The 2015–16 Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball team represented Marshall University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Thundering Herd, led by second year head coach Dan D'Antoni, played their home games at the Cam Henderson Center and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 17–16, 12–6 in C-USA play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. They defeated UTEP in the quarterfinals of the C-USA tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Middle Tennessee.
Previous season The Thundering Herd finished the 2014–15 season 11–21, 7–11 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for eleventh place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA tournament to WKU.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Shawn Smith 1 F 6'6" 228 Senior Sacramento, CA Graduated Jay Johnson 3 F 6'7" 232 Junior Versailles, KY Graduated & transferred to Kentucky Wesleyan Cheikh Sane 5 F 6'9" 225 Senior Dakar, Senegal Graduated DeVince Boykins 15 G 6'4" 210 RS Junior Forest City, NC Graduated & transferred to Georgia Southern J. P. Kambola 31 C 6'9" 244 Senior Toronto, ON Graduated Tamron Manning 32 G 6'4" 210 Junior Georgetown, KY Graduated & transferred to Kentucky Wesleyan
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Terrence Thompson 1 G 6'7" 200 Sophomore Durham, NC Junior college transferred from Georgia Highlands College Jon Elmore 4 G 6'4" 175 Sophomore Charleston, WV Transferred from VMI. Under NCAA transfer rules, Elmore will have to sit out for the first semester of the 2015–16 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility.
2015 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Conference USA regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Conference USA tournament
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