one of the bright stars in this league for a while the way he's playing," said Hawaii coach Bob Nash this week. "He's an unbelievable freshman to come in and get 29 points against us."
The 6-foot-4 Graham's statistics for the season are staggering, considering he's averaging only eight shots from the field per game. The kid with the flowing brown hair has hit 56-of-112 shots from the field for 50 percent, including 10-of-22 from 3-point range for 45.5 percent. He's at 3.5 assists and 2.0 steals. Plus, he's managed to keep his humility...
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