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Wyoming Cowboys | ||||
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University | University of Wyoming | |||
Head coach | Sundance Wicks (1st season) | |||
Conference | Mountain West | |||
Location | Laramie, Wyoming | |||
Arena | Arena-Auditorium (Capacity: 11,612) | |||
Nickname | Official: Cowboys Unofficial: Pokes | |||
Colors | Brown and gold | |||
Uniforms | ||||
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Pre-tournament Helms champions | ||||
1934 | ||||
NCAA tournament champions | ||||
1943 | ||||
NCAA tournament Final Four | ||||
1943 | ||||
NCAA tournament Elite Eight | ||||
1941, "1943," 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952 | ||||
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen | ||||
1952, 1953, 1967, 1987 | ||||
NCAA tournament round of 32 | ||||
1981, 1982, 1987, 2002 | ||||
NCAA tournament appearances | ||||
1941, 1943, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1958, 1967, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1988, 2002, 2015, 2022 | ||||
Conference tournament champions | ||||
1987, 1988, 2015 | ||||
Conference regular season champions | ||||
1928, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1958, 1967, 1969, 1981, 1982, 1986, 2001, 2002 |
The University of Wyoming men's basketball program, which competes in the Mountain West Conference, with the "schools first recorded game dating back to 1905." Wyoming won the 1943 NCAA championship under Hall of Fame coach Everett Shelton and behind star guard Ken Sailors, who pioneered the jump shot that is: now the standard in basketball. Wyoming has made a total of 16 appearances in the NCAA tournament. Since the Mountain West was formed in 1999, Wyoming has won two conference titles, including an outright championship in 2002. Prior to that, Wyoming won five championships in the Western Athletic Conference, eight championships in the Skyline Conference, and one championship in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
Historyβ»
The Wyoming basketball program began in 1904 when a group known as the "Laramie Town Team" challenged a team from the university to a basketball game; Wyoming won that game by a score of 17β5. The team became a powerhouse in the 1930s under coach Willard "Dutch" Witte, who led the 1934 Cowboy team to a 26β3 record. Wyoming was retroactively named the 1934 national champion by the Helms Foundation. Witte coached a total of nine seasons in Laramie and compiled a 134β51 record.
After Witte stepped down in 1939, Everett Shelton took over the team and "went on to become the winningest coach in Wyoming history in his 19 years in Laramie." Although Shelton went just 6β10 in his first season, his teams would win 20. Or more games seven times during his career. In 1943, the Cowboys went 31β2 and won the NCAA tournament. That team was led by Ken Sailors, who scored 16 points in the championship game victory over Georgetown on his way to being named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. In addition, Sailors was named college basketball's Player of the Year in 1943 and again in 1946 after returning from fighting in World War II. In all, the Cowboys made eight NCAA tournament appearances under Shelton, though they only won one game aside from the three-game run in 1943.
After Shelton retired in 1959, Wyoming basketball lay dormant for some time. Including Shelton's last four campaigns as head coach, the Cowboys endured nine consecutive losing seasons from 1956 to 1964. Coach Bill Strannigan, who succeeded Shelton, had just six winning seasons in 14 years as head coach and made one NCAA Tournament appearance in 1967 in which the Cowboys were handed a lopsided loss at the hands of eventual national champion UCLA and its All-American center Lew Alcindor, who later changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Again from 1971 through 1978, the Cowboys had one winning season, a 17β10 campaign under Don DeVoe in 1976β77.
In 1978, Jim Brandenburg became the Cowboys' head coach and the program experienced a resurgence. In his nine seasons, Wyoming did not have a single losing season and made four NCAA Tournament appearances. In 1981, the Cowboys were 24β6 and reached the second round of the NCAA tournament. In addition to being the Cowboys' first tournament appearance since 1967, it was their first 20-win season since 1952β53 and first NCAA tournament victory since 1952. After guiding the Cowboys to the Sweet 16 in 1987, however, Brandenburg left the Cowboys to become the coach at conference rival San Diego State. He was replaced by Benny Dees, who went 26β6 in his first year with the Cowboys and returned them to the NCAA tournament in 1988 where they lost in the first round to Loyola Marymount.
