10 Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo!, Inc. All rights reserved. en-us 126 15 http://sports.yahoo.com http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/b/ysp_logo_rss.gif Latest news and information about the Georgia St. Panthers. http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/teams/gag <p><p>Coach Rod Barnes reaches the third year of rebuilding at Georgia State, and his team gave signs at the end of last season that his efforts were beginning to take hold.</p> <p>The Panthers closed with seven victories in their last 11 games after spending most of the first half of the season trying to get to know each other as Barnes blended a group of transfers.</p> <p>Now Barnes has three starters coming back and, once again, the former Ole Miss coach has recruited a strong class to fill in the blanks.</p> <p>"We have a lot of guys returning, six seniors, and those guys have shown great leadership," Barnes said. "Senior leadership and depth will help us down the road in conference play.</p> <p>"I've never had a team with six seniors. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:00:29 PDT ncaab urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,sportsxchange:20080101:ncaab,article,teamreports-2009-ncaab-gag:1 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:00:29 PDT