2014–15 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team

2014–15 Wyoming Cowboys basketball
Mountain West tournament champions
NCAA tournament, round of 64
ConferenceMountain West Conference
Record25–10 (11–7 Mountain West)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaArena-Auditorium (Capacity: 15,028)
Seasons
2014–15 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Boise State 14 – 4   .778 25 – 9   .735
San Diego State 14 – 4   .778 27 – 9   .750
Colorado State 13 – 5   .722 27 – 7   .794
Wyoming † 11 – 7   .611 25 – 10   .714
Utah State 11 – 7   .611 18 – 13   .581
Fresno State 10 – 8   .556 15 – 17   .469
UNLV 8 – 10   .444 18 – 15   .545
New Mexico 7 – 11   .389 15 – 16   .484
Air Force 6 – 12   .333 14 – 17   .452
Nevada 5 – 13   .278 9 – 22   .290
San Jose State* 0 – 18   .000 2 – 28   .067
*Ineligible for postseason play due to APR penalties
† 2015 MWC tournament winner

The 2014–15 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team[1] represented the University of Wyoming during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Larry Shyatt in his fifth year. They played their home games at the Arena-Auditorium in Laramie, Wyoming. The Cowboys were a member of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 25–10, 11–7 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They defeated Utah State, Boise State and San Diego State to become champions of the Mountain West tournament. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to Northern Iowa.

Previous season

The 2013–14 Wyoming Cowboys finished the season with an overall record of 18–15, 9–9 in the Mountain West to finish in a tie for fifth place. In the Mountain West Conference tournament, the Cowboys were defeated by UNLV in the quarterfinals. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to Texas A&M.

Preseason

The Cowboys were picked to finish sixth in the Mountain West Conference preseason media poll. Larry Nance Jr. was named the preseason player of the year, as well as being named to the preseason all-Mountain West team.[2]

Regular season

On January 12, 2015 Wyoming was ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll for the first time since 1988.[3]

Players

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Jerron Granberry 15 G 6'4" 225 RS Senior Miami, FL Graduated
Nathan Sobey 20 G 6'3" 185 Senior Warrnambool, AUS Graduated
Keonta Vernon 24 F 6'5" 225 Freshman Tulare, CA Transferred to College of Southern Idaho
Zane Stull 33 G 6'1" 185 Freshman Omaha, NE Transferred

Recruiting

College recruiting information
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Jonathan Barnes
#35 C 		Parker, CO Ponderosa High School 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (110 kg) Oct 28, 2013 
Star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 75
Jeremy Lieberman
#56 PG 		Calabasas, CA Calabasas High School 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Aug 21, 2013 
Star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 70
Diontae Jones
#87 SF 		Las Vegas, NV Clark High School 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Aug 8, 2013 
Star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 68
Tyrell Williams
PF 		Miami, FL Miami Norland High School 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (100 kg) Apr 29, 2014 
Star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: N/A
Alexander Aka Gorski
SG 		Uppsala, Sweden Sunrise Christian Academy 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) May 1, 2014 
Star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: –   Rivals: –
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "Wyoming Commit List for 2014". Rivals.com. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  • "Men's Basketball Recruiting". Scout.com. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  • "ESPN – Wyoming Cowboys Basketball Recruiting 2014". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  • "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  • "2014 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved May 4, 2013.

Roster

2014–15 Wyoming Cowboys men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Jeremy Lieberman 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Calabasas HS Calabasas, CA
G 1 Charles Hankerson, Jr. 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 230 lb (104 kg) RS Sr Alabama Miami, FL
G 2 Riley Grabau 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Sr Boulder HS Boulder, CO
G 3 Alex Aka Gorski 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Sunrise Christian Academy Lund, Sweden
G 5 Trey Washington III Current redshirt 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Woodrow Wilson HS Dallas, TX
F 11 Derek Cooke, Jr. 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Sr Cloud Community CC Washington, D.C.
G 13 Jack Bentz (W) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr University School Chagrin Falls, OH
G 14 Josh Adams 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Chaparral HS Parker, CO
C 21 Jonathan Barnes 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Fr Ponderosa HS Parker, CO
F 22 Larry Nance Jr. (C) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr Revere HS Akron, OH
G 23 Jason McManamen 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS So Torrington HS Torrington, WY
F 32 Alan Herndon 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS Fr Widefield HS Colorado Springs, CO
F 44 Tyrell Williams Current redshirt 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Fr Miami Norland HS Miami, FL
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Statistics

