A moment of great joy quickly turned to immense pain for Georgia State coach Ron Hunter when he tore his Achilles celebrating his team 's 38-36 win over Georgia Southern on Sunday . Hunter rushed onto the court to embrace his son R.J. , who had made two free throws with 21.6 seconds left , at the final buzzer in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament championship in New Orleans . Unfortunately for Hunter Sr. he managed to tear his Achilles as he jumped up and down hugging his son and eventually he had to be helped off the court . Georgia State coach Ron Hunter tore his Achilles after rushing on to the court to celebrate his team 's 38-36 win over Georgia Southern in New Orleans on Sunday . ' I 'm actually embarrassed by this because it takes away honestly from what these kids have done , ' said Hunter . Hunter is helped off the court on Sunday after celebrating with his son TJ and tearing his tendon . 'To be honest with you , I saw the kid shoot the ball . I saw the red lights go off…and I jumped up . I tore my Achilles ' years ago on the right side playin ' basketball when I was 26 years old , ' Hunter told reporters afterwards , 'and it was the exact same feeling . I knew when I jumped up . ' I had n't jumped that high probably in 26 years . I knew when I came down I had done it and instead of stopping right there , I wanted to go celebrate with my team and , more importantly , I wanted to go celebrate with my son . ' Hunter Snr . later returned to the court on crutches and helped cut down the nets , which were lowered for him , reports the Washington Post . ' I 'm actually embarrassed by this , ' Hunter said , 'because it takes away honestly from what these kids have done . ' The win clinched Georgia State 's third appearance in the NCAA Tournament and first since 2001 . Hunter had rushed onto the court to embrace his son R.J. , pictured , who had made two free throws with 21.6 seconds left in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament championship in New Orleans . Sunday 's win clinched Georgia State 's third appearance in the NCAA Tournament and first since 2001 .
Ron Hunter tore his Achilles after rushing on to the court to celebrate his team 's 38-36 win over Georgia Southern in New Orleans on Sunday . Son R.J. had made two free throws with 21.6 seconds left in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament championship game . ' I 'm actually embarrassed by this because it takes away honestly from what these kids have done , ' said Hunter .