2017–18 Georgia State Panthers men's basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Year:2017–18
Team:Georgia State Panthers
Conference:Sun Belt Conference
Short Conf:Sun Belt
Record:24–11
Conf Record:12–6
Hc Year:7th
Asst Coach1:Sharman White
Ac1 Year:2nd
Ac2 Year:2nd
Asst Coach3:Claude Pardue
Ac3 Year:7th
Champion:Sun Belt tournament champions
Bowl Result:First Round

The 2017–18 Georgia State Panthers men's basketball team represented Georgia State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Ron Hunter, who was in his seventh season at Georgia State. The Panthers played their home games at the GSU Sports Arena in Atlanta, Georgia as members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 24–11, 12–6 in Sun Belt play to finish the regular season in second place. The Panthers defeated Troy, Georgia Southern, and UT Arlington to become champions of the Sun Belt tournament. As a result, they received the Sun Belt's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. As the No. 15 seed in the West region, they lost to Cincinnati in the first round.

Previous season

The Panthers finished the 2016–17 season 20–13, 12–6 in Sun Belt play to finish in second place. They lost in the semifinals of the Sun Belt tournament to Troy before receiving an invitation to the CIT, where they lost to Texas A&M Corpus Christi.

Offseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
1 G 6'3" 160 Senior Graduated
Isaiah Dennis 4 G 6'0" 190 Senior Graduated
Austin Donaldson 10 G 6'1" 185 Sophomore Transferred out
Justin Seymour 20 G 6'3" 215 Senior Ineligible/Graduated
Willie Clayton 21 F 6'8" 245 Redshirt Senior Graduated
Carter Cagle 34 G 6'4" 200 Junior Graduated

2017 recruiting class

Roster

Source[1]

Preseason

Regular season

Post season

Sun Belt Tournament

After locking in the second seed in the Sun Belt Tournament, the Panthers' performance dipped in the last part of their regular season– dropping four of their final six games.[15] [16] Able to shake free of that trend, Georgia State would beat Troy handily in the second round, 73–51, after losing to them twice in the regular season. In their semifinal game, the Panthers were once again pitted against in-state foe, Georgia Southern. The teams split their regular season contests– each winning at home. On this neutral court, GSU would defeat the Eagles 73–67 and eliminate their rival from the SBC Tournament for the second time in four years. This rivalry game wouldn't end without some theatrics– with less than a minute to play, Georgia Southern cut State's lead to just three points. The Panthers held the ball while the shot clock ran down to two seconds, at which point the Eagles were called for a kicked ball off of an attempted Georgia State pass. As a result, the shot clock would reset to 20 seconds– with just 23 seconds left on the game clock. The Panthers called a time out, where Coach Hunter said he reminded his team of the new shot clock differential and instructed them to hold the ball until fouled should they successfully inbound the ball.[17] Once play resumed, the inbound pass was received by junior Devin Mitchell, who would later claim he thought Coach Hunter was talking about the game clock, and therefore still thought only two seconds remained on the shot clock, leading him to immediately turn around and shoot the ball from outside of the three-point arc and sink an unnecessary three-pointer.[18] This mishap would ice the game, sending the Panthers to the SBC Tournament finals. Meanwhile, top-seeded (and regular season champions) Louisiana dropped their semifinal game to 5th seed UT-Arlington, sending the Mavericks, a team Georgia State lost to just five games earlier, to face the Panthers in the finals.[19] The Panthers would handle UT-Arlington in the finals with relative ease, beating them 74–61, with the help of D'Marcus Simonds' game-high 27 points. Their SBC Tournament victory would give the Panthers the Sun Belt Conferences' automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Selected as a 15-seed, Georgia State was matched with the 2nd-seeded Cincinnati Bearcats for their opening game in Nashville, TN.[20] [21]

Schedule and results

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: M Basketball – 2017–18 Roster . Georgia State Athletics . June 29, 2017.
  2. Web site: The Preseason Watch List. Lute Olson National Player of the Year Award. 7 November 2017.
  3. Web site: Holmes. Mike. Simonds Records Triple-Double; Panthers Cruise to 90-50 Win. GeorgiaStateSports.com. Georgia State University. 13 November 2017.
  4. Web site: Holmes. Mike. Panthers Top EWU 68-50; Hunter Earns 400th Career Win. GeorgiaStateSports.com. Georgia State University. 22 November 2017.
  5. Web site: Holmes. Mike. Simonds Named to Lou Henson Mid-Season Watch List. GeorgiaStateSports.com. Georgia State University. 18 January 2018.
  6. Web site: Holmes. Mike. Panthers Top In-State Foe Georgia Southern 83-66. GeorgiaStateSports.com. Georgia State University. 21 January 2018.
  7. Web site: Holmes. Mike. Mitchell's 38 Points Lead Panthers to 81–51 Win. GeorgiaStateSports.com. Georgia State University. 3 February 2018.
  8. Web site: Holmes. Mike. Simonds Named Sun Belt POTY; Mitchell Earns Third Team. GeorgiaStateSports.com. Georgia State University. 10 March 2018.
  9. Web site: Holmes. Mike. Panthers Top Eagles 73-67, Advance To SBC Championship Game. GeorgiaStateSports.com. Georgia State University. 13 March 2018.
  10. Web site: Sun Belt Men's Basketball Tournament Awards. RealGM.com. RealGM. 13 March 2018.
  11. Web site: The Atlanta Tipoff Club Recognizes Top Talent With 2018 Georgia College Players and Coaches of the Year. AtlTipoffClub.com. Atlanta Tipoff Club. 7 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180408073254/https://atltipoffclub.com/the-atlanta-tipoff-club-recognizes-top-talent-with-2018-georgia-college-players-and-coaches-of-the-year/. 8 April 2018. dead.
  12. Web site: Holmes. Mike. D'Marcus Simonds Named AP All-America. GeorgiaStateSports.com. Georgia State University. 7 April 2018.
  13. Web site: Holmes. Mike. Hunter, Simonds Named Finalists for Top Awards. GeorgiaStateSports.com. Georgia State University. 7 April 2018.
  14. Web site: Holmes. Mike. Ron Hunter Named Winner of Gene Bartow Award. GeorgiaStateSports.com. Georgia State University. 7 April 2018.
  15. Web site: BRACKET. CBSSports.com. CBS. 13 March 2018.
  16. Web site: Men's Basketball - 2017-18 Schedule. GeorgiaStateSports.com. Georgia State University. 13 March 2018.
  17. Web site: McQuade. Alec. GSU Panthers 1 win away from NCAA tournament thanks to a really dumb shot. 11alive. NBC. 13 March 2018.
  18. Web site: Bradley. Mark. Thanks to the greatest bad shot ever, Georgia State is dancing. Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Cox Communications. 13 March 2018.
  19. Web site: Texas-Arlington vs. Georgia State odds: Sun Belt championship game picks from Vegas legend on 41-25 run. CBSSports.com. CBS. 13 March 2018.
  20. Web site: Holmes. Mike. Panthers Win Sun Belt Championship; Top UTA 74-61. GeorgiaStateSports.com. Georgia State University. 13 March 2018.
  21. Web site: Moore. Ben. Georgia State to Face Cincinnati in NCAA Tournament. PantherTalk.com. 247Sports. 13 March 2018.
  22. Web site: Men's Basketball - 2017-18 Schedule. GeorgiaStateSports.com. Georgia State University. 29 June 2017.

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