Source:[4]

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Josh Adams 35 34 33.6 .437 .324 .743 3.3 3.6 1.4 0.2 12.8
Alexander Aka Gorski 20 0 8.3 .310 .267 .500 0.7 0.1 0.2 0.0 2.1
Jonathan Barnes 14 0 4.5 .500 .000 .600 1.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 1.4
Jack Bentz 22 1 8.3 .111 .000 .667 0.9 1.1 0.2 0.0 0.4
Derek Cooke Jr. 35 35 26.3 .720 1.000 .543 5.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 8.1
Riley Grabau 34 34 33.9 .377 .367 .939 2.2 2.1 0.2 0.1 9.1
Charles Hankerson Jr. 34 34 28.6 .386 .344 .456 3.2 2.6 0.9 0.0 6.9
Alan Herndon 31 2 15.4 .474 .174 .593 2.2 0.5 0.2 0.4 3.0
Jeremy Lieberman 25 0 9.0 .268 .185 .700 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.0 1.4
Jason McManamen 35 4 16.8 .407 .338 .429 1.5 0.9 0.3 0.0 3.7
Larry Nance Jr. 31 31 34.9 .514 .333 .786 7.2 2.5 1.2 1.2 16.1
Matt Sellers 15 0 9.4 .677 .000 .600 1.7 0.5 0.1 0.4 3.4

