The 2017–18 Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball team represented the Marshall University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Thundering Herd, led by fourth-year head coach Dan D'Antoni, played their home games at the Cam Henderson Center as members of Conference USA. They finished the season 25–11, 12–6 in C-USA play to finish in fourth place. They defeated UTSA, Southern Miss, and Western Kentucky to become champions of the C-USA tournament. They received C-USA's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where, as a No. 13 seed, they upset Wichita State in the first round before losing to West Virginia in the second round.
Previous season The Thundering Herd finished the 2016–17 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.
Offseason
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Ky're Allison 5 G 6'2" 181 Freshman Portsmouth, Ohio Transferred to Sinclair Community College Stevie Browning 2 G 6'3" 188 RS Senior Logan, West Virginia Graduated Jacob Kilgore 4 F 6'5" 191 Sophomore Huntington, West Virginia Walk-on; did not return Austin Loop 35 G 6'4" 210 RS Senior South Webster, Ohio Graduated Aleksa Nikolić 21 G 6'6.5" 221 RS Sophomore Pančevo, Serbia Graduated; did not return Ryan Taylor 25 F 6'5" 249 RS Senior Indianapolis, Indiana Graduated Terrence Thompson 1 F 6'7" 217 Junior Durham, North Carolina Graduate transferred to Wake Forest
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Dani Koljanin 1 F 6'8" 219 Junior Pula, Croatia Junior college transferred from Monroe College
2017 recruiting class
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
!colspan=9 style=| NCAA tournament
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