The 2020–21 Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball team represented
Marshall University during the
2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 25, 2020 and concluded on March 14, 2021. The 2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament culminated the season and began on March 18 and concluded on April 5.
Season ...
. The Thundering Herd, led by seventh-year head coach
Dan D'Antoni, played their home games at the
Cam Henderson Center
The Cam Henderson Center is the primary indoor athletics complex at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, USA. as members of the East Division of
Conference USA
Conference USA (C-USA or CUSA) is an intercollegiate athletic conference whose current member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports. C-USA's offices are l ...
. They finished the season 15–7, 9–5 in C-USA play to finish in third place in the East Division. They were defeated in the second round of the
C-USA tournament by
Rice.
Previous season
The
Thundering Herd finished the
2019–20 season 17–15, 10–8 in
C-USA play to finish in sixth place. They defeated
UTEP in the opening round of the
C-USA tournament, and they were scheduled to play
Louisiana Tech in the quarterfinals. However, the remainder of the tournament was canceled due to the
coronavirus pandemic.
Offseason
Departures
2020 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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Conference USA regular season
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Conference USA tournament
Notes
References
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