The 2025–26 Georgia State Panthers men's basketball team represented Georgia State University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by third-year head coach Jonas Hayes, played their home games at the GSU Convocation Center in Atlanta, Georgia as members of the Sun Belt Conference.
Previous season The Panthers finished the 2024–25 season 14–19, 8–10 in Sun Belt play to finish in a four-way tie for eighth place. They would defeat Georgia Southern in the third round of the Sun Belt tournament before losing to Marshall in the fourth round.
Offseason
Departures Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Jason Jackson 0 G 6'4" 185 Freshman Sarasota, Florida Transferred to Howard Malik Ferguson 1 G 6'4" 190 Sophomore Grovetown, Georgia Transferred to Tennessee Tech Justin Archer 2 F 6'7" 210 Graduate student North Brunswick, New Jersey Transferred to La Salle Cesare Edwards 4 C 6'10" 235 Senior Hartsville, South Carolina Graduated; signed as a UDFA for the Oklahoma City Thunder Brevyn Coleman 6 G 6'2" 185 Sophomore Lakewood, Ohio Transferred to Seward County CC Zarique Nutter 7 F 6'7" 210 Senior Newark, New Jersey Transferred to Fordham Darnell Evans 8 G 6'0" 165 Senior Amityville, New York Transferred to Clark Atlanta Toneari Lane 11 G 6'5" 205 Senior Atlanta, Georgia Transferred to San Diego Dhiaukuei "DK" Manyiel Dut 12 F 7'0" 210 RS Freshman Rumbek, South Sudan Transferred to California Aaron Oh 14 G 6'0" 185 RS Sophomore Buford, Georgia Nick McMullen 33 F 6'8" 235 Senior Greensboro, North Carolina Exhausted eligibility
Incoming transfers Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Jakai Newton 1 G 6'4" 205 RS Sophomore Covington, Georgia Indiana James Cooper 2 F 6'8" 235 Graduate student Mauldin, South Carolina Oregon Anthony Enoh 12 F 6'7" 225 Junior Uyo, Nigeria Jessup Ayouba Berthe 20 G 6'5" 200 Senior Minneapolis, Minnesota Minot State
Recruiting class
Preseason Preseason Sun Belt Conference poll The Panthers were picked to finish in eleventh place in the conference's preseason poll. Redshirt sophomore guard Jelani Hamilton was named to the conference preseason second team.
Coaches poll 1 James Madison - 175 (1) 2 Arkansas State - 154 (3) 3 South Alabama - 152 (4) 4 Troy - 148 (1) 5 Old Dominion - 145 (2) 6 Marshall - 128 (1) 7 App State - 123 (1) 8 Texas State - 106 9 Louisiana - 95 (1) 10 Georgia Southern - 66 11 Georgia State - 59 12 Southern Miss - 57 13 Coastal Carolina - 43 14 ULM - 19
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=12 style=""| Non-conference regular season
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