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Conference | Mountain West Conference |
Record | 25β9 (13β5 MW) |
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Home arena | Arena-Auditorium |
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No. 23 Boise State β | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 27 | – | 8 | .771 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 24 Colorado State | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 25 | – | 6 | .806 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego State | 13 | – | 4 | .765 | 23 | – | 9 | .719 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wyoming | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 25 | – | 9 | .735 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNLV | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 18 | – | 14 | .563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fresno State | 8 | – | 9 | .471 | 23 | – | 13 | .639 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah State | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 18 | – | 16 | .529 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nevada | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 13 | – | 18 | .419 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico | 5 | – | 12 | .294 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Air Force | 4 | – | 13 | .235 | 11 | – | 18 | .379 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Jose State | 1 | – | 17 | .056 | 8 | – | 23 | .258 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP poll |
The 2021β22 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team represented the University of Wyoming during the 2021β22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by Jeff Linder in his second year as head coach at Wyoming. The Cowboys played their home games at the Arena-Auditorium in Laramie, Wyoming as members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 25β9, 13β5 in MWC play to finish in fourth place. They defeated UNLV in the quarterfinals of the MWC tournament before losing to Boise State in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a No. 12 seed in the East region where they lost in the First Four to Indiana.
On February 14, 2022, the Cowboys were ranked No. 22 in the AP poll for the first time since 2015. [1] [2]
In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Cowboys finished the 2020β21 season 14β11, 7β9 in Mountain West play to finish in eighth place in the conference. [3] In the Mountain West tournament, they defeated San Jose State [4] before losing to San Diego State in the quarterfinals. [5]
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
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Marcus Williams | 1 | G | 6'2' | 180 | Freshman | Dickinson, TX | Transferred to Texas A&M [6] |
Drew LaMont | 2 | F | 6'8" | 225 | Junior | Plantation, FL | Transferred to Georgetown (KY) |
Kwane Marble II | 3 | G | 6'6" | 195 | Sophomore | Denver, CO | Transferred to Loyola Marymount |
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
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Deng Dut | 2 | G | 6'4" | 192 | Junior | Melbourne, Australia | Junior college transferred from College of Southern Idaho |
Brendan Wenzel | 5 | G | 6'7" | 203 | RS Sophomore | San Antonio, TX | Transferred from Utah in December during the 2020β21 season. Under NCAA transfer rules, Wenzel has to sit out until December and will be eligible to start in January during the 2021β22 season. |
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Ben Bowen G |
