The 2022–23 San Jose State Spartans men's basketball team represented San Jose State University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by second-year head coach Tim Miles and played their games at Provident Credit Union Event Center as members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 24–14, 10–8 in MWC play to finish in fifth place. They defeated Nevada in the quarterfinals of the MWC tournament before being falling to top-seeded San Diego State in the semifinals. The Spartans received an invitation to compete in the College Basketball Invitational, their first postseason tournament since 2011. In the opening round, they defeated Southern Indiana, marking the Spartans' first ever postseason victory, before losing to Radford in the quarterfinals.
With a final overall record of 21–14, the season marked school's most successful season since 1980–81.
Previous season The Spartans finished the 2022–22 season 8–23, 1–17 in MWC play to finish in last place. They lost to Fresno State in the first round of the MWC tournament.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Caleb Simmons 1 G 6'6" 205 RS Senior Vallejo, CA Graduate transferred Shon Robinson 2 F 6'9" 205 RS Sophomore Chicago, IL Transferred to Austin Peay Sebastian Mendoza 4 G 6'3" 195 Sophomore Riverside, CA Transferred Eduardo Lane 12 C 6'11" 240 RS Senior Aquidauana, Brazil Graduate transferred to Siena Majok Kuath 23 F 6'8" 183 Junior Salt Lake City, UT Transferred to Northwestern State Michael Ofoegbu 24 F 6'7" 205 Sophomore Lakewood, CA Transferred to Colby CC Josh O'Garro 42 G 6'6" 175 Sophomore George Town, Cayman Islands Transferred to Colby CC Trey Smith 44 G 6'3" 195 Senior Cypress, CA Walk-on; transferred to Idaho Harminder Dhaliwal 50 C 6'10" 235 Junior Laguna Niguel, CA Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous college Kellen King 20 G 6'4" 190 RS Senior Brentwood, TN Walk-on; Missouri–St. Louis Robert Vaihola 22 F 6'8" 245 Sophomore San Francisco, CA Fresno State Sage Tolbert III 23 F 6'8" 210 RS Senior New Orleans, LA Temple
2022 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Mountain West regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Mountain West tournament
!colspan=9 style=| College Basketball Invitational
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