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.
Regular season On January 12, 2015 Wyoming was ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll for the first time since 1988.
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
Roster
Statistics Source: 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
!colspan=9 style="background:#492f24; color:#ffc425;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#492f24; color:#ffc425;"| Mountain West regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#492f24; color:#ffc425;"| Mountain West tournament
!colspan=9 style="background:#492f24; color:#ffc425;"| NCAA tournament
Rankings
+ Ranking movementLegend: ██ 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 NR RV RV NR NR NR NR RV 25 RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR RV N/A Coaches NR NR RV RV NR NR NR NR RV RV RV RV RV RV NR NR NR NR RV NR *AP does not release post-tournament rankings
See also 2014–15 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team
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