2009–10 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team

For Wyoming's women's basketball team in the same season, see 2009–10 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team.

2009–10 Wyoming Cowboys basketball

Conference	Mountain West Conference
2009–10 record	10–21 (3–13 Mountain West)
Head coach	Heath Schroyer
Assistant coach	Fred Langley
Assistant coach	Shaun Vandiver
Assistant coach	Anthony Stewart
Home arena	Arena-Auditorium

	Conf				Overall
2009–10 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#8 New Mexico	14	–	2	.875	30	–	5	.857
#17 BYU	13	–	3	.813	30	–	6	.833
UNLV	11	–	5	.688	25	–	8	.758
San Diego State†	11	–	5	.688	25	–	9	.735
Colorado State	7	–	9	.438	16	–	16	.500
Utah	7	–	9	.438	14	–	17	.452
TCU	5	–	11	.313	13	–	19	.406
Wyoming	3	–	13	.188	10	–	21	.323
Air Force	1	–	15	.063	10	–	21	.323

† 2010 MWC Men's Basketball Tournament winner As of March 20, 2010; Rankings from AP/Coaches Poll

The 2009–10 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team^[1] represented the University of Wyoming during the 2009–2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cowboys were coached by Heath Schroyer who was in his 3rd season and 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 10–21, 3–13 in Mountain West play and lost in the first round of the 2010 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to Air Force.

Offseason

April 15: Cowboy basketball head coach Heath Schroyer announced the signing of Desmar Jackson, a high school standout from Warren, Ohio, to a National Letter of Intent to attend the University of Wyoming. Jackson will enroll at Wyoming for the fall semester of 2009.^[2]
April 27: Akron, Ohio native Daylen Harrison signed a National Letter of Intent to play basketball for the Cowboys on Sunday. Harrison will enroll at Wyoming for the fall semester of 2009, following his senior year of high school.^[3]
May 6:University of Wyoming Athletics Director Tom Burman announced that head basketball coach Heath Schroyer's contract has been extended for two years, through April 30, 2014. Schroyer's base salary was also increased from $150,000 to $160,000. His original contract was a five-year deal that was due to end after the 2011-12 season.^[4]
May 6: The NCAA released the Academic Progress Rate (APR) Public Report for the 2007-08 academic year and the University of Wyoming men's basketball team received its highest annual score in the history of the APR. The team achieved an annual score of 935 during the 2007-08 academic year, the Cowboys improved their multiyear score to 884. Due to the Cowboys' academic improvement and a favorable comparison based on other academic and institutional factors, the Cowboys will be allotted 13 scholarships for the 2009-10 season. That is the maximum number of scholarships allowed by the NCAA for men's basketball programs.^[5]
May 18: University of Wyoming redshirt sophomore point guard JayDee Luster was announced as a team captain for the 2009-10 Cowboy basketball team.^[6]

Regular season

Roster

No.	Position	Year	Player
1	G	Jr	JayDee Luster
2	G	So	Arthur Bouëdo
3	G	Fr	Desmar Jackson
5	F	Sr	Ryan Dermody
10	G	So	Thomas Manzano
11	F	So	Afam Muojeke

No.	Position	Year	Player
15	C	So	Adam Waddell
22	F	Fr	Amath M'Baye
23	G	Sr	Brandon Ewing
25	F	Jr	Djibril Thiam
35	F	Fr	Daylen Harrison
33	C	Jr	Boubacar Sylla
51	G	So	A.J. Davis

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/08/2009*	Regis	W 78–60	–	Arena-Auditorium (6,083)
Regular Season
11/13/2009*	South Dakota State	L 61–77	0–1	Arena-Auditorium (5,370)
11/18/2009*	Peru State	W 120–73	1–1	Arena-Auditorium (4,543)
11/21/2009*	Boise State	W 87–61	2–1	Arena-Auditorium (5,298)
11/25/2009*	at Denver	L 77–80	2–2	Magness Arena (2,934)
11/27/2009*	Monmouth (World Vision Challenge)	L 73–75	2–3	Arena-Auditorium (4,555)
11/28/2009*	Hampton (World Vision Challenge)	L 67–78	2–4	Arena-Auditorium (4,463)
11/29/2009*	Pepperdine (World Vision Challenge)	W 86–82 ^OT	3–4	Arena-Auditorium (4,299)
12/05/2009*	Loyola Marymount	W 76–70	4–4	Arena-Auditorium (6,259)
12/12/2009*	vs. Northern Colorado (Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Wyoming Shootout)	W 76–70	5–4	Casper Events Center (3,520)
12/15/2009*	at #9 Tennessee	L 58–77	5–5	Thompson-Boling Arena (17,274)
12/20/2009*	South Dakota	W 72–54	6–5	Arena-Auditorium (4,330)
12/23/2009*	at Northern Iowa (MWC–MVC Challenge)	L 54–72	6–6	McLeod Center (3,102)
12/30/2009*	Akron	L 76–85	6–7	Arena-Auditorium (4,414)
01/02/2010*	Adams State	W 123–71	7–7	Arena-Auditorium (4,467)
01/06/2010	Colorado State	L 73–83	7–8 (0–1)	Arena-Auditorium (4,397)
01/09/2010	San Diego State	W 85–83	8–8 (1–1)	Arena-Auditorium (4,826)
01/12/2010	at TCU	L 59–62	8–9 (1–2)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum (3,308)
01/16/2010	New Mexico	L 68–70	8–10 (1–3)	Arena-Auditorium (6,146)
01/20/2010	at #14 BYU	L 66–81	8–11 (1–4)	Marriott Center (10,931)
01/27/2010	Utah	W 75–69	9–11 (2–4)	Arena-Auditorium (4,828)
01/30/2010	at Air Force	L 63–70	9–12 (2–5)	Clune Arena (3,414)
02/03/2010	UNLV	L 50–78	9–13 (2–6)	Arena-Auditorium (4,718)
02/06/2010	at Colorado State	L 64–80	9–14 (2–7)	Moby Arena (5,277)
02/10/2010	at San Diego State	L 88–57	9–15 (2–8)	Viejas Arena (6,606)
02/13/2010	TCU	L 68–76	9–16 (2–9)	Arena-Auditorium (5,338)
02/17/2010	at #12 New Mexico	L 61–83	9–17 (2–10)	The Pit (14,586)
02/20/2010	#16 BYU	L 63–85	9–18 (2–11)	Arena-Auditorium (5,154)
02/27/2010	at Utah	L 64–74	9–19 (2–12)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (10,138)
03/02/2010	Air Force	W 58–49	10–19 (3–12)	Arena-Auditorium (4,526)
03/06/2010	at UNLV	L 56–74	10–20 (3–13)	Thomas & Mack Center (14,116)
2010 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
03/10/2010	vs. Air Force (First Round)	L 40–59	10–21	Thomas & Mack Center (N/A)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

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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

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