Marshall University boasts a proud basketball history that has successfully developed talented players who advanced to professional careers in the National Basketball Association. The most famous and legendary basketball alumnus in school history is guard Hal Greer, a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer who became an NBA champion and multi-time All-Star with the Philadelphia 76ers. Other notable standouts like Jon Elmore and various historic contributors have also carried the Thundering Herd legacy onto professional hardwood courts.