Georgia State Panthers men's basketball
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| University | Georgia State University | ||
| Conference | Sun Belt | ||
| Location | Atlanta, Georgia | ||
| Head coach | Ron Hunter (6th year) | ||
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GSU Sports Arena (Capacity: 3,854) |
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| Nickname | Panthers | ||
| Colors | Blue and White |
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| NCAA Tournament Round of 32 | |||
| 2001, 2015 | |||
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| 1991, 2001, 2015 | |||
| Conference tournament champions | |||
| 1991, 2001, 2015 | |||
| Conference regular season champions | |||
| Atlantic Sun: 2000, 2001, 2002 Sun Belt: 2014, 2015 |
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The Georgia State Panthers men's basketball team represents Georgia State University and competes in the Sun Belt Conference of NCAA Division I. They are currently led by head coach Ron Hunter. The Panthers play at the GSU Sports Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
The Panthers play their home games at the GSU Sports Arena, located at 125 Decatur Street in the heart of the Georgia State campus. The facility was originally built in 1972 as a student gym and classroom space for physical education classes. The arena has a capacity of 3,854. After the 2014-15 season, the center-hanging scoreboard was replaced with a 4 sided hanging video scoreboard. Plans were released in 2012 to renovate the arena to turn the court 90 degrees, allowing for the court to be completely surrounded by seating with a new capacity of 5,000.
In March 2015, work was started on a practice facility for the team as part of an incentive package at the request of head coach Ron Hunter. In April of 2016, the facility was completed, slightly under its initial $1 million budget. The facility was built an unused aquatics facility, with the court being built over the swimming pool after being filled in with concrete and padding. The court is named for Patty Ferrer and Cathy Henson, who's families were the main contributors to the project. The facility is shared between the men's and women's basketball teams, as well as the indoor volleyball team.
The Georgia State Panthers men's basketball team is currently coached by former IUPUI coach Ron Hunter. On March 21, 2011, President Mark P. Becker and Director of Athletics Cheryl L. Levick announced Hunter as the new head men's basketball coach at Georgia State University. Ron Hunter is a spokesman for Samaritans Feet, an organization that donates footwear to poverty stricken children. His involvement in this organization has led him to coach a number of games at IUPUI barefooted, a tradition continued in his career at Georgia State.
Coach Bob Reinhart coached the Georgia State Panthers men's basketball team from 1985 until 1994. In that time he managed 107 wins against 148 losses. He is the current leader at Georgia State in wins (107), tenure (9 seasons); his winning percentage (.420) places him 4th all-time. Reinhart, an Indiana native; spent his freshman college season at Kentucky Wesleyan College and then transferred to Indiana University and played basketball for Branch McCracken for two seasons at Indiana University. He was a high school teammate of All-American Roger Kaiser.
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