The 2020–21 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team represented the University of Wyoming during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by Jeff Linder in his first 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. In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Cowboys finished the season 14–11, 7–9 in Mountain West play to finish in seventh place. They defeated San Jose State in the first round of the Mountain West tournament before losing to San Diego State in the quarterfinals.
Previous season The Cowboys finished the 2019–20 season 9–24, 2–16 in Mountain West play to finish in last place in the conference. As the 11 seed in the Mountain West tournament, they upset Colorado State and Nevada to reach the semifinals, where they lost to Utah State. They became the first ever 11 seed to win a game at the Mountain West tournament.
On March 9, 2020, head coach Allen Edwards was fired. He finished at Wyoming with a four-year record of 60–76. On March 17, the school announced that Northern Colorado head coach Jeff Linder had been named head coach.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Jake Hendricks 0 G 6'5" 170 Senior Smithfield, UT Graduated A.J. Banks 2 G 6'2" 163 Senior Las Vegas, NV Graduated TJ Taylor 11 G/F 6'6" 197 Sophomore Chesapeake, VA Transferred to James Madison Greg Milton III 12 G 6'3" 185 Sophomore Elk Grove, CA Transferred to Cal State San Marcos Brandon Porter 13 F 6'8" 193 Sophomore Virginia Beach, VA Transferred to Humboldt State Austin Mueller 14 F 6'6" 210 Sophomore Highlands Ranch, CO Injuries Tyler Morman 15 F 6'9" 220 Junior Mableton, GA Transferred to Southern Miss Javier Turner 31 F 6'11" 230 Freshman Omaha, NE Transferred to Wabash Valley College
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Drake Jeffries 0 G 6'5" 185 Junior Mattoon, IL Indian Hills Community College Drew LaMont 2 F 6'8" 225 Junior Plantation, FL Indian River State College Eoin Nelson 11 F 6'10" 225 Sophommore Dublin, IRE Otero Junior College
Recruiting classes
2020 recruiting class
2021 recruiting class
Roster
Statistics Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Terrin Dickey 1 0 .4 — — — .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 Xavier DuSell 25 11 23.7 .497 .456 .700 1.9 .9 .4 .0 9.7 Kenny Foster 17 12 24.5 .464 .419 .722 3.6 .9 .4 .4 9.1 John Grigsby 3 0 1.0 .000 .000 — .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 Graham Ike 12 7 21.3 .602 .000 .683 5.4 .8 .5 .3 11.2 Drake Jeffries 25 4 22.6 .381 .366 .882 2.7 .8 .5 .3 7.4 Drew LaMont 5 0 10.4 .500 .500 1.000 1.2 .8 .0 .0 3.4 Hunter Maldonado 25 25 35.8 .419 .200 .694 6.8 4.6 1.2 .4 12.5 Kwane Marble II 23 13 23.0 .456 .308 .734 4.1 1.2 1.0 .0 9.5 Eoin Nelson 8 0 9.9 .579 — .500 3.1 .0 .3 .0 3.1 Jeremiah Oden 23 11 13.7 .393 .241 .857 2.7 .4 .3 .3 4.0 Hunter Thompson 24 18 23.4 .426 .358 .750 3.8 .9 .6 .5 7.0 Marcus Williams 25 24 31.1 .452 .330 .705 2.5 4.3 1.4 .2 14.8
Schedule and results The beginning of the season was delayed until November 25 as a result of the ongoing COVID–19 pandemic. The Mountain West conference announced changes to the conference schedule that included a 20-game conference slate, and the school announced the non-conference portion of their schedule November 10. |- !colspan=9 style=|Non-Conference
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!colspan=9 style=| Mountain West tournament
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