The 2022–23 Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball team represented Marshall University during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Thundering Herd, led by ninth-year head coach Dan D'Antoni, played their home games at the Cam Henderson Center in Huntington, West Virginia as members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 24–8, 13–5 in Sun Belt play, to finish in a tie for second place. They lost to Texas State in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt tournament. Despite finishing with 24 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.

The season marked the school's inaugural season in the Sun Belt Conference after spending the previous 17 seasons as a member of Conference USA.

Previous season The Thundering Herd finished the season 12–21, 4–14 in C-USA play, to finish in seventh place in the East Division. They defeated FIU in the first round of the C-USA tournament before losing to Louisiana Tech in the second round.

On October 30, 2021, Marshall announced they would become a member of the Sun Belt Conference. On March 29, it was announced they would officially join on July 1, 2022, making it the final season competing in C-USA.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes 31 F 6' 10" 225 Senior Houston, TX Graduated 35 G 6' 8" 200 RS Freshman Chapmanville, WV Transferred to Pikeville 5 G/F 6' 5" 190 RS Sophomore Mingo, WV Transferred to West Virginia State (football) 2 F 6' 7" 205 Senior Staunton, VA Graduated

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school 11 G 6' 1" 186 Junior North Bethesda, MD VMI

2022 recruiting class

Preseason

Preseason Sun Belt Conference poll The Thundering Herd were picked to finish in sixth place in the conference's preseason poll. Senior guard Taevion Kinsey was named to the preseason All-SBC First Team. Junior guards Andrew Taylor and Kamdyn Curfman were named to the preseason All-SBC Third Team.

Coaches poll 1 Louisiana – 190 (10) 2 Texas State – 162 (1) 3 South Alabama – 150 (1) 4 James Madison – 149 (1) 5 Georgia State – 127 (1) 6 Marshall – 122 7 App State – 120 8 Coastal Carolina – 100 9 Old Dominion – 93 10 Troy – 76 11 Georgia Southern – 69 12 Arkansas State – 48 13 Southern Miss – 34 14 ULM – 30

Roster

Schedule and results

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!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=9 style=| Sun Belt Conference regular season

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Awards and honors Taevion Kinsey SBC Player of the Week (Week 2) Nov. 22 Taevion Kinsey SBC Player of the Week (Week 5) Dec. 13 Taevion Kinsey SBC Player of the Week (Week 10) Jan. 17 Andrew Taylor Lou Henson Award National Player of the Week Feb. 13 Andrew Taylor SBC Player of the Week (Week 14) Feb. 14 Taevion Kinsey SBC All-Conference First TeamFeb. 27 Andrew Taylor SBC All-Conference First Team Micah Handlogten SBC Freshman of the Year

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