Throughout the months of January and February, GeorgiaStateSports.com will run feature stories on the members of the 1991 and 2001 men's basketball teams, as well as 2001 women's basketball team as we celebrate the 30-year and 20-year anniversaries of those teams reaching the NCAA Tournament. ATLANTA-For one weekend in DeLand, Fla., the ultimate Cinderella story finally came to fruition. After years of trying to make a splash on the national college basketball scene, the Georgia State Panthers made the world take notice.
Parts of this story ran during the 20-year anniversary of the men's basketball team reaching the NCAA Tournament for the first time.