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Marshall Thundering Herd Men's Basketball School History

Location: Huntington, West Virginia

Coverage: 105 seasons (1918-19 to 2023-24)

Record (since 1918-19): 1567-1172-2 .572 W-L%

Conferences: Sun Belt, CUSA, Southern, MAC, OVC and Ind

Conference Champion: 6 Times (Reg. Seas.), 4 Times (Tourn.)

NCAA Tournament: 6 Years (1-6), 0 Final Fours, 0 Championships

NCAA Champion:

Ranked in AP Poll: 0 Times (Preseason), 1 Time (Final), 14 Weeks (Total)

Seasons where the school was classified as a major school (i.e., Division I or equivalent).
* Indicates season for which the school's overall and/or conference record has been adjusted by penalty. See our database of forfeits and vacated games.

105 Seasons

SRS back to 1949-50

105 Seasons Table
			Overall			Conference
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
1	2023-24	Sun Belt	13	20	.394	7	11	.389	-5.42	-1.39	73.8	76.7						Dan D'Antoni (13-20)
2	2022-23	Sun Belt	24	8	.750	13	5	.722	7.13	-2.84	81.8	71.3						Dan D'Antoni (24-8)
3	2021-22	CUSA	12	21	.364	4	14	.222	-4.57	0.14	74.0	76.5						Dan D'Antoni (12-21)
4	2020-21	CUSA	15	7	.682	9	5	.643	5.70	-1.66	79.9	72.5						Dan D'Antoni (15-7)
5	2019-20	CUSA	17	15	.531	10	8	.556	1.70	-0.05	75.9	73.1						Dan D'Antoni (17-15)
6	2018-19	CUSA	23	14	.622	11	7	.611	-0.64	-0.61	80.5	80.5						Dan D'Antoni (23-14)
7	2017-18	CUSA	25	11	.694	12	6	.667	4.21	0.44	83.8	79.1				Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	13	Dan D'Antoni (25-11)
8	2016-17	CUSA	20	15	.571	10	8	.556	0.18	-1.05	85.6	84.0						Dan D'Antoni (20-15)
9	2015-16	CUSA	17	16	.515	12	6	.667	0.83	-0.30	86.0	84.9						Dan D'Antoni (17-16)
10	2014-15	CUSA	11	21	.344	7	11	.389	-6.45	-0.22	66.8	71.5						Dan D'Antoni (11-21)
11	2013-14	CUSA	11	22	.333	4	12	.250	-4.42	-1.32	72.3	72.0						Tom Herrion (11-22)
12	2012-13	CUSA	13	19	.406	6	10	.375	-3.61	0.94	69.0	72.7						Tom Herrion (13-19)
13	2011-12	CUSA	21	14	.600	9	7	.563	7.00	4.94	70.6	68.1						Tom Herrion (21-14)
14	2010-11	CUSA	22	12	.647	9	7	.563	6.32	1.94	73.5	67.4						Tom Herrion (22-12)
15	2009-10	CUSA	24	10	.706	11	5	.688	7.80	1.57	79.9	69.0						Donnie Jones (24-10)
16	2008-09	CUSA	15	17	.469	7	9	.438	0.14	2.73	71.1	70.5						Donnie Jones (15-17)
17	2007-08	CUSA	16	14	.533	8	8	.500	2.17	2.17	67.3	65.7						Donnie Jones (16-14)
18	2006-07	CUSA	13	19	.406	7	9	.438	-1.89	2.33	66.0	70.2						Ron Jirsa (13-19)
19	2005-06	CUSA	12	16	.429	5	9	.357	-5.05	-1.56	65.9	69.1						Ron Jirsa (12-16)
20	2004-05	MAC	6	22	.214	3	15	.167	-3.47	3.64	66.8	73.9						Ron Jirsa (6-22)
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
21	2003-04	MAC	12	17	.414	8	10	.444	-2.21	2.21	69.7	74.1						Ron Jirsa (12-17)
22	2002-03	MAC	14	15	.483	9	9	.500	-0.74	-0.63	73.3	72.2						Greg White (14-15)
23	2001-02	MAC	15	15	.500	8	10	.444	-1.42	1.23	77.6	77.4						Greg White (15-15)
24	2000-01	MAC	18	9	.667	12	6	.667	5.49	0.81	76.4	69.7						Greg White (18-9)
25	1999-00	MAC	21	9	.700	11	7	.611	5.05	-0.16	81.4	73.9						Greg White (21-9)
26	1998-99	MAC	16	11	.593	11	7	.611	4.71	0.51	76.9	70.6						Greg White (16-11)
