2011–12 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team

2011–12 Wyoming Cowboys basketball

CBI, Quarterfinals
Conference	Mountain West Conference
2011–12 record	21–12 (6–8 Mountain West)
Head coach	Larry Shyatt
Assistant coach	Scott Duncan
Assistant coach	Jeremy Shyatt
Assistant coach	Allen Edwards
Home arena	Arena-Auditorium

	Conf				Overall
2011–12 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#21 New Mexico †	10	–	4	.714	28	–	7	.800
#22 San Diego State	10	–	4	.714	26	–	8	.765
#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

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	High School/Last College
JayDee Luster	1	G	5' 9"	160	RS Senior	San Diego, CA	New Mexico State
Arthur Borudo	2	G	6' 4"	185	Junior	Aix-en-Provence, France	Stoneridge Prep
Shakir Smith	3	G	6' 1"	165	Freshman	Tucson, AZ	Tucson HS
Leonard Washington	5	F	6' 7"	235	RS Junior	Lake Charles, LA	USC
Derrious Gilmore	10	G	5' 9"	165	Junior	Baltimore, MD	Jones County Junior College
Afam Muojeke	11	G/F	6' 8"	210	Senior	Jamaica, NY	Genesis One Prep.
Riley Grabau	12	G	6' 2"	170	Freshman	Boulder, CO	Boulder High School
Jack Bentz	13	G	6' 0"	170	Freshman	Chagrin Falls, OH	University School, Ohio
Adam Waddell	15	C	6' 10"	235	Senior	Cody, WY	Cody High School
Joe Hudson	21	G	6' 1"	180	Sophomore	Escondido, CA	Esconidido High School
Larry Nance, Jr.	22	G/F	6' 7"	205	Freshman	Richfield, OH	Revere High School
Tyrone Marshall	24	F	6' 8"	220	Freshman	Denver, CO	George Washington High School
Luke Martinez	25	G	6' 4"	175	RS Junior	Bismarck, ND	Williston State College
Rob Watsabaugh	30	F	6' 7"	210	RS Senior	Jackson, WY	West Hills College Coalinga
Francisco Cruz	33	G	6' 3"	217	Senior	Nogales, Mexico	Western Nebraska Community College
Lekan Ajayi	50	F	6' 11"	235	Freshman	Lagos, Nigeria	Quality Education Academy

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/05/2011*	CSU–Pueblo	W 85–78	–	Arena-Auditorium (4,897)
Regular Season
11/12/2011*	Western State	W 78–39	1–0	Arena-Auditorium (4,597)
11/15/2011*	Northern Colorado	W 75–56	2–0	Arena-Auditorium (4,360)
11/19/2011*	at Green Bay	L 44–52	2–1	Resch Center (2,740)
11/22/2011*	South Dakota	W 67–56	3–1	Arena-Auditorium (4,238)
11/25/2011*	Portland State (Jim Thorpe Classic)	W 65–51	4–1	Arena-Auditorium (4,396)
11/26/2011*	Maryland Eastern Shore (Jim Thorpe Classic)	W 73–43	5–1	Arena-Auditorium (4,182)
11/27/2011*	Louisiana Tech (Jim Thorpe Classic)	W 73–58	6–1	Arena-Auditorium (4,083)
11/30/2011*	Utah Valley	W 74–41	7–1	Arena-Auditorium (4,137)
12/03/2011*	Bradley (MWC – MVC Challenge)	W 66–49	8–1	Arena-Auditorium (4,643)
12/09/2011*	at Colorado	W 65–54	9–1	Coors Events Center (7,049)
12/13/2011*	UC Irvine	W 58–48	10–1	Arena-Auditorium (4,084)
12/16/2011*	Sioux Falls	W 62–54	11–1	Arena-Auditorium (3,996)
12/19/2011*	at Denver	L 46–57	11–2	Magness Arena (7,168)
12/22/2011*	at Idaho State	W 80–56	12–2	Holt Arena (2,190)
01/03/2012*	at Utah Valley	W 76–70	13–2	UCCU Center (6,556)
01/09/2012*	Idaho State	W 73–49	14–2	Arena-Auditorium (4,628)
01/14/2012	New Mexico	L 62–72	14–3 (0–1)	Arena-Auditorium (6,955)
01/18/2012	at Air Force	W 64–53	15–3 (1–1)	Clune Arena (1,938)
01/21/2012	Colorado State	W 70–51	16–3 (2–1)	Arena-Auditorium (7,901)
01/24/2012	#13 San Diego State	L 42–52	16–4 (2–2)	Arena-Auditorium (5,692)
01/28/2012	at Boise State	W 75–64	17–4 (3–2)	Taco Bell Arena (4,052)
02/01/2012	at TCU	L 52–58	17–5 (3–3)	Daniel–Meyer Coliseum (4,720)
02/04/2012	#11 UNLV	W 68–66	18–5 (4–3)	Arena-Auditorium (7,179)
02/11/2012	at New Mexico	L 38–48	18–6 (4–4)	The Pit (15,140)
02/15/2012	Air Force	L 53–58	18–7 (4–5)	Arena-Auditorium (4,881)
02/18/2012	at Colorado State	L 46–54	18–8 (4–6)	Moby Arena (8,745)
02/22/2012	at #24 San Diego State	L 58–67	18–9 (4–7)	Viejas Arena (12,414)
02/25/2012	Boise State	W 64–54	19–9 (5–7)	Arena-Auditorium (6,281)
02/28/2012	TCU	W 71–59	20–9 (6–7)	Arena-Auditorium (5,174)
03/03/2012	at #17 UNLV	L 63–74	20–10 (6–8)	Thomas & Mack Center (18,577)
2012 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
03/08/2012	vs. #20 UNLV (Quarterfinals)	L 48–56	20–11	Thomas & Mack Center (13,772)
2012 CBI
03/14/2012*	North Dakota State (First Round)	W 78–75	21–11	Arena-Auditorium (2,732)
03/19/2012*	at Washington State (Quarterfinals)	L 41–61	21–12	Beasley Coliseum (3,019)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

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References

↑ The university uses "Cowgirls" as its women's athletic nickname.
↑ http://www.wyomingathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/wyo-m-baskbl-sched.html

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