For his outstanding achievement and contributions to the game of basketball, Georgia State head coach Ron Hunter was named the winner of the Gene Bartow Award on Wednesday.

Georgia State sophomore guard D'Marcus Simonds announced on Wednesday that he will return for his junior season after leading the Panthers to the NCAA tournament last month.

Legendary former Georgia State men's basketball head coach Charles "Lefty" Driesell has been elected into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as announced by the organization on Saturday.

Ron Hunter (Ben Jobe Award) and D'Marcus Simonds (Lou Henson Award) were named finalists for two of the top awards in the country on Friday.

Georgia State sophomore guard D'Marcus Simonds who led the Panthers back to the NCAA tournament this year has earned AP All-America Honorable Mention recognition as announced by the Associated Press on Wednesday.

The Atlanta Tipoff Club announced on Friday that Georgia State sophomore D'Marcus Simonds has been named the Georgia Men's College Co-Player of the Year following a remarkable season with the Panthers.

Despite 27 points from D'Marcus Simonds and overcoming a double-digit second-half deficit, No. 15-seed Georgia State fell to No. 2-seed Cincinnati on Friday afternoon in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at Bridgestone Arena.

The Georgia State men's basketball team got things going early this morning as the Panthers met with the media and got in some shots at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.

A gathering of Georgia State fans and a pair watch parties in Atlanta are set for Friday's NCAA Tournament game against Cincinnati.

The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced Wednesday that Georgia State's D'Marcus Simonds has been selected to the NABC Division I All-District 24 First Team for 2017-18, recognizing the nation's best men's collegiate basketball student-athletes.

Georgia State will return to the NCAA tournament for the second time in four years and make its fourth appearance all-time on Friday facing No.2-seed Cincinnati at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn., at 2 p.m. ET live on TBS.

Georgia State will make its fourth appearance in the NCAA tournament beginning on Friday as a No. 15 seed facing No. 2 seed Cincinnati in a South Region first-round contest Nashville, Tenn.