Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball
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| University | Marshall University | |||
| First season | 1907 | |||
| All-time record | 1,411–1040–2 (.576) | |||
| Conference | C-USA | |||
| Location | Huntington, WV | |||
| Head coach | Dan D'Antoni (3rd year) | |||
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Cam Henderson Center (Capacity: 9,600) |
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| Nickname | Marshall Thundering Herd | |||
| Student section | Marshall Maniacs | |||
| Colors | Green and White |
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| NCAA Tournament appearances | ||||
| 1956, 1972, 1984, 1985, 1987* *vacated by NCAA |
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| Conference tournament champions | ||||
| 1984, 1985, 1987 | ||||
| Conference regular season champions | ||||
| 1956, 1984, 1987, 1988 | ||||
The Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball team is a basketball team from Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia
Marshall has advanced to the NCAA Tournament five times through the years. The Thundering Herd has also played in the NIT in 1967–1968–1973–1988–2012. Marshall won the NAIA National Championship in 1947, and is 7-2 all-time in the first collegiate basketball tournament, one year older than the NIT and four years older than the NCAA Tournament.
Notable former Marshall basketball players include NBA and Marshall Hall of Famer Hal Greer, who was named as one of the NBA's 50 best players of all time. Greer was selected to 10 consecutive NBA All-Star games. Greer was named NBA All-Star Game MVP in 1968, one year after leading the Philadelphia 76ers to the NBA title. Additionally, Marshall's Andy Tonkovich was the first overall selection in the BAA (now NBA) draft in 1948. Mike D'Antoni, current head coach of the Houston Rockets and former NBA Coach of the Year winner with the Phoenix Suns, played college basketball at Marshall.
The legendary coach of the Thundering Herd was Cam Henderson. Henderson, acknowledged as the creator of the modern zone defense, won 358 games against just 158 losses between 1935–1955. Henderson led Marshall to three consecutive Buckeye Conference titles from 1936–39, but his greatest team was the 1946–47 team. They set a Marshall school record with 32 wins in a season; a 17–0 start to the season; a 35-game home winning streak; and won the National Championship in the National Association for Intercollegiate Basketball (today's NAIA) in Kansas City in 1947, sweeping five games in six days. Marshall also played in the NAIB Tournament in 1938 and 1948, losing in the quarterfinals. His 1947–48 team won the Helms Foundation Los Angeles Invitational with a 46–44 win over Syracuse, the same year Henderson coached the Marshall football team to the second-ever Tangerine Bowl.
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