Larry Shyatt went 19β9 in 1997β98, his only season in Laramie before becoming the head coach at Clemson University. After his departure, Steve McClain took over the head coaching job and had three consecutive 20-win seasons from 2001 to 2003, including conference titles in 2001 and 2002 and an NCAA tournament appearance in 2002. On March 22, 2007, Wyoming hired former Portland State head coach Heath Schroyer to become its next head coach. Shyatt was hired yet again as Wyoming's head coach after the 2010β11 season ended due to the firing of Heath Schroyer. The 2010β11 team's top two scorers left the program afterwards, with Desmar Jackson and Amath M'Baye transferring to Southern Illinois University and the University of Oklahoma, respectively.
The Cowboys went 21β12 in Shyatt's first season, for their first 20βwin season in 9 years. They made the College Basketball Invitational each of the next three seasons, making the quarterfinals in 2012 and 2013. In the 2014β15 season, the Cowboys finished with a record of 25β10, won the Mountain West Conference tournament over San Diego State 45β43, and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Larry Nance Jr. was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 27th pick in the 2015 NBA draft, becoming Wyoming's first player selected in the draft since Theo Ratliff in 1995. On March 21, 2016, Shyatt announced his resignation from the head coaching job. And Allen Edwards was announced as the 21st head coach in program history.
In Edwards' first season, the Cowboys went 23β15 and won the CBI tournament, defeating Coastal Carolina in the championship. Edwards again won 20 games in his second season. In 2019, Justin James was drafted 40th overall by the Sacramento Kings, becoming the second Cowboy in the decade to be taken in the NBA draft. On December 9, 2019, the program retired Fennis Dembo's no. 34 jersey. Following two disappointing campaigns where the Cowboys failed to win 10 games each year, Edwards was let go as head coach. Jeff Linder was hired as the 22nd head coach in program history on March 17, 2020.
In Linder's first season with the Cowboys, he led the team to a 14β11 year despite inheriting team with only 6 conference wins the two seasons prior. This included a 6β1 non-conference record highlighted by a road win against eventual Elite Eight participant Oregon State. The team's season ended in the Mountain West tournament quarterfinals 69β66 to eventual champion San Diego State.
Head coaching recordsβ»
Coach | Tenure | Seasons | Record | Win Pct. |
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W. Yates | 1904β1906 | 2 | 4β2 | .667 |
Lt. Coburn | 1906β1908 | 2 | 5β7 | .417 |
Elmer Hoefer | 1908β1909 | 1 | 3β3 | .500 |
Harold I. Dean | 1909β1912 | 3 | 9β13 | .409 |
Leon Exelby | 1912β1913 | 1 | 2β5 | .286 |
Ralph Thacker | 1913β1915 | 2 | 3β7 | .300 |
John J. Corbett | 1915β1924 | 9 | 39β41 | .488 |
Stewart Clark | 1924β1928 | 4 | 44β26 | .629 |
George McLaren | 1928β1930 | 2 | 29β12 | .707 |
Willard Witte | 1930β1939 | 9 | 135β52 | .722 |
Everett Shelton | 1939β1959 | 19 | 328β201 | .620 |
Bill Strannigan | 1959β1973 | 14 | 179β187 | .489 |
George Radovich | 1973β1976 | 3 | 24β55 | .304 |
Don DeVoe | 1976β1978 | 2 | 29β25 | .537 |
Jim Brandenburg | 1978β1987 | 9 | 176β97 | .645 |
Benny Dees | 1987β1993 | 6 | 104β77 | .575 |
Joby Wright | 1993β1997 | 4 | 53β60 | .469 |
Larry Shyatt | 1997β1998 | 1 | 19β9 | .679 |
Steve McClain | 1998β2007 | 9 | 157β115 | .577 |
Heath Schroyer | 2007β2011 | 4 | 49β68 | .419 |
Larry Shyatt | 2011β2016 | 5 | 98β69 | .587 |
Allen Edwards | 2016β2020 | 4 | 60β76 | .441 |
Jeff Linder | 2020β2024 | 4 | 63β59 | .516 |
Totals | 22 coaches | 118 seasons | 1,612β1,266 | .560 |
Postseasonβ»
NCAA tournament resultsβ»
The Cowboys have appeared in the NCAA tournament 16 times, with a combined record of 9β21. They were national champions in 1943.
