10 Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo!, Inc. All rights reserved. en-us 126 15 http://sports.yahoo.com Yahoo! Sports http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/b/ysp_logo_rss.gif Latest news and information about the Marshall Thundering Herd. Yahoo! Sports - NCAA Men's Hoops - Marshall Thundering Herd News http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/teams/mah Marshall Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

   Marshall has been a middle-of-the-pack Conference USA program during each of Donnie Jones' two seasons as coach. The Thundering Herd is hoping to step up by returning a veteran team that includes four starters and eight lettermen.

   Leading the way are Chris Lutz and Tyler Wilkerson, two of only three players to average at least 10 points per game last season. They're expected to get a big boost from junior-college transfer Antonio Haymon.

   Building some early season momentum won't be east. Marshall has 10 games against teams that qualified for postseason play in 2009.

   The Conference USA slate is challenging enough, with five teams that earned postseason sports (NCAA: Memphis; NIT: UAB, Tulsa; CBI: UTEP, Houston).]]> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:05:28 PST ncaab urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,sportsxchange:20080101:ncaab,article,teamreports-2009-ncaab-mah:1 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:05:28 PST