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/16/2014*
2:00 pm 		Northern Colorado
Wyoming Tournament 		W 78–70  1–0
 Arena-Auditorium (5,876)
Laramie, WY
11/18/2014*
7:00 pm 		Western State W 61–46  2–0
 Arena-Auditorium (4,785)
Laramie, WY
11/22/2014*
4:00 pm, ESPN3 		Colorado
Rivalry 		W 56–33  3–0
 Arena-Auditorium (9,066)
Laramie, WY
11/24/2014*
7:00 pm 		Florida A&M
Wyoming Tournament 		W 66–45  4–0
 Arena-Auditorium (4,763)
Laramie, WY
11/26/2014*
7:00 pm 		Stetson
Wyoming Tournament 		W 65–41  5–0
 Arena-Auditorium (4,668)
Laramie, WY
11/29/2014*
4:30 pm, RTRM 		New Mexico State
Wyoming Tournament 		W 78–75  6–0
 Arena-Auditorium (5,474)
Laramie, WY
12/02/2014*
7:00 pm, RTRM 		Denver W 68–42  7–0
 Arena-Auditorium (4,928)
Laramie, WY
12/05/2014*
5:00 pm, ESPNews 		at SMU L 53–66  7–1
 Moody Coliseum (6,852)
Dallas, TX
12/07/2014*
2:00 pm 		Regis W 70–35  8–1
 Arena-Auditorium (4,598)
Laramie, WY
12/10/2014*
9:00 pm, P12N 		at California L 42–45  8–2
 Haas Pavilion (6,648)
Berkeley, CA
12/14/2014*
12:00 pm, RTRM 		Montana State W 70–61  9–2
 Arena-Auditorium (4,567)
Laramie, WY
12/20/2014*
2:00 pm, RTRM 		Southern W 57–39  10–2
 Arena-Auditorium (4,925)
Laramie, WY
12/23/2014*
7:00 pm 		at Montana State W 61–51  11–2
 Worthington Arena (2,107)
Bozeman, MT
Mountain West regular season
12/31/2014
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		UNLV W 76–71  12–2 (1–0)
 Arena-Auditorium (6,011)
Laramie, WY
01/03/2015
8:00 pm 		at San Jose State W 64–59  13–2 (2–0)
 Event Center Arena (1,188)
San Jose, CA
01/07/2015
7:00 pm 		at Colorado State
Border War 		W 60–54  14–2 (3–0)
 Moby Arena (8,018)
Fort Collins, CO
01/10/2015
4:00 pm, CBSSN 		Boise State W 65–54  15–2 (4–0)
 Arena-Auditorium (7,024)
Laramie, WY
01/14/2015
9:00 pm, ESPN2 		No. 25 San Diego State L 52–60  15–3 (4–1)
 Arena-Auditorium (6,178)
Laramie, WY
01/17/2015
5:00 pm, ESPN3 		No. 25 at Fresno State W 70–65 3OT 16–3 (5–1)
 Save Mart Center (8,118)
Fresno, CA
01/24/2015
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		New Mexico W 63–62 OT 17–3 (6–1)
 Arena-Auditorium (10,167)
Laramie, WY
01/27/2015
7:00 pm, RTRM 		at Utah State
Rivalry 		L 44–56  17–4 (6–2)
 Smith Spectrum (9,744)
Logan, UT
01/31/2015
4:00 pm, RTRM 		Nevada W 63–55  18–4 (7–2)
 Arena-Auditorium (8,106)
Laramie, WY
02/04/2015
7:00 pm 		Colorado State
Border War 		W 59–48  19–4 (8–2)
 Arena-Auditorium (8,672)
Laramie, WY
02/07/2015
12:00 pm, RTRM 		at Air Force L 50–73  19–5 (8–3)
 Clune Arena (4,021)
Colorado Springs, CO
02/11/2015
9:00 pm, CBSSN 		at San Diego State L 41–67  19–6 (8–4)
 Viejas Arena (12,414)
San Diego, CA
02/14/2015
4:00 pm, RTRM 		San Jose State W 77–60  20–6 (9–4)
 Arena-Auditorium (7,870)
Laramie, WY
02/17/2015
8:00 pm 		at Nevada W 64–58  21–6 (10–4)
 Lawlor Events Center (5,291)
Reno, NV
02/25/2015
7:30 pm, CBSSN 		Fresno State L 59–64  21–7 (10–5)
 Arena-Auditorium (5,868)
Laramie, WY
02/28/2015
5:00 pm, CBSSN 		at UNLV L 57–69  21–8 (10–6)
 Thomas & Mack Center (12,659)
Paradise, NV
03/04/2015
7:00 pm 		Utah State
Rivalry 		W 76–53  22–8 (11–6)
 Arena-Auditorium (6,327)
Laramie, WY
03/07/2015
6:00 pm, CBSSN 		at New Mexico L 49–52 OT 22–9 (11–7)
 The Pit (15,411)
Albuquerque, NM
Mountain West tournament
03/12/2015
3:30 pm, CBSSN 		(4) vs. (5) Utah State
Quarterfinals 		W 67–65  23–9
 Thomas & Mack Center (7,308)
Paradise, NV
03/13/2015
7:00 pm, CBSSN 		(4) vs. (1) No. 25 Boise State
Semifinals 		W 71–66 OT 24–9
 Thomas & Mack Center (9,199)
Paradise, NV
03/14/2015
4:00 pm, CBS 		(4) vs. (2) San Diego State
Championship game 		W 45–43  25–9
 Thomas & Mack Center (10,002)
Paradise, NV
NCAA tournament
03/20/2015*
11:40 am, TBS 		(12 E) vs. (5 E) No. 11 Northern Iowa
Round of 64 		L 54–71  25–10
 KeyArena (14,509)
Seattle, WA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region E=East.

