The 2025–26 Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball team represented Marshall University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Thundering Herd, led by second-year head coach Cornelius Jackson, played their home games at the Cam Henderson Center as members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 19–13, 11–7 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for second place. As the No. 2 seed in the Sun Belt tournament, they lost to Georgia Southern in the semifinals.

Previous season The Thundering Herd finished the season 20–13, 12–6 in Sun Belt play to finish in fifth place. As the No. 5 seed in the Sun Belt tournament, they defeated Georgia State in the fourth round before losing to Arkansas State in the quarterfinals.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes 25 F 6'8" 220 GS Senior Lagos, Nigeria Graduated 23 G 6'5" 222 GS Senior Huntington, West Virginia Graduated 5 F 6'6" 222 Senior Plainfield, Indiana Graduated 4 F 6'5" 208 Senior Plainfield, Indiana Graduated 41 F 6'8" 225 Senior Houston, Texas Graduated 7 G 6'4" 189 Sophomore Dublin, Ohio Did not return 3 G 6'4" 185 Junior Hamilton, Ontario Transferred to Charlotte 8 G 6'4" 184 Sophomore Mount Dora, Florida Transferred to Coastal Georgia 13 G 6'5" 195 RS Junior Louisville, Kentucky Walk-on; did not return

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School 3 G 6'3" 199 GS Senior Ottawa, Ontario South Carolina State 4 F 6'8" 221 Junior Detroit, Michigan Gillette 15 G 6'4" 189 Junior Rapid City, South Dakota Gillette 9 G 6'6" 188 Junior Savannah, Georgia Cowley 5 G 6'2" 198 Senior Hamilton, Ontario Western 13 C 7'4" 255 GS Senior Lehi, Utah Elon

2025 recruiting class

Preseason Preseason Sun Belt Conference poll The Thundering Herd were picked to finish in sixth place in the conference's preseason poll. Graduate center Matt Von Komen was named to the conference preseason third team.

Coaches poll 1 James Madison - 175 (1) 2 Arkansas State - 154 (3) 3 South Alabama - 152 (4) 4 Troy - 148 (1) 5 Old Dominion - 145 (2) 6 Marshall - 128 (1) 7 App State - 123 (1) 8 Texas State - 106 9 Louisiana - 95 (1) 10 Georgia Southern - 66 11 Georgia State - 59 12 Southern Miss - 57 13 Coastal Carolina - 43 14 ULM - 19

Roster

Schedule and results

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!colspan=12 style=""| Regular season

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