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2011–12 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team

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2011–12 Wyoming Cowboys basketball
CBI, Quarterfinals
ConferenceMountain West Conference
Record21–12 (6–8 Mountain West)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaArena-Auditorium (Capacity: 15,028)
Seasons
2011–12 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 21 New Mexico 10 4   .714 28 7   .800
No. 22 San Diego St 10 4   .714 26 8   .765
No. 23 UNLV 9 5   .643 26 9   .743
Colorado State 8 6   .571 20 12   .625
TCU 7 7   .500 18 15   .545
Wyoming 6 8   .429 21 12   .636
Air Force 3 11   .214 13 16   .448
Boise State 3 11   .214 13 17   .433
2012 MWC tournament winner
As of March 8, 2012
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011–12 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team[1] represented the University of Wyoming during the 2011–2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Larry Shyatt in his first year. They played their home games at the Arena-Auditorium in Laramie, Wyoming. The Cowboys are a member of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 21–12, 6–8 in Mountain West play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Basketball tournament to UNLV. They were invited to the 2012 College Basketball Invitational where they defeated North Dakota State in the first round before falling to Washington State in the quarterfinals.

Roster

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2011–12 Wyoming Cowboys men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 JayDee Luster 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Sr New Mexico State San Diego, CA
G 2 Arthur Bouëdo 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Stoneridge Prep Aix–en–Provence, France
G 3 Shakir Smith 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Fr Tucson HS Tucson, AZ
F 5 Leonard Washington 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 235 lb (107 kg) RS Jr USC Lake Charles, LA
G 10 Derrious Gilmore 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Jr Jones County JC Baltimore, MD
G/F 11 Afam Muojeke 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Genesis One Prep. Jamaica, NY
G 12 Riley Grabau 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Boulder HS Boulder, CO
G 13 Jack Bentz 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr University School, Ohio Chagrin Falls, OH
C 15 Adam Waddell 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Sr Cody HS Cody, WY
G/F 22 Larry Nance Jr. 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Revere High School Richfield, OH
F 24 Tyrone Marshall 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fr George Washington High School Denver, CO
G 25 Luke Martinez 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS Jr Williston State College Bismarck, ND
F 30 Rob Watsabaugh 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) RS Sr West Hills College Jackson, WY
G 33 Francisco Cruz 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 217 lb (98 kg) Sr Western Nebraska CC Nogales, Mexico
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Statistics

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Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Jack Bentz 10 0 1.8 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
Arthur Bouëdo 33 2 11.9 .455 .368 1.000 0.8 0.7 0.2 0.0 2.3
Francisco Cruz 33 33 32.3 .452 .367 .750 2.9 2.2 0.8 0.1 12.0
Derrious Gilmore 24 1 12.4 .358 .353 .737 0.8 1.1 0.5 0.0 3.1
Riley Grabau 21 0 7.2 .300 .154 1.000 0.4 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.9
JayDee Luster 33 32 29.8 .360 .328 .700 2.1 3.7 0.9 0.0 5.3
Tyrone Marshall 9 0 4.3 .200 .000 .600 0.8 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.8
Luke Martinez 32 31 29.5 .377 .335 .800 4.0 1.5 1.7 0.3 11.8
Afam Muojeke 12 0 6.7 .227 .133 .824 1.3 0.3 0.5 0.1 2.2
Larry Nance Jr. 33 0 17.9 .462 .333 .814 4.0 0.4 0.8 0.6 4.1
Shakir Smith 15 0 4.2 .105 .100 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.5
Adam Waddell 33 33 28.1 .541 .000 .724 3.4 0.7 0.5 1.0 9.6
Leonard Washington 33 32 26.0 .560 .304 .714 6.9 0.6 1.2 1.1 12.9
Rob Watsabaugh 31 1 6.9 .619 .333 .333 1.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 1.0

