2014–15 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 2014–15 Wyoming Cowboys Basketball Wyoming Athletics logo.svg 125 Mountain West Conference Mountain West 25–10 11–7 Larry Shyatt 5th Scott Duncan Jeremy Shyatt Allen Edwards Arena-Auditorium (Capacity: 15,028) Mountain West tournament champions NCAA tournament round of 64 The 2014–15 Wyoming Cowboys basketball teamThe university uses "Cowgirls" as its women's athletic nickname. 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.http://www.gowyo.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/101414aaa.html Nance Named MW Preseason Player of the Year - University of Wyoming Official Athletic Site 2015-03-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402163841/http://www.gowyo.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/101414aaa.html 2015-04-02 dead Regular season On January 12, 2015 Wyoming was ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll for the first time since 1988.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/12155124/kentucky-wildcats-no-longer-unanimous-no-1-poll Kentucky no longer unanimous No. 1 January 12, 2015 ESPN.com January 12, 2015 live https://web.archive.org/web/20150112204220/http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/12155124/kentucky-wildcats-no-longer-unanimous-no-1-poll January 12, 2015 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 no 2014 Jonathan Barnes #35 C Parker, CO Ponderosa High School 6 9 250 October 28, 2013 N/A N/A 75 Jeremy Lieberman #56 PG Calabasas, CA Calabasas High School 6 2 175 August 21, 2013 3 3 70 Diontae Jones #87 SF Las Vegas, NV Clark High School 6 6 185 August 8, 2013 3 3 68 Tyrell Williams PF Miami, FL Miami Norland High School 6 7 230 April 29, 2014 N/A N/A N/A Alexander Aka Gorski SG Uppsala, Sweden Sunrise Christian Academy 6 4 195 May 1, 2014 N/A N/A N/A 2014 Wyoming Commit List for 2014 Men's Basketball Recruiting ESPN – Wyoming Cowboys Basketball Recruiting 2014 wyoming 554 204 – – 2013-05-04 yes Roster 2014 Wyoming Cowboys y yes Jeremy Lieberman 0 G 6 1 175 FR Calabasas, CA Calabasas HS Charles Hankerson, Jr. 1 G 6 4 230 SR y Miami, FL Alabama Riley Grabau 2 G 6 2 165 SR Boulder, CO Boulder HS Alex Aka Gorski 3 G 6 5 210 FR Lund, Sweden Sunrise Christian Academy Trey Washington III 5 G 5 11 185 SO Dallas, TX Woodrow Wilson HS yes Derek Cooke, Jr. y 11 F 6 9 220 SR Washington, D.C. Cloud Community CC Jack Bentz 13 G 6 1 180 SR Chagrin Falls, OH University School W Josh Adams 14 G 6 2 185 JR Parker, CO Chaparral HS basketball y Jonathan Barnes 21 C 6 10 240 FR Parker, CO Ponderosa HS Larry Nance Jr. y 22 F 6 8 230 SR Akron, OH Revere HS C Jason McManamen 23 G 6 5 190 SO y Torrington, WY Torrington HS Alan Herndon 32 F 6 9 205 FR y Colorado Springs, CO Widefield HS Tyrell Williams 44 F 6 8 225 FR Miami, FL Miami Norland HS yes 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/2014-15/stats/season_stats_final.pdf 2014–15 Statistics GoWyo.com March 24, 2015 March 14, 2016 March 14, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160314114517/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/wyo/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2014-15/stats/season_stats_final.pdf dead Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPGJosh Adams 353433.6.437.324.7433.3 3.6 1.40.212.8Alexander Aka Gorski2008.3.310.267.5000.70.10.20.02.1Jonathan Barnes1404.5.500.000.6001.10.10.10.31.4Jack Bentz2218.3.111.000.6670.91.10.20.00.4Derek Cooke Jr. 35 3526.3 .720 1.000.5435.80.90.90.98.1Riley Grabau343433.9.377.367 .9392.22.10.20.19.1Charles Hankerson Jr.343428.6.386.344.4563.22.60.90.06.9Alan Herndon31215.4.474.174.5932.20.50.20.43.0Jeremy Lieberman2509.0.268.185.7000.60.80.50.01.4Jason McManamen 35416.8.407.338.4291.50.90.30.03.7Larry Nance Jr.3131 34.9.514.333.786 7.22.51.2 1.2 16.1Matt Sellers1509.4.677.000.6001.70.50.10.43.4 Schedule and results yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#492f24; color:#ffc425;"| Non-conference regular season 11/16/2014 2:00 pm yes Northern Colorado Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY Wyoming Tournament 78–70 5,876 1–0 11/18/2014 7:00 pm yes Western State Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY 61–46 4,785 2–0 11/22/2014 4:00 pm yes Colorado Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY Rivalry ESPN3 56–33 9,066 3–0 11/24/2014 