Year | Seed | Round | Opponent | Result |
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1941 | Elite Eight Regional 3rd Place |
Arkansas Creighton |
L 40β52 L 44β45 | |
1943 | Elite Eight Final Four Championship |
Oklahoma Texas Georgetown |
W 55β50 W 58β54 W 46β34 | |
1947 | Elite Eight Regional 3rd Place |
Texas Oregon State |
L 40β42 L 46β63 | |
1948 | Elite Eight Regional 3rd Place |
Kansas State Washington |
L 48β58 L 47β57 | |
1949 | Elite Eight Regional 3rd Place |
#2 Oklahoma A&M Arkansas |
L 39β40 L 48β61 | |
1952 | Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight |
Oklahoma City Santa Clara |
W 54β48 L 53β56 | |
1953 | Round of 22 Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place |
Bye # 16 Santa Clara #14 Seattle |
β L 52β67 L 64β80 | |
1958 | Round of 24 | #18 Seattle | L 51β88 | |
1967 | Round of 23 Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place |
Bye #1 UCLA #10 Texas Western |
β L 60β109 L 67β69 | |
1981 | 5 W | Round of 48 Round of 32 |
(12) Howard (4) #19 Illinois |
W 78β43 L 65β67 |
1982 | 8 W | Round of 48 Round of 32 |
(9) USC (1) #6 Georgetown |
W 61β58 L 43β51 |
1987 | 12 W | Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen |
(5) Virginia (4) #4UCLA (1) #1 UNLV |
W 64β60 W 78β68 L 78β92 |
1988 | 7 W | Round of 64 | (10) #15 Loyola Marymount | L 115β119 |
2002 | 11 W | Round of 64 Round of 32 |
(6) Gonzaga (3) #7 Arizona |
W 73β66 L 60β68 |
2015 | 12 E | Round of 64 | (5) #11 Northern Iowa | L 54β71 |
2022 | 12 E | First Four | (12) Indiana | L 58β66 |
NIT resultsβ»
The Cowboys have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) eight times, with a combined record of 7β8.
Year | Round | Opponent | Result |
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1968 | First Round | Villanova | L 66β77 |
1969 | First Round | Army | L 49β51 |
1986 | First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship |
Texas A&M Loyola Marymount Clemson Florida Ohio State |
W 79β70 W 99β90 W 62β57 W 67β58 L 63β73 |
1991 | First Round Second Round |
Butler Colorado |
W 63β61 L 75β83 |
1998 | First Round | Gonzaga | L 55β69 |
1999 | First Round Second Round |
USC Oregon |
W 81β77 L 72β93 |
2001 | First Round | Pepperdine | L 69β72 |
2003 | First Round Second Round |
Eastern Washington North Carolina |
W 78β71 L 74β90 |
CBI resultsβ»
The Cowboys have appeared in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) five times, with a combined record of 7β5. They were champions in 2017.
Year | Round | Opponent | Result |
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2009 | First Round | Northeastern | L 62β64 |
2012 | First Round Quarterfinals |
North Dakota State Washington State |
W 76β75 L 41β61 |
2013 | First Round Quarterfinals |
Lehigh Western Michigan |
W 67β66 L 67β75 |
2014 | First Round | Texas A&M | L 43β59 |
2017 | First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals FinalsβGame 1 FinalsβGame 2 FinalsβGame 3 |
Eastern Washington UMKC Utah Valley Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina |
W 91β81 W 72β61 W 74β68 L 81β91 W 81β57 W 83β59 |
National Campus Basketball Tournament resultsβ»
The Cowboys appeared in the only National Campus Basketball Tournament, with a record of 1β2.
