1986–87 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team

1986–87 Wyoming Cowboys basketball
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#17
AP	#Not ranked
1986–87 record	24–10 ( WAC)
Home arena	Arena-Auditorium

The 1986–87 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team represented the University of Wyoming in NCAA men's competition in the 1986–87 season. ("Cowboys" is solely used to refer to the university's men's sports; women's teams and athletes are known as "Cowgirls".) The Cowboys, then a member of the Western Athletic Conference, played their home games at the Arena-Auditorium.

The Cowboys were led by Fennis Dembo, who led the 1987 NCAA Tournament in scoring by averaging 27.8 points per game.^[1]

Regular season

Player stats

Player	Games	Field Goals	Three Pointers	Free Throws	Rebounds	Blocks	Steals	Points
Fennis Dembo^[2]	34	1236	240	78	282	17	50	689
Eric Leckner^[3]	34	148	12	74	100	2	30	382

NCAA basketball tournament

West
- Wyoming 64 (12),Virginia (5) 60
- Wyoming 78, UCLA (4) 68
- UNLV (1) 92, Wyoming 78

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Team players drafted into the NBA

No one from the Cowboys was selected in the 1987 NBA Draft. Fennis Dembo would be drafted in the 1988 NBA Draft by the Detroit Pistons.^[5]

Awards and honors

Fennis Dembo, First Team All-Western Athletic Conference
Fennis Dembo, Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year

References

Wyoming Cowboys basketball

Venues	Half Acre Gym (1928–1951) War Memorial Fieldhouse (1951–1982) Arena-Auditorium (1982–present)

Rivalries	Colorado State

Culture & lore	History "Ragtime Cowboy Joe"

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Helms and NCAA national championships in bold