2011–12 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team

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.

2011–12 Wyoming Cowboys basketball
CBI, Quarterfinals
ConferenceMountain West Conference
2011–12 record21–12 (6–8 Mountain West)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaArena-Auditorium (Capacity: 15,028)
2011–12 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 21 New Mexico104 .714  287  .800
No. 22 San Diego State104 .714  268  .765
No. 23 UNLV95 .643  269  .743
Colorado State86 .571  2012  .625
TCU77 .500  1815  .545
Wyoming68 .429  2112  .636
Air Force311 .214  1316  .448
Boise State311 .214  1317  .433
2012 MWC Tournament winner
As of March 8, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2011–12 Wyoming Cowboys men's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightWeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 1 JayDee Luster 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)160 lb (73 kg) SrNew Mexico State San Diego, CA
G 2 Arthur Bouëdo 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)185 lb (84 kg) SrStoneridge Prep Aix–en–Provence, France
G 3 Shakir Smith 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)165 lb (75 kg) FrTucson HS Tucson, AZ
F 5 Leonard Washington 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)235 lb (107 kg) RS JrUSC Lake Charles, LA
G 10 Derrious Gilmore 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)165 lb (75 kg) JrJones County JC Baltimore, MD
G/F 11 Afam Muojeke 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)210 lb (95 kg) SrGenesis One Prep. Jamaica, NY
G 12 Riley Grabau 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)170 lb (77 kg) FrBoulder HS Boulder, CO
G 13 Jack Bentz 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)170 lb (77 kg) FrUniversity School, Ohio Chagrin Falls, OH
C 15 Adam Waddell 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)235 lb (107 kg) SrCody HS Cody, WY
G/F 22 Larry Nance, Jr. 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)205 lb (93 kg) FrRevere High School Richfield, OH
F 24 Tyrone Marshall 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)220 lb (100 kg) FrGeorge Washington High School Denver, CO
G 25 Luke Martinez 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)185 lb (84 kg) RS JrWilliston State College Bismarck, ND
F 30 Rob Watsabaugh 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)210 lb (95 kg) RS SrWest Hills College Jackson, WY
G 33 Francisco Cruz 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)217 lb (98 kg) SrWestern Nebraska CC Nogales, Mexico
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

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
Rank# 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.
No. 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.
No. 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 No. 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 No. 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. No. 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

  1. The university uses "Cowgirls" as its women's athletic nickname.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2011-09-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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