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

2011–12 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
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

2011–12 Wyoming Cowboys men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Home town
1.5 !G	1	Luster, JayDeeJayDee Luster	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	4.0 !Sr	New Mexico State	San Diego, CA
1.5 !G	2	Bouëdo, ArthurArthur Bouëdo	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Stoneridge Prep	Aix–en–Provence, France
1.5 !G	3	Smith, ShakirShakir Smith	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Tucson HS	Tucson, AZ
3.5 !F	5	Washington, LeonardLeonard Washington	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	USC	Lake Charles, LA
1.5 !G	10	Gilmore, DerriousDerrious Gilmore	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Jones County JC	Baltimore, MD
2.5 !G/F	11	Muojeke, AfamAfam Muojeke	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Genesis One Prep.	Jamaica, NY
1.5 !G	12	Grabau, RileyRiley Grabau	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Boulder HS	Boulder, CO
1.5 !G	13	Bentz, JackJack Bentz	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1.0 !Fr	University School, Ohio	Chagrin Falls, OH
5.0 !C	15	Waddell, AdamAdam Waddell	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Cody HS	Cody, WY
2.5 !G/F	22	Nance, Jr., LarryLarry Nance, Jr.	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Revere High School	Richfield, OH
3.5 !F	24	Marshall, TyroneTyrone Marshall	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1.0 !Fr	George Washington High School	Denver, CO
1.5 !G	25	Martinez, LukeLuke Martinez	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	Williston State College	Bismarck, ND
3.5 !F	30	Watsabaugh, RobRob Watsabaugh	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	West Hills College	Jackson, WY
1.5 !G	33	Cruz, FranciscoFrancisco Cruz	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	217 lb (98 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Western Nebraska CC	Nogales, Mexico

Head coach

Larry Shyatt (College of Wooster)

Assistant coach(es)

Scott Duncan (College of Wooster)
Allen Edwards (Kentucky)
Jeremy Shyatt (Clemson)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Jack Bentz	10	0	1.8	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
Arthur Bouëdo	33	2	11.9	.455	.368	1.000	0.8	0.7	0.2	0.0	2.3
Francisco Cruz	33	33	32.3	.452	.367	.750	2.9	2.2	0.8	0.1	12.0
Derrious Gilmore	24	1	12.4	.358	.353	.737	0.8	1.1	0.5	0.0	3.1
Riley Grabau	21	0	7.2	.300	.154	1.000	0.4	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.9
JayDee Luster	33	32	29.8	.360	.328	.700	2.1	3.7	0.9	0.0	5.3
Tyrone Marshall	9	0	4.3	.200	.000	.600	0.8	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.8
Luke Martinez	32	31	29.5	.377	.335	.800	4.0	1.5	1.7	0.3	11.8
Afam Muojeke	12	0	6.7	.227	.133	.824	1.3	0.3	0.5	0.1	2.2
Larry Nance Jr.	33	0	17.9	.462	.333	.814	4.0	0.4	0.8	0.6	4.1
Shakir Smith	15	0	4.2	.105	.100	1.000	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.5
Adam Waddell	33	33	28.1	.541	.000	.724	3.4	0.7	0.5	1.0	9.6
Leonard Washington	33	32	26.0	.560	.304	.714	6.9	0.6	1.2	1.1	12.9
Rob Watsabaugh	31	1	6.9	.619	.333	.333	1.3	0.1	0.2	0.1	1.0

