Marshall Thundering Herd

The Marshall Thundering Herd represent Marshall University out of Huntington, West Virginia, playing their home games at the Cam Henderson Center. Marshall has long been one of the scrappier mid-major programs in the sport, known for up-tempo, high-scoring basketball and a loyal Huntington fan base. After stops in Conference USA and the Sun Belt over the years, the Herd compete today in the Sun Belt Conference, chasing March Madness bids as a mid-major that punches above its weight.

Marshall fielded its first basketball team in 1906-07 and built one of its signature moments in 1967, reaching the NIT semifinals at Madison Square Garden. The program has made half a dozen NCAA Division I tournament trips, most recently in 2018, and won the NAIA national championship in 1947 in an earlier chapter of program history. Marshall has produced a run of prolific scorers over the decades and remains a fixture of West Virginia college basketball, with the Cam Henderson Center named for the coach who guided both the football and basketball programs.