Highlands Ranch, CO | Mountain Vista HS | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | Nov 11, 2020 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A | ||||||
Nate Barnhart F |
Lenexa, KS | De Soto HS | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | Nov 11, 2020 | |
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Noah Reynolds G |
Peoria, IL | Peoria Notre Dame HS | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | Apr 21, 2021 | |
Recruiting star ratings:
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Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Xavier DuSell | 30 | 20 | 28.0 | .356 | .327 | .767 | 2.3 | 1.0 | .5 | .1 | 7.5 |
Deng Dut | 12 | 1 | 7.3 | .100 | .077 | .750 | .8 | 1.1 | .3 | .0 | .7 |
Kenny Foster | 9 | 0 | 10.7 | .278 | .154 | 1.000 | 2.0 | .7 | .4 | .0 | 1.8 |
John Grigsby | 7 | 0 | 1.8 | .286 | .167 | .000 | .3 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .7 |
Graham Ike | 33 | 33 | 31.7 | .510 | .273 | .716 | 9.6 | 1.3 | .7 | .3 | 19.5 |
Drake Jeffries | 34 | 34 | 36.6 | .435 | .409 | .811 | 5.4 | .7 | .6 | .5 | 10.3 |
Hunter Maldonado | 33 | 33 | 37.3 | .495 | .250 | .711 | 5.7 | 6.3 | 1.2 | .1 | 18.5 |
Eoin Nelson | 8 | 0 | 2.5 | 1.000 | .000 | .000 | .8 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 1.0 |
Jeremiah Oden | 34 | 32 | 26.6 | .521 | .306 | .736 | 4.5 | .4 | .4 | .8 | 7.8 |
Noah Reynolds | 23 | 0 | 11.2 | .373 | .417 | .565 | 1.0 | .7 | .2 | .2 | 2.9 |
Hunter Thompson | 34 | 3 | 11.2 | .390 | .373 | .636 | 1.5 | .3 | .0 | .1 | 2.7 |
Brendan Wenzel | 34 | 14 | 23.0 | .405 | .358 | .780 | 2.9 | .5 | .4 | .1 | 5.2 |
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
November 10, 2021* 7:00 pm |
Detroit Mercy | W 85β47 | 1β0 |
22 β Ike | 7 β Jeffries | 9 β Maldonado | Arena-Auditorium (3,259) Laramie, WY | ||||
November 14, 2021* 2:00 pm |
ArkansasβPine Bluff | W 85β45 | 2β0 |
21 β Ike | 8 β Ike | 4 β Maldonado | Arena-Auditorium (3,023) Laramie, WY | ||||
November 18, 2021* 9:00 p.m., P12N |
at Washington | W 77β72 OT | 3β0 |
26 β Ike | 10 β Tied | 2 β DuSell |
Alaska Airlines Arena (5,670) Seattle, WA | ||||
November 22, 2021* 7:00 p.m. |
at Grand Canyon | W 68β61 | 4β0 |
17 β Maldonado | 7 β Maldonado | 7 β Maldonado |
GCU Arena (6,872) Phoenix, AZ | ||||
November 28, 2021* 7:00 p.m. |
Hastings | W 108β59 | 5β0 |
33 β Jeffries | 10 β Ike | 7 β Dut | Arena-Auditorium (3,291) Laramie, WY | ||||
November 29, 2021* 8:00 pm |
at Cal State Fullerton | W 79β66 | 6β0 |
21 β Maldonado | 9 β Ike | 9 β Maldonado |
Titan Gym (772) Fullerton, CA | ||||
December 2, 2021* 7:00 pm |
Denver | W 77β64 | 7β0 |
35 β Ike | 14 β Ike | 4 β DuSell | Arena-Auditorium (4,030) Laramie, WY | ||||
December 4, 2021* 2:00 pm |
McNeese State | W 79β58 | 8β0 |
20 β Maldonado | 10 β Ike & Oden | 5 β Maldonado | Arena-Auditorium (3,726) Laramie, WY | ||||
December 8, 2021* 8:00 p.m., P12N |
at No. 11 Arizona | L 65β94 | 8β1 |
22 β DuSell | 4 β Tied | 4 β Maldonado |
McKale Center (13,077) Tucson, AZ | ||||
December 11, 2021* 8:00 pm |
Utah Valley | W 74β62 | 9β1 |
16 β DuSell | 9 β Ike | 5 β Maldonado | Arena-Auditorium (3,927) Laramie, WY | ||||
December 22, 2021* 3:30 pm, ESPNU |
vs.
Stanford Diamond Head Classic Quarterfinals |
L 63β66 | 9β2 |
25 β Ike | 11 β Ike | 8 β Maldonado |
Stan Sheriff Center (4,041) Honoulu, HI | ||||
December 23, 2021* 4:30 pm, ESPNU |
vs.
Northern Iowa Diamond Head Classic Consolation 2nd Round |
W 71β69 | 10β2 |
17 β Maldonado | 7 β Maldonado | 6 β Maldonado | Stan Sheriff Center (3,951) Honolulu, HI | ||||
December 25, 2021* 11:30 am, ESPNU |
vs.
