The 2022–23 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team represented the University of Wyoming during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cowboys were led by third-year head coach Jeff Linder and played their home games for the 41st season at Arena-Auditorium in Laramie, Wyoming. They participated as members of the Mountain West Conference for the 24th season.

Previous season The Cowboys finished the 2021–22 season 25–9, 13–5 in Mountain West play to finish in fourth place. In the Mountain West tournament, the Cowboys defeated UNLV in the quarterfinals before losing to Boise State. The Cowboys received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2015 as a No. 12 seed. They were defeated by Indiana in the First Four.

The team also spent time ranked in the AP Poll for the first time since 2015. They were ranked #22 for the week of February 14.

Offseason

Departures NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownReason for departureDrake Jeffries0G6'5"186RS SeniorMattoon, ILDeclared for 2022 NBA draftDeng Dut2G6'4"192JuniorMelbourne, AustraliaElected to transfer to Southern UtahEoin Nelson11F6'10"229JuniorDublin, IrelandElected to transfer to North AlabamaBen Bowen40G6'5"170FreshmanHighlands Ranch, COElected to transfer to DenverJohn Grigsby55F6'9"211SophomoreLouisville, COElected to transfer to Concordia

Incoming transfers NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownPrevious SchoolJake Kyman13G6'7"213JuniorAliso Viejo, CATransferred from UCLA. Kyman will be eligible to play immediately under the one-time transfer rule.Ethan Anderson20F6'1''208JuniorLos Angeles, CATransferred from USC. Anderson will be eligible to play immediately under the one-time transfer rule.Max Agbonkpolo23G/F6'9''196JuniorLaguna Niguel, CATransferred from USC. Agbonkpolo will be eligible to play immediately under the one-time transfer rule.

2022 recruiting class

Roster

Statistics Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Max Agbonkpolo 16 6 16.0 .376 .300 .688 2.8 0.8 0.6 0.4 5.4 Ethan Anderson 21 17 24.9 .540 .313 .466 4.3 2.9 0.3 0.2 7.9 Nate Barnhart 20 3 11.2 .568 .357 .714 1.9 0.3 0.3 0.5 2.6 Xavier DuSell 31 20 26.0 .398 .422 .700 2.6 0.5 0.7 0.1 8.0 Kenny Foster 17 3 18.0 .547 .300 .739 2.4 0.4 0.2 0.1 4.8 Jake Kyman 18 1 12.6 .367 .268 1.000 1.6 0.6 0.4 0.1 4.5 Hunter Maldonado 29 29 34.6 .481 .338 .753 4.8 4.0 1.4 0.3 15.6 Jeremiah Oden 30 19 24.6 .443 .344 .697 3.6 0.8 0.6 0.5 9.6 Caden Powell 28 0 8.5 .462 .000 .586 2.0 0.2 0.2 0.3 1.9 Noah Reynolds 19 10 24.9 .481 .329 .662 2.2 2.1 0.4 0.2 14.5 Cort Roberson 4 0 1.5 .000 .000 .750 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.8 Hunter Thompson 26 26 28.2 .342 .303 .853 5.5 1.0 0.5 0.5 6.6 Brendan Wenzel 24 21 28.8 .370 .406 .884 3.8 0.9 0.5 0.3 7.9

Preseason

Greek Tour The team went on a 10-day foreign tour of Greece from July 24 to August 4. NCAA rules allow programs to take international tours once every 4 years; this was the programs' first since 2016-17.

The Cowboys participated in 3 exhibition games, winning all 3. While in Athens, the team faced Panerythraikos B.C. on July 27 and Panathinaikos Select on July 28. They then traveled to Patras and faced off against Promitheas Patras B.C. on July 30.

In addition, the team participated in a variety of sightseeing and team-building exercises.

Schedule and results

!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=12 style=| Mountain West regular season

!colspan=12 style=| Mountain West tournament

Source

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