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Marshall University's Student Newspaper

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Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Herd to take on Rhode Island in season opener

Brad Heltzel, Reporter November 7, 2014

The Herd will tip off its season Nov. 14, when it takes on Rhode Island in the opening round of the URI Tip-Off Tournament. The Herd will start anew this season after compiling an overall record of 11-20...

Men’s Basketball: Season Preview

Bradley Heltzel, Reporter November 7, 2014

Men’s Basketball: Scouting Conference USA  Another offseason, another year of change. Conference USA underwent more offseason realignment: East Carolina, Tulane and last year’s NCAA tournament...

New year, new defense

Bradley Heltzel, Reporter November 7, 2014

The women’s basketball coaches and players have been working improve team defense heading into the new season after last year’s lackluster performance, which contributed to the team’s last-place...

Herd women optimistic about season

Malcolm Walton, Contributor November 7, 2014

The Marshall University women’s basketball team struggled to put up points last season, but the Herd players are optimistic about the upcoming season. “We’re looking ahead,” sophomore small...

Women’s starters return for new season

Bradley Heltzel, Reporter November 7, 2014

Although their personal experiences, journeys to Marshall, University and overall personalities will remain different, returning basketball starters Norrisha Victrum, Leah Scott and Chukwuka Ezeigbo share...

New season means new faces

Malcolm Walton, Contributor November 7, 2014

Several key players from last season have left the Marshall University men’s basketball team, but Herd fans can look forward to the newcomers who will be suiting up for Marshall this season. Jay Johnson,...

NBA vet joins D’Antoni to lead the Herd

Corey Bodden, Contributor November 7, 2014

A joking response to an April text message led nine-year NBA veteran Chris Duhon to trade in his jersey for a suit. “I was at a point in my life kind of figuring out what I wanted to do—if I wanted...

Herd preparing to take it on the road

LaChel House, Reporter November 7, 2014

  Marshall University men's team is 349-110 since 1981 when playing at the Cam Henderson Center, and for the past few seasons, the Herd has found it easier to win at home than on the road. In...

Hard-hitting defense a focus for the Herd

Malcolm Walton, Contributor November 7, 2014

The up-tempo style offense first year head coach Dan D’Antoni has implemented has generated buzz for the Marshall University men’s basketball team; however, the team is adamant that it’s not overlooking...

Herd hopes to begin a memorable November at USM

Shannon Stowers, Assistant Sports Editor November 6, 2014

Fresh off a bye week in which it reenergized and regrouped, the Thundering Herd football team will begin the home stretch of its schedule Saturday when it travels to Hattiesburg, Mississippi to face the...

Men’s soccer downs Asbury 4-0

Scott Bolger, Reporter November 6, 2014

On a rainy Wednesday night at the Veteran’s Memorial Complex, the Marshall Thundering Herd (6-8-3) men’s soccer team dictated every aspect on the pitch, and that commanding performance led the Herd...

COLUMN: Life as an AP Top 25 voter

James Collier, WMUL-FM Sports Director November 5, 2014

Two televisions, two computers, a cell phone and a full collection of NCAA football games over a duration of 16 hours. That was how I spent Saturday in hopes of trying to gauge a day in the life of an...

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