Marshall SportsMarshall SportsSaturday, February 4, 2012
TULSA, Okla. - Jordan Clarkson scored 21 points and Steven Idlet wreaked havoc on Marshall's inside game as Tulsa pulled away for a 79-70 victory over the Thundering Herd Saturday night at the Reynolds Center.
Friday, February 3, 2012
For its next act, Marshall will travel to the state of Oklahoma, where it hasn't won since the Nixon administration, and face the hottest team in Conference USA.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
HUNTINGTON - With Marshall in control of its skid-stopping game against Tulane, it was a good time to rest Shaquille Johnson.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
HUNTINGTON - With a four-game losing streak and a schedule that doesn't often let up, Marshall needed a suspense-free win Wednesday night against Tulane.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
HUNTINGTON - Marshall's 2012 signing class gives coach Doc Holliday a lot of what he wanted, in quantity and quality. If all goes well, he and his staff will be hunting only for the latter in 2013.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Normally, coach Tom Herrion would be as happy with his team's last effort as an ultra-competitive coach can be. And his Thundering Herd did play its best game ever at Memphis, though it ended in an 83-76 loss Saturday night.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Today is a national holiday for hobbyists who follow recruiting so closely they tweet on Christmas Eve about official visits.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Huntington native and Basketball Hall of Famer Hal Greer headlines a long list of nearly 100 former Marshall players scheduled to attend the final game played at the Veterans Memorial Field House at 7 p.m. on Feb. 10.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Now reintroducing Ed Conroy to the butterfly-shaped building that is Cam Henderson Center.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Fork Union Military Academy is re-establishing a beachhead in the Marshall football camp.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
ONE CONCLUSION reached when Conference USA schools released their football schedules Thursday was affirmation that Marshall would indeed visit West Virginia on Sept. 1, with the intrastate rivals playing football for the final time in our lives.
Saturday, January 28, 2012
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Will Barton scored 29 points and Tarik Black muscled in 19 Saturday night as Memphis rallied to beat Marshall 83-76 in a hard-fought game at FedExForum.
Friday, January 27, 2012
HUNTINGTON - At several times in his first season as Marshall coach, Tom Herrion was fond of saying, "Offense comes easy to these guys."
Thursday, January 26, 2012
With his dismissal from the Marshall basketball program, Justin Coleman becomes another poster child for vastly unrealized promise.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
With the release of Marshall's 2012 football schedule, one thing appears to be certain: The final installment of the series with West Virginia will be played as previously scheduled, on Sept. 1.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
HUNTINGTON - It wasn't just the longstanding free-throw malady that kept the Herd on the wrong side of a 56-49 stinker Wednesday night against Alabama-Birmingham.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
HUNTINGTON - One thing about basketball at the University of Alabama at Birmingham under coach Mike Davis: It's never dull or predictable.
Monday, January 23, 2012
It makes a good story when a someone comes roaring from behind to snatch a victory. Have you ever seen a sports movie in which the main character - team or individual - leads the climactic contest from wire to wire?
Sunday, January 22, 2012
FOOTBALL'S NATIONAL signing day, the annual interruption of a perfectly good basketball season, is nine days away.
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ONE CONCLUSION reached when Conference USA schools released their football schedules Thursday was a ...
FOOTBALL'S NATIONAL signing day, the annual interruption of a perfectly good basketball seas ...
Football Schedule
Date
Opponent / Event
Time / Result
09/01/12
at West Virginia
TBA
09/08/12
vs. Western Carolina
TBA
09/15/12
vs. Ohio
TBA
09/22/12
at Rice (C-USA)
TBA
09/29/12
at Purdue
TBA
10/06/12
vs. Tulsa (C-USA)
TBA
10/20/12
at Southern Miss (C-USA)
TBA
10/27/12
vs. UCF (C-USA)
TBA
11/03/12
vs. Memphis (C-USA)
TBA
11/10/12
at UAB (C-USA)
TBA
11/17/12
vs. Houston (C-USA)
TBA
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