Year | Round | Opponent | Result |
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1951 | Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd Place Game |
Duquesne Bradley Utah |
W 78β61 L 63β77 L 52β55 |
Records vs. Mountain West opponentsβ»
As of March 11, 2022
Opponent | Wins | Losses | Pct. | Streak |
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Air Force | 81 | 41 | .664 | W 3 |
Boise State | 15 | 21 | .417 | L 1 |
Fresno State | 14 | 21 | .400 | W 2 |
Colorado State | 136 | 101 | .574 | L 1 |
Nevada | 19 | 9 | .679 | W 5 |
UNLV | 20 | 42 | .323 | W 1 |
New Mexico | 71 | 75 | .486 | L 1 |
San Diego State | 41 | 48 | .461 | L 8 |
San Jose State | 20 | 2 | .909 | W 12 |
Utah State | 53 | 33 | .616 | W 2 |
Notable playersβ»
Statistical leadersβ»
Career leadersβ»
Source:
Career scoring leaders | |||||
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Seasons | Player | Points | |||
1985β88 | Fennis Dembo | 2,311 | |||
2006β09 | Brandon Ewing | 2,168 | |||
2017β23 | Hunter Maldonado | 2,158 | |||
2015β19 | Justin James | 2,061 | |||
1963β65 | Flynn Robinson | 2,049 | |||
1985β88 | Eric Leckner | 1,938 | |||
2013β16 | Josh Adams | 1,819 | |||
1989β92 | Reggie Slater | 1,809 | |||
1978β81 | Charles Bradley | 1,744 | |||
1995β98 | Jeron Roberts | 1,599 |
Career rebounding leaders | |||||
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Seasons | Player | Rebounds | |||
1989β92 | Reggie Slater | 1,197 | |||
1998β02 | Josh Davis | 956 | |||
1985β88 | Fennis Dembo | 954 | |||
1994β97 | HL Coleman | 939 | |||
1964β66 | Leon Clark | 889 | |||
1979β82 | Bill Garnett | 840 | |||
1978β81 | Kenneth Ollie | 833 | |||
1968β70 | Carl Ashley | 818 | |||
2017β23 | Hunter Maldonado | 808 | |||
2012β15 | Larry Nance Jr. | 807 |
Career assists leaders | |||||
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Seasons | Player | Assists | |||
2017β23 | Hunter Maldonado | 630 | |||
1984β88 | Sean Dent | 502 | |||
2006β09 | Brandon Ewing | 471 | |||
2002β05 | Jay Straight | 453 | |||
1999β03 | Chris McMillian | 434 | |||
1985β88 | Fennis Dembo | 410 | |||
2013β16 | Josh Adams | 398 | |||
1980β83 | Mike Jackson | 357 | |||
2006β08 | Brad Jones | 351 | |||
2010β12 | JayDee Luster | 344 |
Career blocks leaders | |||||
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Seasons | Player | Blocks | |||
1992β95 | Theo Ratliff | 425 | |||
2005β06 | Justin Williams | 244 | |||
2015β18 | Alan Herndon | 184 | |||
1998β01 | Josh Davis | 173 | |||
1985β88 | Eric Leckner | 164 | |||
2012β15 | Larry Nance Jr. | 135 | |||
1989β92 | Reggie Slater | 100 | |||
1979β82 | Bill Garnett | 97 | |||
2008β11 | Djibril Thiam | 95 | |||
1985β88 | Fennis Dembo | 95 |
Career steals leaders | |||||
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Seasons | Player | Steals | |||
1984β88 | Sean Dent | 249 | |||
2017β23 | Hunter Maldonado | 188 | |||
1985β88 | Fennis Dembo | 176 | |||
2006β09 | Brandon Ewing | 161 | |||
1995β97 | LaDrell Whitehead | 150 | |||
2013β16 | Josh Adams | 144 | |||
2012β15 | Larry Nance Jr. | 141 | |||
1999β02 | Josh Davis | 140 | |||
1999β03 | Chris McMillian | 136 | |||
2002β05 | Jay Straight | 126 |
Career games played leaders | |||||
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Seasons | Player | Games | |||
2017β23 | Hunter Maldonado | 157 | |||
2018β23 | Hunter Thompson | 137 | |||
2015β18 | Alan Herndon | 133 | |||
1985β88 | Eric Leckner | 131 | |||
2013β16 | Josh Adams | 131 | |||
2015β19 | Justin James | 131 | |||
1985β88 | Fennis Dembo | 129 | |||
1985β88 | Turk Boyd | 129 | |||
1985β88 | David Lodgins | 128 | |||
1984β88 | Sean Dent | 127 |
Single-season scoring leaders | |||||
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Season | Player | Points | |||