Schedule and results

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
11/05/2011* 6:00 PM	CSU–Pueblo	W 85–78	–	Arena-Auditorium (4,897) Laramie, WY
Non-Conference Regular Season
11/12/2011* 8:00 PM	Western State	W 78–39	1–0	Arena-Auditorium (4,597) Laramie, WY
11/15/2011* 7:00 PM	Northern Colorado	W 75–56	2–0	Arena-Auditorium (4,360) Laramie, WY
11/19/2011* 6:00 PM	at Green Bay	L 44–52	2–1	Resch Center (2,740) Green Bay, WI
11/22/2011* 7:00 PM	South Dakota	W 67–56	3–1	Arena-Auditorium (4,238) Laramie, WY
11/25/2011* 7:00 PM	Portland State Jim Thorpe Classic	W 65–51	4–1	Arena-Auditorium (4,396) Laramie, WY
11/26/2011* 7:00 PM	Maryland Eastern Shore Jim Thorpe Classic	W 73–43	5–1	Arena-Auditorium (4,182) Laramie, WY
11/27/2011* 7:00 PM	Louisiana Tech Jim Thorpe Classic	W 73–58	6–1	Arena-Auditorium (4,083) Laramie, WY
11/30/2011* 7:00 PM	Utah Valley	W 74–41	7–1	Arena-Auditorium (4,137) Laramie, WY
12/03/2011* 8:00 PM	Bradley MWC – MVC Challenge	W 66–49	8–1	Arena-Auditorium (4,643) Laramie, WY
12/09/2011* 7:00 PM, RTRM	at Colorado	W 65–54	9–1	Coors Events Center (7,049) Boulder, CO
12/13/2011* 7:00 PM, The Mtn.	UC Irvine	W 58–48	10–1	Arena-Auditorium (4,084) Laramie, WY
12/16/2011* 7:00 PM	Sioux Falls	W 62–54	11–1	Arena-Auditorium (3,996) Laramie, WY
12/19/2011* 6:00 PM, RTRM	at Denver	L 46–57	11–2	Magness Arena (7,168) Denver, CO
12/22/2011* 7:05 PM	at Idaho State	W 80–56	12–2	Holt Arena (2,190) Pocatello, ID
01/03/2012* 7:05 PM, FCS	at Utah Valley	W 76–70	13–2	UCCU Center (6,556) Orem, UT
01/09/2012* 7:00 PM	Idaho State	W 73–49	14–2	Arena-Auditorium (4,628) Laramie, WY
Mountain West Regular Season
01/14/2012 7:00 PM, The Mtn.	New Mexico	L 62–72	14–3 (0–1)	Arena-Auditorium (6,955) Laramie, WY
01/18/2012 6:00 PM, The Mtn.	at Air Force	W 64–53	15–3 (1–1)	Clune Arena (1,938) Colorado Springs, CO
01/21/2012 4:00 PM, The Mtn.	Colorado State	W 70–51	16–3 (2–1)	Arena-Auditorium (7,901) Laramie, WY
01/24/2012 6:30 PM, The Mtn.	#13 San Diego State	L 42–52	16–4 (2–2)	Arena-Auditorium (5,692) Laramie, WY
01/28/2012 1:30 PM, The Mtn.	at Boise State	W 75–64	17–4 (3–2)	Taco Bell Arena (4,052) Boise, ID
02/01/2012 6:00 PM, The Mtn.	at TCU	L 52–58	17–5 (3–3)	Daniel–Meyer Coliseum (4,720) Fort Worth, TX
02/04/2012 2:00 PM, The Mtn.	#11 UNLV	W 68–66	18–5 (4–3)	Arena-Auditorium (7,179) Laramie, WY
02/11/2012 1:30 PM, The Mtn.	at New Mexico	L 38–48	18–6 (4–4)	The Pit (15,140) Albuquerque, NM
02/15/2012 6:00 PM, The Mtn.	Air Force	L 53–58	18–7 (4–5)	Arena-Auditorium (4,881) Laramie, WY
02/18/2012 7:00 PM, The Mtn.	at Colorado State	L 46–54	18–8 (4–6)	Moby Arena (8,745) Fort Collins, CO
02/22/2012 8:30 PM, The Mtn.	at #24 San Diego State	L 58–67	18–9 (4–7)	Viejas Arena (12,414) San Diego, CA
02/25/2012 2:00 PM, The Mtn.	Boise State	W 64–54	19–9 (5–7)	Arena-Auditorium (6,281) Laramie, WY
02/28/2012 7:30 PM, The Mtn.	TCU	W 71–59	20–9 (6–7)	Arena-Auditorium (5,174) Laramie, WY
03/03/2012 8:30 PM, The Mtn.	at #17 UNLV	L 63–74	20–10 (6–8)	Thomas & Mack Center (18,577) Paradise, NV
Mountain West Tournament
03/08/2012 8:30 PM, The Mtn.	vs. #20 UNLV Quarterfinals	L 48–56	20–11	Thomas & Mack Center (13,772) Las Vegas, NV
2012 CBI
03/14/2012* 7:00 PM, HDNet	North Dakota State First Round	W 78–75	21–11	Arena-Auditorium (2,732) Laramie, WY
03/19/2012* 8:00 PM	at Washington State Quarterfinals	L 41–61	21–12	Beasley Coliseum (3,019) Pullman, WA
*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

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