Marshall senior guard Jon Elmore claps during Marshall’s “Herd Madness” event at the Cam Henderson Center prior to Marshall’s first exhibition games. The Herd is picked to finish second in the C-USA preseason poll.
The Marshall men’s basketball team opens the 2018-2019 season today on the road against the Eastern Kentucky Colonels.
“We’re going to play hard,” head coach Dan D’Antoni said. “They’ll put on a show.”
The Colonels finished last season with a record of 11-20 (5-13 Ohio Valley Conference), and return their leading scorer senior Nick Mayo, the 6-foot-9 power forward. Mayo averaged 18 points and 6.