2008–09 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team

2008–09 Wyoming Cowboys basketball

CBI, First Round
Conference	Mountain West Conference
2008–09 record	19–14 (7–9 MWC)
Head coach	Heath Schroyer
Assistant coach	Fred Langley
Assistant coach	Shaun Vandiver
Assistant coach	Anthony Stewart
Home arena	Arena-Auditorium

	Conf			Overall
2008-09 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Standings
Team (Rank)	W	L	PCT	W	L	PCT
BYU	12	4	.750	25	8	.756
#25 Utah	12	4	.750	24	10	.706
New Mexico	12	4	.750	22	12	.647
San Diego State	11	5	.688	26	10	.722
UNLV	9	7	.563	21	11	.656
Wyoming	7	9	.438	19	14	.576
TCU	5	11	.313	14	17	.452
Colorado State	4	12	.250	9	22	.290
Air Force	0	16	.000	10	21	.323
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008–09 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team is currently representing the University of Wyoming in NCAA Division I men's basketball competition.^[1] It competes in the Mountain West Conference, which consists of nine universities located mostly in the Mountain States of the U.S., with outlying members in California and Texas.

Roster

No.	Position	Year	Player
0	G	Sr	Sean Ogirri
1	G	So	JayDee Luster
2	G	Fr	Arthur Bouëdo
5	F	Jr	Ryan Dermody
11	F	Fr	Afam Muojeke
12	G	Fr	Galand Thaxton
13	C	So	Mikhail Linskens

No.	Position	Year	Player
15	C	Fr	Adam Waddell
21	F	Sr	Tyson Johnson
23	G	Sr	Brandon Ewing
25	F	So	Djibril Thiam
32	F	Jr	Mahamoud Diakite
33	C	So	Boubacar Sylla
51	G	Fr	A.J. Davis

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/08/2008*	Colorado School of Mines	W 72–60	–	Arena-Auditorium (4,728)
Regular Season
11/14/2008*	Cal State Bakersfield	W 84–58	1–0	Arena-Auditorium (4,650)
11/19/2008*	Prairie View A&M	W 80–75	2–0	Arena-Auditorium (6,896)
11/22/2008*	Johnson & Wales	W 105–64	3–0	Arena-Auditorium (5,375)
11/26/2008*	Texas State	W 97–96	4–0	Arena-Auditorium (4,415)
11/29/2008*	Denver	W 62–54	5–0	Arena-Auditorium (4,761)
12/03/2008*	at Boise State	L 85–86	5–1	Taco Bell Arena (3,065)
12/06/2008*	at Loyola Marymount	W 62–55	6–1	Gersten Pavilion (2,440)
12/13/2008*	vs. Northern Iowa (Blue Cross/Blue Shield Wyoming Shootout)	W 74–65	7–1	Casper Events Center (4,048)
12/16/2008*	Western State	W 100–73	8–1	Arena-Auditorium (4,291)
12/20/2008*	Sacramento State	W 93–70	9–1	Arena-Auditorium (4,497)
12/23/2008*	at #13 UCLA	L 62–113	9–2	Pauley Pavilion (8,795)
12/29/2008*	vs. Houston Baptist (Utah State Duel in the Desert)	W 84–74	10–2	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum (4,088)
12/30/2008*	vs. Howard (Utah State Duel in the Desert)	W 84–75	11–2	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum (3,827)
12/31/2008*	at Utah State (Utah State Duel in the Desert)	L 85–90 ^OT	11–3	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum (8,877)
01/03/2008	at Utah	L 67–91	11–4 (0–1)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (8,649)
01/14/2009	San Diego State	W 83–79	12–4 (1–1)	Arena-Auditorium (5,568)
01/17/2009	at UNLV	L 66–83	12–5 (1–2)	Thomas & Mack Center (17,190)
01/21/2009	at TCU	L 78–79 ^OT	12–6 (1–3)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum (3,450)
01/24/2009	Colorado State	W 83–74	13–6 (2–3)	Arena-Auditorium (7,014)
01/27/2009	Air Force	W 72–59	14–6 (3–3)	Arena-Auditorium (4,841)
01/31/2009	at BYU	L 60–84	14–7 (3–4)	Marriott Center (16,347)
02/03/2009	at New Mexico	L 57–86	14–8 (3–5)	University Arena (13,081)
02/07/2009	Utah	L 70–80	14–9 (3–6)	Arena-Auditorium (5,853)
02/14/2009	at San Diego State	L 60–71	14–10 (3–7)	Cox Arena (6,428)
2/18/2009	UNLV	W 77–68	15–10 (4–7)	Arena-Auditorium (4,703)
02/21/2009	TCU	W 61–56	16–10 (5–7)	Arena-Auditorium (5,797)
02/25/2009	at Colorado State	W 82–79	17–10 (6–7)	Moby Arena (5,556)
02/28/2009	at Air Force	W 65–62	18–10 (7–7)	Clune Arena (3,808)
03/04/2009	BYU	L 68–78	18–11 (7–8)	Arena-Auditorium (6,749)
03/07/2009	New Mexico	L 73–74	18–12 (7–9)	Arena-Auditorium (7,412)
2009 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
03/12/2009	vs. New Mexico (Quarterfinals)	W 75–67	19–12	Thomas & Mack Center (10,011)
03/12/2009	vs. Utah (Semifinals)	L 55–68	19–13	Thomas & Mack Center (11,629)
2009 College Basketball Invitational
03/17/2010	Northeastern (First Round)	L 78–96	19–14	Arena-Auditorium (2,407)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

References

↑ The university's women's teams and athletes use the nickname Cowgirls.

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