7:00 pm yes Florida A&M Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY Wyoming Tournament 66–45 4,763 4–0 11/26/2014 7:00 pm yes Stetson Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY Wyoming Tournament 65–41 4,668 5–0 11/29/2014 4:30 pm yes New Mexico State Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY Wyoming Tournament RTRM 78–75 5,474 6–0 12/02/2014 7:00 pm yes Denver Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY RTRM 68–42 4,928 7–0 12/05/2014 5:00 pm yes yes SMU Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX ESPNews 53–66 6,852 7–1 12/07/2014 2:00 pm yes Regis Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY 70–35 4,598 8–1 12/10/2014 9:00 pm yes yes California Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA P12N 42–45 6,648 8–2 12/14/2014 12:00 pm yes Montana State Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY RTRM 70–61 4,567 9–2 12/20/2014 2:00 pm yes Southern Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY RTRM 57–39 4,925 10–2 12/23/2014 7:00 pm yes yes Montana State Worthington Arena Bozeman, MT 61–51 2,107 11–2 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#492f24; color:#ffc425;"| Mountain West regular season 12/31/2014 7:00 pm UNLV Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY ESPN3 76–71 6,011 12–2 (1–0) 01/03/2015 8:00 pm yes San Jose State Event Center Arena San Jose, CA 64–59 1,188 13–2 (2–0) 01/07/2015 7:00 pm yes Colorado State Moby Arena Fort Collins, CO Border War 60–54 8,018 14–2 (3–0) 01/10/2015 4:00 pm Boise State Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY CBSSN 65–54 7,024 15–2 (4–0) 01/14/2015 9:00 pm 25 San Diego State Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY ESPN2 52–60 6,178 15–3 (4–1) 01/17/2015 5:00 pm yes 25 Fresno State Save Mart Center Fresno, CA ESPN3 70–65 3OT 8,118 16–3 (5–1) 01/24/2015 2:00 pm New Mexico Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY ESPN3 63–62 OT 10,167 17–3 (6–1) 01/27/2015 7:00 pm yes Utah State Smith Spectrum Logan, UT Rivalry RTRM 44–56 9,744 17–4 (6–2) 01/31/2015 4:00 pm Nevada Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY RTRM 63–55 8,106 18–4 (7–2) 02/04/2015 7:00 pm Colorado State Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY Border War 59–48 8,672 19–4 (8–2) 02/07/2015 12:00 pm yes Air Force Clune Arena Colorado Springs, CO RTRM 50–73 4,021 19–5 (8–3) 02/11/2015 9:00 pm yes San Diego State Viejas Arena San Diego, CA CBSSN 41–67 12,414 19–6 (8–4) 02/14/2015 4:00 pm San Jose State Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY RTRM 77–60 7,870 20–6 (9–4) 02/17/2015 8:00 pm yes Nevada Lawlor Events Center Reno, NV 64–58 5,291 21–6 (10–4) 02/25/2015 7:30 pm Fresno State Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY CBSSN 59–64 5,868 21–7 (10–5) 02/28/2015 5:00 pm yes UNLV Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV CBSSN 57–69 12,659 21–8 (10–6) 03/04/2015 7:00 pm Utah State Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY Rivalry 76–53 6,327 22–8 (11–6) 03/07/2015 6:00 pm yes New Mexico The Pit Albuquerque, NM CBSSN 49–52 OT 15,411 22–9 (11–7) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#492f24; color:#ffc425;"| Mountain West tournament 03/12/2015 3:30 pm yes 4 Utah State 5 Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV Quarterfinals CBSSN 67–65 7,308 23–9 03/13/2015 7:00 pm yes 4 Boise State 25 1 Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV Semifinals CBSSN 71–66 OT 9,199 24–9 03/14/2015 4:00 pm yes 4 San Diego State 2 Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV Championship game CBS 45–43 10,002 25–9 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#492f24; color:#ffc425;"| NCAA tournament 03/20/2015 11:40 am yes yes 12 E Northern Iowa 11 5 E KeyArena Seattle, WA Round of 64 14,509 TBS 54–71 25–10 AP Poll Mountain Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region E=East http://www.wyomingathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/wyo-m-baskbl-sched.html University of Wyoming Official Athletic Site - Men's Basketball 2014-08-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20110814052953/http://www.wyomingathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/wyo-m-baskbl-sched.html 2011-08-14 dead Rankings 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. 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