27	1997-98	MAC	11	16	.407	7	11	.389	-2.98	0.62	69.7	69.4						Greg White (11-16)
28	1996-97	Southern	20	9	.690	10	4	.714	-3.01	-6.72	79.8	74.9						Greg White (20-9)
29	1995-96	Southern	17	11	.607	8	6	.571	1.96	-3.82	91.4	84.5						Billy Donovan (17-11)
30	1994-95	Southern	18	9	.667	10	4	.714	-0.65	-5.99	84.4	77.6						Billy Donovan (18-9)
31	1993-94	Southern	9	18	.333	7	11	.389	-12.12	-2.04	73.7	82.2						Dwight Freeman (9-18)
32	1992-93	Southern	16	11	.593	11	7	.611	-4.44	-4.80	78.2	76.4						Dwight Freeman (16-11)
33	1991-92	Southern	7	22	.241	3	11	.214	-9.00	-0.20	72.2	80.3						Dwight Freeman (7-22)
34	1990-91	Southern	14	14	.500	7	7	.500	-2.84	-0.84	82.2	83.4						Dwight Freeman (14-14)
35	1989-90	Southern	15	13	.536	9	5	.643	-1.87	-1.79	76.1	73.6						Dana Altman (15-13)
36	1988-89	Southern	15	15	.500	6	8	.429	-2.21	-0.48	84.3	84.7						Rick Huckabay (15-15)
37	1987-88	Southern	24	8	.750	14	2	.875	3.07	-4.93	83.8	75.8						Rick Huckabay (24-8)
38	1986-87	Southern	25*	6*	.806	15	1	.938	2.65	-4.96	80.5	72.8				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round*	13	Rick Huckabay (25-6)
39	1985-86	Southern	19	11	.633	10	6	.625	-0.41	-3.26	76.2	73.9						Rick Huckabay (19-11)
40	1984-85	Southern	21	13	.618	12	4	.750	1.94	-2.46	75.2	69.4				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	15	Rick Huckabay (21-13)
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
41	1983-84	Southern	25	6	.806	13	3	.813	8.28	-1.62	83.5	71.6				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	10	Rick Huckabay (25-6)
42	1982-83	Southern	20	8	.714	13	3	.813	2.26	-3.55	79.0	70.3						Bob Zuffelato (20-8)
43	1981-82	Southern	16	11	.593	8	8	.500	-0.87	-2.67	80.0	76.8						Bob Zuffelato (16-11)
44	1980-81	Southern	18	10	.643	8	8	.500	-2.15	-3.19	81.5	76.7						Bob Zuffelato (18-10)
45	1979-80	Southern	17	12	.586	10	6	.625	-5.93	-6.12	73.5	71.3						Bob Zuffelato (17-12)
46	1978-79	Southern	11	16	.407	5	8	.385	-6.36	-2.58	74.5	76.6						Stu Aberdeen (11-16)
47	1977-78	Southern	14	15	.483	8	5	.615	-2.97	-4.29	78.6	77.4						Stu Aberdeen (14-15)
48	1976-77	Southern	8	19	.296	0	0		-6.13	1.99	81.0	88.0						Bob Daniels (8-19)
49	1975-76	Ind	13	14	.481				-11.16	-3.59	77.0	80.3						Bob Daniels (13-14)
50	1974-75	Ind	13	13	.500				-5.25	-3.48	76.7	77.8						Bob Daniels (13-13)
51	1973-74	Ind	17	9	.654				-4.21	-2.16	73.9	71.7						Bob Daniels (17-9)
52	1972-73	Ind	20	7	.741				5.23	-1.47	82.4	74.3						Bob Daniels (20-7)
53	1971-72	Ind	23	4	.852				11.99	-1.74	92.4	76.4		8	12	Lost NCAA Tournament First Round		Carl Tacy (23-4)
54	1970-71	Ind	16	10	.615				4.51	-1.94	91.2	80.7						Stewart Way (16-10)
55	1969-70	Ind	9	14	.391				-4.46	0.02	82.8	87.0						Stewart Way (9-14)
56	1968-69	MAC	9	15	.375	3	9	.250	-3.96	1.81	80.2	85.6						Ellis Johnson (9-15)
57	1967-68	MAC	17	8	.680	9	3	.750	5.42	0.92	87.3	80.6						Ellis Johnson (17-8)
58	1966-67	MAC	20	8	.714	10	2	.833	5.59	0.80	85.5	80.6						Ellis Johnson (20-8)
59	1965-66	MAC	12	12	.500	4	8	.333	-4.95	-4.35	84.3	82.9						Ellis Johnson (12-12)
60	1964-65	MAC	4	20	.167	1	11	.083	-14.49	-2.66	87.0	93.2						Ellis Johnson (4-20)
