The 2017–18 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team represented the University of Wyoming during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by Allen Edwards in his second year as head coach at Wyoming. The Cowboys played their home games at the Arena-Auditorium in Laramie, Wyoming as members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 20–13, 10–8 in Mountain West play to finish in sixth place. They defeated San Jose State in the first round of the Mountain West tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to New Mexico. Despite having 20 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.
Previous season The Cowboys finished the 2016–17 season 23–15, 8–10 in Mountain West play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the first round of the Mountain West tournament to Air Force. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) where they defeated Eastern Washington, UMKC, and Utah Valley to advance to the best-of-three championship series against Coastal Carolina. They defeated Coastal Carolina two-games-to-one to win the CBI championship. The Cowboys were the second consecutive Mountain West team to win the CBI after Nevada did so in 2016.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Jeremy Lieberman 11 G 6'1" 175 Junior Calabasas, CA Graduate transferred to California Baptist Jonathan Barnes 21 C 6'10" 245 Junior Parker, CO Graduate transferred to UC–Colorado Springs Jason McManamen 23 G 6'5" 195 RS Senior Torrington, WY Graduated Morris Marshall 25 G 6'4" 180 Senior White Springs, FL Graduated
2017 recruiting class
Preseason In a vote by conference media at the Mountain West media day, the Cowboys were picked to finish in seventh place in the Mountain West.
Roster
Statistics
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG BPG SPG PPG Louis Adams 31 3 19.2 .479 .426 .705 2.6 1.5 0.3 0.6 9.7 Alexander Aka Gorski 31 11 22.5 .344 .288 .744 1.9 1.0 0.0 0.4 6.8 Sam Averbuck 10 0 3.1 .000 .000 .000 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 Hayden Dalton 33 33 33.3 .458 .403 .838 7.8 2.6 0.5 0.9 17.7 Alan Herndon 33 32 31.9 .512 .336 .609 5.7 2.0 2.2 0.8 11.8 Justin James 32 32 31.2 .472 .308 .726 6.0 3.1 0.5 1.1 18.9 Brodricks Jones 15 0 4.6 .167 .125 1.000 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.7 Cody Kelley 33 23 23.2 .390 .351 .641 2.4 2.9 0.0 0.9 5.2 Hunter Maldonado 29 19 21.2 .388 .304 .735 2.2 1.4 0.2 1.0 5.3 Andrew Moemeka 29 3 10.7 .541 .000 .684 2.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 1.8 Austin Mueller 13 0 6.5 .556 .500 1.000 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 1.1 Jordan Naughton 9 0 6.9 .571 .000 .667 1.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 2.0 Nyaires Redding 32 9 13.9 .359 .394 .877 1.0 1.3 0.0 0.5 3.7
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Mountain West regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Mountain West tournament
Source
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