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2016–17 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Texas–Arlington 14 – 4   .778 27 – 9   .750
Georgia State 12 – 6   .667 20 – 13   .606
Arkansas State 11 – 7   .611 20 – 12   .625
Texas State 11 – 7   .611 22 – 14   .611
Georgia Southern 11 – 7   .611 18 – 15   .545
Louisiana–Lafayette 10 – 8   .556 21 – 12   .636
Troy † 10 – 8   .556 22 – 15   .595
Coastal Carolina 10 – 8   .556 20 – 19   .513
South Alabama 7 – 11   .389 14 – 18   .438
Little Rock 6 – 12   .333 15 – 17   .469
Appalachian State 4 – 14   .222 9 – 21   .300
Louisiana–Monroe 2 – 16   .111 9 – 24   .273
† 2017 Sun Belt Conference tournament winner

The 2016–17 Georgia State Panthers men's basketball team represented Georgia State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Ron Hunter who was in his sixth season at Georgia State. The Panthers played their home games at the GSU Sports Arena in Atlanta as members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 20–13, 12–6 in Sun Belt play to finish in second place. They defeated Louisiana–Lafayette in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Troy. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Texas A&M–Corpus Christi.

Previous season

The Panthers finished the 2015–16 season 16–14, 9–11 in Sun Belt play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the first round of the Sun Belt tournament to Texas State.

Off-season

After the end of the 2015–16 season, work was completed on the new GSU Practice Facility, an indoor gym complete with six courts.[1] This addition was mandated by head coach Ron Hunter after the March Madness run in 2015.[2]

Assistant coach Everick Sullivan was hired by Lenoir-Rhyne University to serve as head basketball coach after coaching the Panthers for five seasons.[3]

Shortly afterwards, Sharman White, the head basketball coach of Metro Atlanta high school Miller Grove was hired after winning his team seven state titles in his last eight seasons.[4] He set a state record with six titles in a row (2009–14). Among his coaching recognitions, White has been awarded the Naismith Atlanta Tip-Off Club Bobby Cremins Award, named the USA Today National Coach Of The Year, and was most recently named the National High School Coaches Association (NHSCA) Coach Of The Year. Before joining the Georgia State staff, White compiled a 373–86 career coaching record over a 19-year career.[5]

Another assistant coach, Daryl LaBarrie, also left the Panthers to work as assistant coach at his alma mater, Georgia Tech. He was eventually replaced by former Detroit head coach Ray McCallum.[6]

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Kevin Ware 32 G 6'2" 170 Senior Conyers, Georgia Graduated
T.J. Shipes 31 F 6'7" 225 Senior Buford, Georgia Graduated
Markus Crider 33 F 6'6" 205 Senior Dayton, Ohio Graduated
Jalen Brown 15 C 6'8" 235 Senior Buchanan, Michigan Graduated

Incoming Transfers

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Justin Seymour 20 G 6'3" 205 Senior Atlanta, Georgia Graduate transfer from Murray State and is eligible to play in the 2016–17 season. He has one year of eligibility remaining.
Jordan Tyson 50 F 6'10" 225 Sophomore Cincinnati, Ohio Transferred from St. Bonaventure. Under NCAA transfer rules, Tyson will have to sit out for the 2016–17 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility.

Recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
D'Marcus Simonds
#25 SG 		Gainesville, Georgia Gainesville High School 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Apr 23, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars
Chris Clerkley
PF 		Perry, Georgia Perry High School 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) May 26, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: NA   Rivals: NA  ESPN: NA
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

Roster

2016–17 Georgia State Panthers men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Nile Felton (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Fr Union Atlanta, Georgia
F 1 Jeremy Hollowell (C) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Lawrence Central / Indiana Indianapolis, Indiana
G 2 Malik Benlevi 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Jenkins Savannah, Georgia
G 4 Isaiah Dennis (C) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Eagle's Landing McDonough, Georgia
G 10 Austin Donaldson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Jonesboro Jonesboro, Georgia
G 11 Isaiah Williams 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Buford / Samford Buford, Georgia
F 14 Chris Clerkly 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Perry Perry, Georgia
G 15 D'Marcus Simonds 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Gainesville Gainesville, Georgia
G 20 Justin Seymour 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr Wheeler / Murray State Atlanta, Georgia
F 21 Willie Clayton (C) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) RS Sr Thomasville / Charlotte Thomasville, Georgia
F 23 Jordan Session 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Eagle's Landing McDonough, Georgia
G 24 Devin Mitchell 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) RS So Collins Hill / Alabama Suwanee, Georgia
G 30 Jeff Thomas 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Norwalk Norwalk, Ohio
G 34 Carter Cagle 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Johnson Gainesville, Georgia
F 50 Jordan Tyson Current redshirt 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) So Walnut Hills / St. Bonaventure Cincinnati, Ohio
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

[7]