[5]

Rankings

See also: 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week.
Poll Pre Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 Wk 17 Wk 18 Wk 19 Final
AP NR[6] NR[7] RV[8] RV[9] NR[10] NR[11] NR[12] NR[13] RV[14] 25[15] RV[16] RV[17] NR[18] NR[19] NR[20] NR[21] NR[22] NR[23] RV[24] N/A
Coaches NR[25] NR[26] RV[27] RV[28] NR[29] NR[30] NR[31] NR[32] RV[33] RV[34] RV[35] RV[36] RV[37] RV[38] NR[39] NR[40] NR[41] NR[42] RV[43] NR

*AP does not release post-tournament rankings

See also

References

  1. ^ The university uses "Cowgirls" as its women's athletic nickname.
  2. ^ "Nance Named MW Preseason Player of the Year - University of Wyoming Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  3. ^ "Kentucky no longer unanimous No. 1". ESPN.com. January 12, 2015. Archived from the original on January 12, 2015. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  4. ^ "2014–15 Statistics" (PDF). GoWyo.com. March 24, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 14, 2016. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  5. ^ "University of Wyoming Official Athletic Site - Men's Basketball". Archived from the original on August 14, 2011. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
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  8. ^ "2014-15 Men's College Basketball Rankings for Week 3".
  9. ^ "2014-15 Men's College Basketball Rankings for Week 4".
  10. ^ "2014-15 Men's College Basketball Rankings for Week 5".
  11. ^ "2014-15 Men's College Basketball Rankings for Week 6".
  12. ^ "2014-15 Men's College Basketball Rankings for Week 7".
  13. ^ "2014-15 Men's College Basketball Rankings for Week 8".
  14. ^ "2014-15 Men's College Basketball Rankings for Week 9".
  15. ^ "2014-15 Men's College Basketball Rankings for Week 10".
  16. ^ "2014-15 Men's College Basketball Rankings for Week 11".
  17. ^ "2014-15 Men's College Basketball Rankings for Week 12".
  18. ^ "2014-15 Men's College Basketball Rankings for Week 13".
  19. ^ "2014-15 Men's College Basketball Rankings for Week 14".
  20. ^ "2014-15 Men's College Basketball Rankings for Week 15".
  21. ^ "2014-15 Men's College Basketball Rankings for Week 16".
  22. ^ "2014-15 Men's College Basketball Rankings for Week 17".
  23. ^ "2014-15 Men's College Basketball Rankings for Week 18".
  24. ^ "2014-15 Men's College Basketball Rankings for Final Rankings".
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  26. ^ "2014-15 Men's College Basketball Rankings for Week 2".
  27. ^ "2014-15 Men's College Basketball Rankings for Week 3".
  28. ^ "2014-15 Men's College Basketball Rankings for Week 4".
  29. ^ "2014-15 Men's College Basketball Rankings for Week 5".
  30. ^ "2014-15 Men's College Basketball Rankings for Week 6".
  31. ^ "2014-15 Men's College Basketball Rankings for Week 7".
  32. ^ "2014-15 Men's College Basketball Rankings for Week 8".
  33. ^ "2014-15 Men's College Basketball Rankings for Week 9".
  34. ^ "2014-15 Men's College Basketball Rankings for Week 10".
  35. ^ "2014-15 Men's College Basketball Rankings for Week 11".
  36. ^ "2014-15 Men's College Basketball Rankings for Week 12".
  37. ^ "2014-15 Men's College Basketball Rankings for Week 13".
  38. ^ "2014-15 Men's College Basketball Rankings for Week 14".
  39. ^ "2014-15 Men's College Basketball Rankings for Week 15".
  40. ^ "2014-15 Men's College Basketball Rankings for Week 16".
  41. ^ "2014-15 Men's College Basketball Rankings for Week 17".
  42. ^ "2014-15 Men's College Basketball Rankings for Week 18".
  43. ^ "2014-15 Men's College Basketball Rankings for Final Rankings".