| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 2024–25 |
| Team: | Marshall Thundering Herd |
| Conference: | Sun Belt Conference |
| Short Conf: | Sun Belt |
| Record: | 4–3 |
| Conf Record: | 0–0 |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Assoc Coach: | Rob Fulford |
| Asst Coach1: | Mark Cline |
| Asst Coach2: | Adam Williams |
The 2024–25 Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball team represents Marshall University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Thundering Herd, led by first-year head coach Cornelius Jackson, play their home games at the Cam Henderson Center as members of the Sun Belt Conference.
The Thundering Herd finished the season 13–20, 7–11 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for tenth place. As the No. 10 seed in the Sun Belt tournament, they defeated Georgia State in the second round before losing to James Madison in the quarterfinals.
After the season, it was announced that head coach Dan D'Antoni was let go and replaced by his associate head coach, Cornelius Jackson.[1]
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | G | 6'2" | 182 | Junior | Left team due to personal reasons | |||
| 4 | G/F | 6'10" | 209 | Sophomore | Transferred to Dayton | |||
| 5 | G | 6'5" | 192 | RS Sophomore | ||||
| 11 | G | 6'1" | 185 | Senior | Graduated | |||
| 1 | F | 6'10" | 202 | Junior | Transferred to Western Carolina | |||
| 21 | C | 7'1" | 240 | GS Senior | Graduated | |||
| 32 | F | 6'9" | 217 | Freshman | ||||
| 15 | G/F | 6'7" | 218 | GS Senior | Graduated | |||
| 12 | G/F | 6'10" | 230 | Junior | Transferred to West Virginia State | |||
| 0 | G | 6'3" | 198 | GS Senior | Graduated |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | G | 6'5" | 222 | GS Senior | ||||
| 5 | F | 6'6" | 222 | Senior | ||||
| 4 | F | 6'5" | 208 | Senior | ||||
| 3 | G | 6'4" | 185 | Junior | ||||
| 0 | G | 6'2" | 164 | Junior | ||||
| 50 | G | 6'1" | 182 | GS Senior |
The Thundering Herd were picked to finish in tenth place in the conference's preseason poll.[2] Senior forward Nate Martin was named to the preseason All-SBC First Team. Fifth year forward Obinna Anochili-Killen was named to the conference preseason second team.
| Coaches poll | ||
| 1 | Arkansas State - 193 (12) | |
| 2 | James Madison - 170 (1) | |
| 3 | Troy - 155 (1) | |
| 4 | Louisiana - 144 | |
| 5 | Southern Miss - 133 | |
| 6 | App State - 122 | |
| 7 | Texas State - 89 | |
| T8 | Georgia Southern - 85 | |
| T8 | Old Dominion - 85 | |
| 10 | Marshall - 79 | |
| 11 | South Alabama - 78 | |
| 12 | Georgia State - 75 | |
| 13 | Coastal Carolina - 34 | |
| 14 | ULM - 28 | |
|-!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition|-!colspan=12 style=| Non-Conference Regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| Sun Belt Conference regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| Sun Belt Conference Tournament[3] [4]