Schedule and results

[8]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 04*
7:00 pm 		USC Aiken W 92–79 
GSU Sports Arena (1,243)
Atlanta, Georgia
November 07*
7:00 pm 		Point W 97–44 
GSU Sports Arena (1,167)
Atlanta, Georgia
Non-conference regular season
November 11*
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Thomas W 111–69  1–0
 GSU Sports Arena (1,690)
Atlanta, Georgia
November 14*
9:00 pm, SECN 		at Auburn
Cancun Challenge 		L 65–83  1–1
 Auburn Arena (6,980)
Auburn, Alabama
November 18*
7:00 pm, BTN 		at No. 15 Purdue
Cancun Challenge 		L 56–64  1–2
 Mackey Arena (14,302)
West Lafayette, Indiana
November 22*
12:30 pm, YouTube 		vs. NJIT
Cancun Challenge 		W 74–53  2–2
 Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (1,610)
Cancún, Mexico
November 23*
3:00 pm, YouTube 		vs. Eastern Kentucky
Cancun Challenge 		W 82–65  3–2
 Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (1,610)
Cancún, Mexico
November 30*
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Wright State
Barefoot for Barefeet 		W 81–74  4–2
 GSU Sports Arena (1,256)
Atlanta, Georgia
December 4*
5:00 pm, SECN 		at Mississippi State L 60–82  4–3
 Humphrey Coliseum (6,805)
Starkville, Mississippi
December 10*
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		Georgia Southwestern W 83–52  5–3
 GSU Sports Arena (907)
Atlanta, Georgia
December 14*
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Alabama A&M W 94–79  6–3
 GSU Sports Arena (1,183)
Atlanta, Georgia
December 18*
2:00 pm 		at Old Dominion L 46–58  6–4
 Ted Constant Convocation Center (4,052)
Norfolk, Virginia
December 21*
7:30 pm, CUSAN 		at Middle Tennessee W 64–56  7–4
 Murphy Center (4,502)
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
December 28*
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		UMass L 65–74  7–5
 GSU Sports Arena (1,639)
Atlanta, Georgia
Sun Belt Conference regular season
December 31
12:30 pm 		at Georgia Southern
Modern Day Hate 		L 65–88  7–6
(0–1) 		Hanner Fieldhouse (2,356)
Statesboro, Georgia
January 7
2:15 pm, ESPN3 		South Alabama W 78–77  8–6
(1–1) 		GSU Sports Arena (1,231)
Atlanta, Georgia
January 9
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Troy L 77–80  8–7
(1–2) 		GSU Sports Arena (1,400)
Atlanta, Georgia
January 14
5:00 pm 		at Louisiana–Monroe W 74–65 OT 9–7
(2–2) 		Fant–Ewing Coliseum (1,634)
Monroe, Louisiana
January 16
8:00 pm 		at Louisiana–Lafayette W 101–86  10–7
(3–2) 		Cajundome (3,497)
Lafayette, Louisiana
January 21
2:15 pm, ESPN3 		Coastal Carolina W 76–56  11–7
(4–2) 		GSU Sports Arena (1,479)
Atlanta, Georgia
January 23
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Appalachian State W 83–72  12–7
(5–2) 		GSU Sports Arena (1,418)
Atlanta, Georgia
January 28
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Troy W 78–72  13–7
(6–2) 		Trojan Arena (1,248)
Troy, Alabama
January 30
9:00 pm, ASN 		at South Alabama W 83–80  14–7
(7–2) 		Mitchell Center (2,110)
Mobile, Alabama
February 4
2:15 pm, ESPN3 		Louisiana–Lafayette W 85–82  15–7
(8–2) 		GSU Sports Arena (1,951)
Atlanta, Georgia
February 6
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Louisiana–Monroe W 69–55  16–7
(9–2) 		GSU Sports Arena (1,015)
Atlanta, Georgia
February 11
3:30 pm, ESPN3 		at Appalachian State L 72–77  16–8
(9–3) 		Holmes Center (2,169)
Boone, North Carolina
February 13
7:00 pm 		at Coastal Carolina L 64–65  16–9
(9–4) 		HTC Center (2,061)
Conway, South Carolina
February 18
2:15 pm, ESPN3 		UT Arlington L 67–68  16–10
(9–5) 		GSU Sports Arena (1,800)
Atlanta, Georgia
February 20
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Texas State W 67–51  17–10
(10–5) 		GSU Sports Arena (1,406)
Atlanta, Georgia
February 25
7:00 pm 		at Little Rock W 71–54  18–10
(11–5) 		Jack Stephens Center (3,830)
Little Rock, Arkansas
February 27
8:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Arkansas State L 67–78  18–11
(11–6) 		Convocation Center (4,482)
Jonesboro, Arkansas
March 5
2:15 pm, ESPN3 		Georgia Southern
Modern Day Hate 		W 72–67  19–11
(12–6) 		GSU Sports Arena (3,854)
Atlanta, Georgia
Sun Belt tournament
March 10
6:00 pm, ESPN3 		(2) vs. (7) Louisiana–Lafayette
Quarterfinals 		W 86–76  20–11
 Lakefront Arena 
New Orleans, Louisiana
March 11
2:15 pm, ESPN3 		(2) vs. (6) Troy
Semifinals 		L 63-74  20–12
 Lakefront Arena 
New Orleans, Louisiana
CIT
March 15*
8:00 pm, Facebook Live 		at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
First Round 		L 64–80  20–13
 Dugan Wellness Center (897)
Corpus Christi, Texas
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

References

  1. ^ Holmes, Mike. "Georgia State Practice Facility Formally Opens". GeorgiaStateSports.com. Georgia State University. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
  2. ^ Roberson, Doug. "Georgia State building practice space for basketball". AJC.com. Cox Communications. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
  3. ^ Roberson, Doug. "Georgia State men's basketball loses assistant coach". AJC.com. Cox Communications. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
  4. ^ Roberson, Doug. "Miller Grove's Sharman White joins Ron Hunter at Georgia State". AJC.com. Cox Communications. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
  5. ^ "Sharman White Bio". Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  6. ^ Roberson, Doug. "McCallum officially joins Georgia State men's basketball". AJC.com. Cox Communications. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
  7. ^ "2016-17 Men's Basketball Roster". www.GeorgiaStateSports.com. Georgia State University. Archived from the original on April 25, 2022. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
  8. ^ "2016-17 Men's Basketball Schedule". www.GeorgiaStateSports.com. Georgia State University. Archived from the original on April 25, 2022.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Georgia_State_Panthers_men%27s_basketball_team