The 2016–17 Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball team represented Marshall University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Thundering Herd, led by third-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 20–15, 10–8 in C-USA play to finish in sixth place. They defeated Florida Atlantic, Old Dominion, and Louisiana Tech to advance to the championship game of the C-USA tournament. There they lost to top-seeded Middle Tennessee. Despite finishing with 20 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.

On January 24, 2017, assistant coach Chris Duhon resigned following an arrest for driving on a revoked license three days earlier.

Previous season The Thundering Herd finished the 2015–16 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 before losing in the semifinals to Middle Tennessee.

Preseason The Thundering Herd was picked to finish in fourth place in the preseason Conference USA poll. Jon Elmore and Ryan Taylor were selected to the preseason All-Conference USA team.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Brett Bowling 3 G 6'4" 192 Sophomore Pineville, West Virginia Walk-on; transferred to West Virginia Wesleyan Justin Edmonds 23 G 6'4" 220 RS Senior Albion, Michigan Graduated James Kelly 24 F 6'8" 259 Senior Ann Arbor, Michigan Graduated Aleksandar Dozic 32 F 6'9" 220 Freshman Podgorica, Montenegro Transferred to Marist

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Rondale Watson 23 G 6'3" 190 Junior Lewisburg, West Virginia Transferred from Wake Forest. Under NCAA transfer rules, Watson will have to sit out in the 2016–17 season. Will have two years of eligibility left. Ot Elmore 24 G 6'3" 190 RS Junior Charleston, West Virginia Transferred from Texas–Rio Grande Valley. Will be eligible to play immediately since Elmore graduated from UTRGV.

Recruiting

Roster

Schedule and results

!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition

!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=9 style=| Conference USA regular season

!colspan=9 style=| Conference USA tournament

References