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
61	1963-64	MAC	6	17	.261	1	11	.083	-13.77	-0.56	77.2	87.8						Ellis Johnson (6-17)
62	1962-63	MAC	7	16	.304	1	11	.083	-10.59	-1.91	73.7	79.3						Jule Rivlin (7-16)
63	1961-62	MAC	10	13	.435	6	6	.500	-1.27	1.02	72.5	74.3						Jule Rivlin (10-13)
64	1960-61	MAC	11	13	.458	5	7	.417	-1.05	0.72	72.8	72.8						Jule Rivlin (11-13)
65	1959-60	MAC	10	13	.435	4	8	.333	-2.04	1.64	79.0	81.4						Jule Rivlin (10-13)
66	1958-59	MAC	12	12	.500	6	6	.500	1.96	1.83	81.3	80.7						Jule Rivlin (12-12)
67	1957-58	MAC	17	7	.708	9	3	.750	6.66	-1.43	74.4							Jule Rivlin (17-7)
68	1956-57	MAC	15	9	.625	8	4	.667	-0.88	-7.60	86.3	78.8						Jule Rivlin (15-9)
69	1955-56	MAC	18	5	.783	10	2	.833	4.88	-3.06	93.3	82.9		18		Lost NCAA Tournament First Round		Jule Rivlin (18-5)
70	1954-55	MAC	17	4	.810	10	4	.714	-1.09	-8.44	87.3	77.4						Cam Henderson (17-4)
71	1953-54	MAC	12	9	.571	6	7	.462	-5.83	-3.23	81.8	81.8						Cam Henderson (12-9)
72	1952-53-nm	Ind	20	4	.833													Cam Henderson (20-4)
73	1951-52-nm	OVC	15	11	.577													Cam Henderson (15-11)
74	1950-51-nm	OVC	13	13	.500													Cam Henderson (13-13)
75	1949-50-nm	OVC	15	9	.625													Cam Henderson (15-9)
76	1948-49-nm	OVC	16	12	.571	2	2	.500			64.5	62.0						Cam Henderson (16-12)
77	1947-48	Ind	22	11	.667						64.9	57.3						Cam Henderson (22-11)
78	1946-47	Ind	32	5	.865													Cam Henderson (32-5)
79	1945-46	Ind	24	10	.706													Cam Henderson (24-10)
80	1944-45	Ind	17	9	.654													Cam Henderson (17-9)
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
81	1943-44	Ind	15	7	.682													Cam Henderson (15-7)
82	1942-43	Ind	10	7	.588													Cam Henderson (10-7)
83	1941-42	Ind	15	9	.625													Cam Henderson (15-9)
84	1940-41	Ind	14	9	.609													Cam Henderson (14-9)
85	1939-40	Ind	26	3	.897													Cam Henderson (26-3)
86	1938-39	Ind	22	5	.815													Cam Henderson (22-5)
87	1937-38	Ind	28	4	.875													Cam Henderson (28-4)
88	1936-37	Ind	23	8	.742													Cam Henderson (23-8)
89	1935-36	Ind	6	10	.375													Cam Henderson (6-10)
90	1934-35	Ind	12	8	.600													Tom Dandalet (12-8)
91	1933-34	Ind	13	8	.619													Tom Dandalet (13-8)
92	1932-33	Ind	10	9	.526													Tom Dandalet (10-9)
93	1931-32	Ind	8	10	.444													Tom Dandalet (8-10)
94	1930-31	Ind	9	8	.529													John Stuart (9-8)
95	1929-30	Ind	13	2	.867													John Stuart (13-2)
96	1928-29	Ind	14	7	.667													John Stuart (14-7)
97	1927-28	Ind	10	10	.500													John Stuart (10-10)
98	1926-27	Ind	7	9	.438													Bill Strickling (7-9)
99	1925-26	Ind	10	7	.588													Charles Tallman (10-7)
100	1924-25	Ind	12	6	.667													Russel Meredith (12-6)
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
101	1923-24	Ind	8	7	.533													Bill Strickling (8-7)
102	1922-23	Ind	1	3	.250													J.E Barnes (1-3)
103	1921-22	Ind	5	4	.556													Herbert Cramer (5-4)
104	1920-21	Ind	6	9	.400													Kemper Shelton (6-9)
105	1918-19	Ind	2	5	.286													Archer Reilly (2-5)

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