1987–88 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team

1987–88 Wyoming Cowboys basketball
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, First Round
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#14
AP	#13
1987–88 record	26–6 ( WAC)
Home arena	Arena-Auditorium

The 1987–88 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team represented the University of Wyoming in NCAA men's competition in the 1987–88 season. (The school uses "Cowboys" solely for men's sports; women's teams and athletes at the school are known as "Cowgirls".)

Fennis Dembo was featured on the cover of the November 18, 1987 issue of Sports Illustrated.^[1] It was the first time that a Wyoming Cowboy basketball player was featured on the cover.^[2] Dembo would finish his Wyoming career as the Cowboys scoring leader, 2,311 points

Regular season

Player stats

Player	Games	Field Goals	Three Pointers	Free Throws	Rebounds	Blocks	Steals	Points
Fennis Dembo^[3]	32	1076	205	65	231	22	51	653
Eric Leckner^[4]	32	972	181	0	210	43	29	492

NCAA basketball tournament

West
- Loyola Marymount (10) 119, Wyoming (7) 115

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Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Team
1	17	Eric Leckner	Utah Jazz
2	30	Fennis Dembo	Detroit Pistons

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Awards and honors

Fennis Dembo, First Team All-Western Athletic Conference

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

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