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 5, 2011*
6:00 pm
CSU Pueblo W 85–78 
Arena-Auditorium (4,897)
Laramie, WY
Regular season
November 12, 2011*
8:00 pm
Western State W 78–39  1–0
Arena-Auditorium (4,597)
Laramie, WY
November 15, 2011*
7:00 pm
Northern Colorado W 75–56  2–0
Arena-Auditorium (4,360)
Laramie, WY
November 19, 2011*
6:00 pm
at Green Bay L 44–52  2–1
Resch Center (2,740)
Green Bay, WI
November 22, 2011*
7:00 pm
South Dakota W 67–56  3–1
Arena-Auditorium (4,238)
Laramie, WY
November 25, 2011*
7:00 pm
Portland State
Jim Thorpe Classic
W 65–51  4–1
Arena-Auditorium (4,396)
Laramie, WY
November 26, 2011*
7:00 pm
Maryland Eastern Shore
Jim Thorpe Classic
W 73–43  5–1
Arena-Auditorium (4,182)
Laramie, WY
November 27, 2011*
7:00 pm
Louisiana Tech
Jim Thorpe Classic
W 73–58  6–1
Arena-Auditorium (4,083)
Laramie, WY
November 30, 2011*
7:00 pm
Utah Valley W 74–41  7–1
Arena-Auditorium (4,137)
Laramie, WY
December 3, 2011*
8:00 pm
Bradley
MWC – MVC Challenge
W 66–49  8–1
Arena-Auditorium (4,643)
Laramie, WY
December 9, 2011*
7:00 pm, RTRM
at Colorado W 65–54  9–1
Coors Events Center (7,049)
Boulder, CO
December 13, 2011*
7:00 pm, The Mtn.
UC Irvine W 58–48  10–1
Arena-Auditorium (4,084)
Laramie, WY
December 16, 2011*
7:00 pm
Sioux Falls W 62–54  11–1
Arena-Auditorium (3,996)
Laramie, WY
December 19, 2011*
6:00 pm, RTRM
at Denver L 46–57  11–2
Magness Arena (7,168)
Denver, CO
December 22, 2011*
7:05 pm
at Idaho State W 80–56  12–2
Holt Arena (2,190)
Pocatello, ID
January 3, 2012*
7:05 pm, FCS
at Utah Valley W 76–70  13–2
UCCU Center (6,556)
Orem, UT
January 9, 2012*
7:00 pm
Idaho State W 73–49  14–2
Arena-Auditorium (4,628)
Laramie, WY
January 14, 2012
7:00 pm, The Mtn.
New Mexico L 62–72  14–3
(0–1)
Arena-Auditorium (6,955)
Laramie, WY
January 18, 2012
6:00 pm, The Mtn.
at Air Force W 64–53  15–3
(1–1)
Clune Arena (1,938)
Colorado Springs, CO
January 21, 2012
4:00 pm, The Mtn.
Colorado State W 70–51  16–3
(2–1)
Arena-Auditorium (7,901)
Laramie, WY
January 24, 2012
6:30 pm, The Mtn.
No. 13 San Diego State L 42–52  16–4
(2–2)
Arena-Auditorium (5,692)
Laramie, WY
January 28, 2012
1:30 pm, The Mtn.
at Boise State W 75–64  17–4
(3–2)
Taco Bell Arena (4,052)
Boise, ID
February 1, 2012
6:00 pm, The Mtn.
at TCU L 52–58  17–5
(3–3)
Daniel–Meyer Coliseum (4,720)
Fort Worth, TX
February 4, 2012
2:00 pm, The Mtn.
No. 11 UNLV W 68–66  18–5
(4–3)
Arena-Auditorium (7,179)
Laramie, WY
February 11, 2012
1:30 pm, The Mtn.
at New Mexico L 38–48  18–6
(4–4)
The Pit (15,140)
Albuquerque, NM
February 15, 2012
6:00 pm, The Mtn.
Air Force L 53–58  18–7
(4–5)
Arena-Auditorium (4,881)
Laramie, WY
February 18, 2012
7:00 pm, The Mtn.
at Colorado State L 46–54  18–8
(4–6)
Moby Arena (8,745)
Fort Collins, CO
February 22, 2012
8:30 pm, The Mtn.
at No. 24 San Diego State L 58–67  18–9
(4–7)
Viejas Arena (12,414)
San Diego, CA
February 25, 2012
2:00 pm, The Mtn.
Boise State W 64–54  19–9
(5–7)
Arena-Auditorium (6,281)
Laramie, WY
February 28, 2012
7:30 pm, The Mtn.
TCU W 71–59  20–9
(6–7)
Arena-Auditorium (5,174)
Laramie, WY
March 3, 2012
8:30 pm, The Mtn.
at No. 17 UNLV L 63–74  20–10
(6–8)
Thomas & Mack Center (18,577)
Paradise, NV
Mountain West tournament
March 8, 2012
8:30 pm, The Mtn.
(6) vs. (3) No. 20 UNLV
Quarterfinals
L 48–56  20–11
Thomas & Mack Center (13,772)
Las Vegas, NV
CBI
03/14/2012*
7:00 pm, HDNet
North Dakota State
First Round
W 78–75  21–11
Arena-Auditorium (2,732)
Laramie, WY
03/19/2012*
8:00 pm
at Washington State
Quarterfinals
L 41–61  21–12
Beasley Coliseum (3,019)
Pullman, WA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time.

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References

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  1. ^ The university uses "Cowgirls" as its women's athletic nickname.
  2. ^ "University of Wyoming Official Athletic Site - Men's Basketball". Archived from the original on August 14, 2011. Retrieved September 3, 2011.