South Florida Diamond Head Classic 5th Place Game |
W 77β57 | 11β2 |
22 β Maldonado | 7 β Ike | 10 β Maldonado | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI | ||||
Mountain West regular season | |||||||||||
January 15, 2022 7:00 pm, Stadium |
at Utah State | W 71β69 | 12β2 (1β0) |
23 β Ike | 8 β Ike | 6 β Maldonado |
Smith Spectrum (8,109) Logan, UT | ||||
January 17, 2022 6:00 p.m., FS1 |
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Nevada Rescheduled from January 4 |
W 77β67 | 13β2 (2β0) |
24 β Ike | 11 β Ike | 11 β Maldonado |
Lawlor Events Center (6,369) Reno, NV | ||||
January 19, 2022 7:00 p.m., MW Network/ ATTSN |
San JosΓ© State | W 84β69 | 14β2 (3β0) |
20 β Maldonado | 8 β Oden | 12 β Maldonado | Arena-Auditorium (4,371) Laramie, WY | ||||
January 22, 2022 5:30 p.m., CBSSN |
New Mexico | W 93β91 | 15β2 (4β0) |
29 β Ike | 15 β Ike | 7 β Maldonado | Arena-Auditorium (5,368) Laramie, WY | ||||
January 25, 2022 7:00 p.m., Stadium |
at Boise State | L 62β65 | 15β3 (4β1) |
19 β Ike | 9 β Ike | 5 β Maldonado |
ExtraMile Arena (8,292) Boise, ID | ||||
January 28, 2022 4:00 p.m., MW Network |
at Air Force | W 63β61 | 16β3 (5β1) |
31 β Maldonado | 9 β Ike | 4 β Maldonado |
Clune Arena (1,702) Colorado Springs, CO | ||||
January 31, 2022 6:00 p.m., FS1 |
Colorado State Border War |
W 84β78 OT | 17β3 (6β1) |
35 β Maldonado | 8 β Ike | 7 β Maldonado | Arena-Auditorium (7,539) Laramie, WY | ||||
February 3, 2022 7:00 p.m., MW Network |
Boise State Rescheduled from January 1 |
W 72β65 | 18β3 (7β1) |
33 β Ike | 10 β Tied | 7 β Maldonado | Arena-Auditorium (7,063) Laramie, WY | ||||
February 6, 2022 5:00 p.m., FS1 |
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Fresno State Rescheduled from January 8 |
W 61β59 | 19β3 (8β1) |
21 β Maldonado | 9 β Jeffries | 6 β Maldonado |
Save Mart Center (6,017) Fresno, CA | ||||
February 8, 2022 7:00 p.m., Stadium |
Utah State | W 78β76 OT | 20β3 (9β1) |
28 β Ike | 13 β Jeffries | 5 β Maldonado | Arena-Auditorium (5,558) Laramie, WY | ||||
February 12, 2022 7:00 p.m., Stadium |
at San JosΓ© State | W 74β52 | 21β3 (10β1) |
25 β Ike | 18 β Ike | 5 β Maldonado |
Provident Credit Union Event Center (2,251) San Jose, CA | ||||
February 15, 2022 7:00 p.m., Stadium |
No. 22 | at New Mexico | L 66β75 | 21β4 (10β2) |
26 β Ike | 7 β Ike | 4 β Maldonado |
The Pit (8,208) Albuquerque, NM | |||
February 19, 2022 2:00 p.m., MW Network/ATTSN |
No. 22 | Air Force | W 75β67 | 22β4 (11β2) |
29 β Maldonado | 12 β Ike | 8 β Maldonado | Arena-Auditorium (8,312) Laramie, WY | |||
February 23, 2022 7:00 p.m., CBSSN |
at Colorado State Border War |
L 55β61 | 22β5 (11β3) |
22 β Jefferies | 13 β Ike | 3 β Tied |
Moby Arena (8,085) Fort Collins, CO | ||||
February 26, 2022 6:00 p.m., CBSSN |
Nevada | W 74β61 | 23β5 (12β3) |
23 β Ike | 15 β Ike | 6 β Maldonado | Arena-Auditorium (7,855) Laramie, WY | ||||
February 28, 2022 7:00 p.m., CBSSN |
San Diego State | L 66β73 | 23β6 (12β4) |
17 β Oden | 11 β Maldonado | 11 β Maldonado | Arena-Auditorium (5,438) Laramie, WY | ||||
March 2, 2022 8:30 p.m., FS1 |
at UNLV | L 57β64 | 23β7 (12β5) |
22 β Maldonado | 10 β Maldonado | 7 β Maldonado |
Thomas & Mack Center (6,204) Paradise, NV | ||||
March 5, 2022 2:00 p.m., Stadium |
Fresno State | W 68β64 OT | 24β7 (13β5) |
21 β DuSell | 8 β Ike | 8 β Maldonado | Arena-Auditorium (6,230) Laramie, WY | ||||
Mountain West tournament | |||||||||||
March 10, 2022 3:30 p.m., CBSSN |
(4) | at (5) UNLV Quarterfinals |
W 59β56 | 25β7 |
12 β Wenzel | 13 β Ike | 5 β Maldonado | Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV | |||
March 11, 2022 7:30 p.m., CBSSN |
(4) | vs. (1) Boise State Semifinals |
L 61β68 | 25β8 |
18 β Ike | 9 β Maldonado | 5 β Maldonado | Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV | |||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
March 15, 2022 7:10 pm, TruTV |
(12 E) | vs. (12 E)
Indiana First Four |
L 58β66 | 25β9 |
21 β Maldonado | 10 β Jeffries | 5 β Maldonado |
UD Arena (12,522) Dayton, OH | |||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time. |