2015–16 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Wyoming Cowboys Wyoming Athletics logo.svg 125 Mountain West Conference Mountain West 14–18 7–11 Larry Shyatt 6th Scott Duncan Jeremy Shyatt Allen Edwards Arena-Auditorium (Capacity: 11,612) The 2015–16 Wyoming Cowboys basketball teamThe university uses "Cowgirls" as its women's athletic nickname. represented the University of Wyoming during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Larry Shyatt in his sixth and final year, including his first tenure in 1998. Shyatt resigned at the end of the year to take a job in the NBA. 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 14–18, 7–11 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Mountain West tournament to Utah State. On March 21, head coach Larry Shyatt resigned.http://www.coloradoan.com/story/sports/csu/mens-basketball/2016/03/21/larry-shyatt-wyoming-basketball/82079042/ Wyoming basketball coach Larry Shyatt resigns, Allen Edwards hired Previous season The Cowboys 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 second round to Northern Iowa. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Riley Grabau 2 G 6'2" 165 Senior Boulder, CO Graduated Charles Hankerson, Jr. 3 G 6'4" 230 Senior Miami, FL Graduated Derek Cooke, Jr. 11 F 6'9" 220 Senior Washington, D.C. Graduated Jack Bentz 13 G 6'1" 180 Senior Chagrins Falls, OH Graduated Larry Nance Jr. 22 F 6'8" 230 Senior Akron, OH Graduated/2015 NBA draft Tyrell Williams 44 F 6'8" 225 Freshman Miami, FL Transferred to Western Nebraska CC Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Hayden Dalton 20 F 6'8" 185 Sophomore Parker, CO Junior college transfer from Central Wyoming College Morris Marshall 25 G 6'4" 185 Junior Lake City, FL Junior college transfer from Santa Fe College Incoming Recruits no 2015 Austin Conway #40 PG Aurora, CO Overland High School 5 9 165 July 1, 2014 3 3 79 Jordan Naughton #60 C Rancho Cucamonga, CA Etiwanda High School 6 9 220 August 6, 2014 N/A N/A 69 Andrew Moemeka PF Lake City, FL Oldsmar Christian High School 6 8 200 August 4, 2014 N/A N/A N/A Justin James SG Port Saint Lucie, FL Oldsmar Christian High School 6 7 180 September 14, 2014 N/A N/A N/A 2015 Wyoming Commit List for 2015 Men's Basketball Recruiting ESPN – Wyoming Cowboys Basketball Recruiting 2015 – – 2015-04-03 yes 2016 Recruiting Class no yes 2016 Austin Mueller #72 PF Highlands Ranch, CO ThunderRidge HS 6 6 210 June 17, 2015 N/A N/A 69 2016 Wyoming Commit List for 2016 Men's Basketball Recruiting ESPN – Wyoming Cowboys Basketball Recruiting 2016 – – 2016-03-13 yes Roster 2015 Wyoming Cowboys y yes Justin James 1 G 6 5 180 FR Port Saint Lucie, FL Oldsmar Christian HS basketball y Austin Conway 2 G 5 8 175 FR Aurora, CO Overland HS yes Alexander Aka Gorski 3 G 6 5 205 SO Lund, Sweden Sunrise Christian Academy Alan Herndon 5 F 6 9 210 SO y Colorado Springs, CO Widefield HS Jeremy Lieberman 11 G 6 1 175 SO Calabasas, CA Calabasas HS Cody Kelly 12 G 5 8 180 FR Gillette, WY Campbell County HS yes W Sam Averbuck 13 G 6 3 185 FR Santa Rosa, CA Suffield Academy yes W Josh Adams 14 G 6 2 190 SR Parker, CO Chaparral HS basketball y Hayden Dalton y 20 F 6 6 185 SO Parker, CO Central Wyoming CollegeChaparral HS Jonathan Barnes 21 C 6 10 245 SO Parker, CO Ponderosa HS Jason McManamen 23 G 6 5 195 JR y Torrington, WY Torrington HS Morris Marshall 25 G 6 2 180 JR White Springs, FL Santa Fe CollegeColumbia HS Andrew Moemeka 32 F 6 5 210 FR Lake City, FL Oldsmar Christian HS yes Jordan Naughton 33 F 6 8 225 FR Rancho Cucamonga, CA Etiwanda HS Trey Washington III 55 G 5 11 185 SO y Dallas, TX Woodrow Wilson HS Larry Shyatt (Wooster) Scott Duncan (Wooster) Allen Edwards (Kentucky) Jeremy Shyatt (Clemson) http://www.gowyo.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/wyo-m-baskbl-mtt.html Statistics Source:http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/wyo/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/stats/season_stats.pdf 2015–16 Statistics GoWyo.com March 11, 2016 March 13, 2016 April 3, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160403013253/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/wyo/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/stats/season_stats.pdf dead Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Josh Adams 30 30 36.9 .441 .378 .827 5.5 4.2 1.5 0.6 24.7 Alexander Aka Gorski 31 10 18.8 .383 .370 .705 2.0 1.1 0.2 0.0 5.6 Jonathan Barnes 28 23 10.4 .462 – .474 1.7 0.2 0.1 0.2 1.9 Hayden Dalton 28 1 14.7 .438 .303 .786 3.3 1.0 0.3 0.5 3.8 Alan Herndon 31 30 28.5 .517 .304 .597 4.8 1.2 0.5 0.8 7.8 Justin James 30 3 16.4 .418 .358 .565 1.9 0.8 0.3 0.3 5.2 Jeremy Lieberman 31 22 20.9 .342 .351 .773 2.1 1.2 0.4 0.0 4.0 Morris Marshall 8 0 3.0 .286 .000 1.000 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 Jason McManamen 31 31 35.0 .459 .440 .755 3.0 1.5 0.4 0.1 14.4 Jordan Naughton 23 0 11.3 .800 – .488 1.9 0.0 0.2 0.3 3.0 Trey Washington III 26 5 18.9 .313 .231 .611 2.0 1.2 0.4 0.0 2.8 Schedule and results yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#492f24; color:#ffc425;"| Exhibition 11/07/2015 7:00 pm yes Fort Lewis Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY 69–77 OT 7,677 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#492f24; color:#ffc425;"| Non-conference regular season 11/13/2015 7:00 pm yes Bristol University Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY 101–62 5,812 1–0 11/16/2015 5:00 pm yes yes Indiana State Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN MW–MVC Challenge ESPN3 55–70 3,601 1–1 11/19/2015 7:00 pm yes New Mexico Highlands Arena–Auditorium Laramie, WY 83–67 4,462 2–1 11/22/2015 2:00 pm yes yes Montana State Rimrock Auto Arena Billings, MT Billings Showcase 82–83 4,207 2–2 11/25/2015 7:00 pm yes Cal State Bakersfield Arena–Auditorium Laramie, WY 68–64 4,387 3–2 11/28/2015 7:00 pm yes Montana State Arena–Auditorium Laramie, WY 82–68 5,022 4–2 12/02/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Denver Magness Arena Denver, CO RTRM 68–52 2,036 5–2 12/05/2015 1:00 pm yes California Arena–Auditorium Laramie, WY CBSSN 72–78 OT 6,568 5–3 12/10/2015 7:00 pm yes Southern Arena–Auditorium Laramie, WY Global Basketball Classic RTRM 58–68 4,989 5–4 12/13/2015 7:00 pm yes yes New Mexico State Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM Altitude 62–59 4,562 6–4 12/19/2015 12:00 pm yes Nebraska–Omaha Arena–Auditorium Laramie, WY Global Basketball Classic 76–75 4,408 7–4 12/21/2015 8:30 pm yes yes Marshall Cox Pavilion Paradise, NV Global Basketball Classic semifinals 82–90   7–5 12/22/2015 6:00 pm yes yes Houston Cox Pavilion Paradise, NV Global Basketball Classic 3rd Place 89–94 2OT   7–6 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#492f24; color:#ffc425;"| Mountain West regular season 12/30/2015 8:00 pm yes San Diego State Viejas Arena San Diego, CA CBSSN 55–67 12,414 7–7 0–1 01/02/2016 4:00 pm yes Nevada Lawlor Events Center Reno, NV RTRM 68–71 6,317 7–8 0–2 01/06/2016 7:00 pm Air Force Arena–Auditorium Laramie, WY 64–52 4,681 8–8 1–2 01/09/2016 4:00 pm UNLV Arena–Auditorium Laramie, WY CBSSN 59–57 5,485 9–8 2–2 01/13/2016 8:00 pm yes San Jose State Event Center Arena San Jose, CA 55–62 1,395 9–9 2–3 01/16/2016 2:00 pm yes New Mexico The Pit Albuquerque, NM CBSSN 70–68 13,196 10–9 3–3 01/20/2016 7:00 pm Nevada Arena–Auditorium Laramie, WY 69–75 4,959 10–10 3–4 01/23/2016 2:00 pm Boise State Arena–Auditorium Laramie, WY ESPN3 71–81 6,091 10–11 3–5 01/26/2016 9:00 pm yes Fresno State Save Mart Center Fresno, CA ESPN3 60–71 5,802 10–12 3–6 01/30/2016 4:00 pm Colorado State Arena–Auditorium Laramie, WY Border War RTRM 83–76 8,148 11–12 4–6 02/02/2016 7:00 pm yes Air Force Clune Arena Colorado Springs, CO RTRM 62–70 876 11–13 4–7 02/06/2016 4:00 pm Utah State Arena–Auditorium Laramie, WY RTRM 84–65 6,141 12–13 5–7 02/13/2016 2:00 pm yes Boise State Taco Bell Arena Boise, ID CBSSN 71–94 7,334 12–14 5–8 02/17/2016 7:00 pm Fresno State Arena–Auditorium Laramie, WY RTRM 75–79 4,852 12–15 5–9 02/20/2016 2:00 pm yes Colorado State Moby Arena Fort Collins, CO Border War 84–66 7,067 13–15 6–9 02/24/2016 8:00 pm San Diego State Arena–Auditorium Laramie, WY CBSSN 61–73 5,408 13–16 6–10 02/27/2016 6:00 pm yes UNLV Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV ESPN3 74–79 12,412 13–17 6–11 03/02/2016 7:00 pm San Jose State Arena–Auditorium Laramie, WY 81–78 6,617 14–17 7–11 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#492f24; color:#ffc425;"| Mountain West tournament 03/09/2016 12:00 pm yes 8 Utah State 9 Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV First round MWN 70–88 5,970 14–18 AP Poll Mountain Time http://www.wyomingathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/wyo-m-baskbl-sched.html University of Wyoming Official Athletic Site - Men's Basketball wyomingathletics.com 2015-04-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20110814052953/http://www.wyomingathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/wyo-m-baskbl-sched.html 2011-08-14 dead References Category:Wyoming Cowboys basketball seasons Wyoming Wyoming Cowboys bask Wyoming Cowboys bask