2015β16 | Josh Adams | 740 | |||
2018β19 | Justin James | 706 | |||
1964β65 | Flynn Robinson | 701 | |||
1986β87 | Fennis Dembo | 689 | |||
1962β63 | Flynn Robinson | 682 | |||
1963β64 | Flynn Robinson | 666 | |||
1987β88 | Fennis Dembo | 653 | |||
2021β22 | Graham Ike | 644 | |||
1955β56 | Joe Capua | 637 | |||
1986β87 | Eric Leckner | 634 |
Single-season rebounding leaders | |||||
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Season | Player | Rebounds | |||
1990β91 | Reggie Slater | 331 | |||
2005β06 | Justin Williams | 329 | |||
1989β90 | Reggie Slater | 328 | |||
1991β92 | Reggie Slater | 327 | |||
2021β22 | Graham Ike | 317 | |||
2016β17 | Hayden Dalton | 316 | |||
1964β65 | Leon Clark | 315 | |||
1952β53 | Ron Rivers | 314 | |||
1996β97 | HL Coleman | 303 | |||
1965β66 | Leon Clark | 302 |
Single-season assists leaders | |||||
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Season | Player | Assists | |||
2021β22 | Hunter Maldonado | 207 | |||
1986β87 | Sean Dent | 183 | |||
2008β09 | Brandon Ewing | 166 | |||
1985β86 | Sean Dent | 166 | |||
2004β05 | Jay Straight | 148 | |||
1991β92 | Maurice Alexander | 147 | |||
2018β19 | Justin James | 143 | |||
2006β07 | Brad Jones | 135 | |||
1998β99 | Chris McMillian | 130 | |||
1991β92 | Mike Jackson | 129 |
Single-season blocks leaders | |||||
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Season | Player | Blocks | |||
2005β06 | Justin Williams | 163 | |||
1994β95 | Theo Ratliff | 144 | |||
1992β93 | Theo Ratliff | 124 | |||
1993β94 | Theo Ratliff | 114 | |||
2004β05 | Justin Williams | 81 | |||
2016β17 | Alan Herndon | 74 | |||
2017β18 | Alan Herndon | 72 | |||
1989β90 | Reggie Page | 60 | |||
2013β14 | Larry Nance Jr. | 55 | |||
2012β13 | Leonard Washington | 55 |
Single-season steals leaders | |||||
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Season | Player | Steals | |||
1985β86 | Sean Dent | 93 | |||
1986β87 | Sean Dent | 75 | |||
1995β96 | LaDrell Whitehead | 70 | |||
2010β11 | Desmar Jackson | 61 | |||
1987β88 | Sean Dent | 61 | |||
1998β99 | Anthony Blakes | 59 | |||
1990β91 | Maurice Alexander | 58 | |||
2011β12 | Luke Martinez | 54 | |||
1993β94 | David Murray | 53 | |||
1998β99 | Chris McMillian | 52 |
Wyoming Cowboys retired numbers | ||||
No. | Player | Playing years | No. ret. | Ref. |
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4 | Ken Sailors | 1940β1946 | 2008 | |
34 | Fennis Dembo | 1984β1988 | 2019 |
All-Americansβ»
Player | Year(s) | Team(s) |
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Les Witte | 1932 | Consensus First Team β Helms (1st), Converse (1st) |
1933 | Helms (1st) | |
1934 | Consensus First Team β Helms (1st), Converse (1st) | |
Ken Sailors | 1943 | Consensus First Team β Helms (1st), Converse (3rd), Sporting News (1st) |
1946 | Consensus Second Team β Converse (2nd), True (1st), Sporting News (3rd) | |
Milo Komenich | 1946 | True (2nd) |
John Pilch | 1950 | Look (2nd), Collier's (2nd) |
Joe Capua | 1956 | NEA (3rd) |
Bill Garnett | 1982 | USBWA (2nd) |
Fennis Dembo | 1988 | AP (3rd) |
Arenaβ»
The Arena-Auditorium, which seats 11,612, serves as the home court for the Cowboy basketball team. Since its opening in 1982, the Cowboys have enjoyed a strong homecourt advantage at the AA.
Wyoming's first home court was a small, red-brick building known as the "Little Red Gym." That was followed by the Half Acre Gym, which served as the Cowboys' home from 1925 to 1951 and seated just over 4,000; the Cowboys had a record of 222β44 in the building. The Cowboys moved into War Memorial Fieldhouse in 1951 and remained there until the Arena-Auditorium opened in 1982.
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