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2016–17 Georgia State Panthers men's basketball team

2016–17 Georgia State Panthers men's basketball
Georgia State Athletics wordmark.svg
Cancún Challenge Mayan Div. champions
Conference Sun Belt Conference
2016–17 record 17–10 (10–5 Sun Belt)
Head coach Ron Hunter (6th year)
Assistant coach Sarman White (1st year)
Assistant coach Ray McCallum (1st year)
Assistant coach Claude Pardue (6th year)
Home arena GSU Sports Arena
Seasons
← 2015–16
2017–18 →
2016–17 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Texas–Arlington 11 3   .786     21 6   .778
Arkansas State 10 4   .714     19 8   .704
Georgia State 10 5   .667     17 10   .630
Georgia Southern 10 5   .667     17 11   .607
Coastal Carolina 9 6   .600     14 14   .500
Texas State 8 6   .571     15 11   .577
Troy 8 6   .571     16 12   .571
Louisiana–Lafayette 6 8   .429     16 11   .593
South Alabama 6 8   .429     13 14   .481
Little Rock 4 10   .286     13 14   .481
Appalachian State 3 12   .200     8 18   .308
Louisiana–Monroe 1 13   .071     7 20   .259
2017 Sun Belt Conference Tournament winner
As of February 25, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016–17 Georgia State Panthers men's basketball team represents Georgia State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach is Ron Hunter who is in his sixth season at Georgia State. The Panthers play their home games at the GSU Sports Arena in Atlanta, Georgia and are members of the Sun Belt Conference.

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.

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

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

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. 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.


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