2020–21 Wyoming Cowboys basketball
ConferenceMountain West Conference
Record14–11 (7–9 MW)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaArena-Auditorium
2020–21 Mountain West Conference
men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 16 San Diego State†14–3 .82423–5  .821
Utah State15–4 .78920–9  .690
Colorado State14–4 .77820–8  .714
Boise State14–6 .70019–9  .679
Nevada10–7 .58816–10  .615
Fresno State9–11 .45012–12  .500
UNLV8–10 .44412–15  .444
Wyoming7–9 .43814–11  .560
San Jose State3–13 .1885–16  .238
Air Force3–17 .1505–20  .200
New Mexico2–15 .1186–16  .273
† Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

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.[1] 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.[2]

Offseason

Departures

NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownReason for departure
Jake Hendricks0G6'5"170SeniorSmithfield, UTGraduated
A.J. Banks2G6'2"163SeniorLas Vegas, NVGraduated
TJ Taylor11G/F6'6"197SophomoreChesapeake, VATransferred to James Madison[3]
Greg Milton III12G6'3"185SophomoreElk Grove, CATransferred to Cal State San Marcos[3]
Brandon Porter13F6'8"193SophomoreVirginia Beach, VATransferred to Humboldt State[3]
Austin Mueller14F6'6"210SophomoreHighlands Ranch, COInjuries[4]
Tyler Morman15F6'9"220JuniorMableton, GATransferred to Southern Miss[3]
Javier Turner31F6'11"230FreshmanOmaha, NETransferred to Wabash Valley College[3]

Incoming transfers

NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownPrevious School
Drake Jeffries0G6'5"185JuniorMattoon, ILIndian Hills Community College[3]
Drew LaMont2F6'8"225JuniorPlantation, FLIndian River State College[3]
Eoin Nelson11F6'10"225SophommoreDublin, IREOtero Junior College[3]

Recruiting classes

2020 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Xavier Dusell
G		 Scottsdale, AZ Arizona Compass Prep 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Mar 24, 2020 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN: N/A
Marcus Williams
SG		 Dickinson, TX Dickinson HS 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Apr 9, 2020 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN: N/A
Graham Ike
F		 Aurora, CO Overland HS 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Apr 15, 2020 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN: N/A
Jeremiah Oden
F		 Chicago, IL Sunrise Christian Academy 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 180 lb (82 kg) May 2, 2020 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: –   Rivals: 53
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "ESPN – Wyoming Cowboys Basketball Recruiting 2020". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  • "2020 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved October 16, 2020.

2021 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for 2021 recruits
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Ben Bowen
G		 Highlands Ranch, CO Mountain Vista HS 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Nov 11, 2020 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN: N/A
Nate Barnhart
F		 Lenexa, KS De Soto HS 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Nov 11, 2020 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: –   Rivals: —
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

Roster

2020–21 Wyoming Cowboys men's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightWeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 0 Drake Jeffries 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)185 lb (84 kg) RS JrIndian Hills CC
Mattoon HS		 Mattoon, IL
G 1 Marcus Williams 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)180 lb (82 kg) FrDickinson HS Dickinson, TX
F 2 Drew LaMont 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)225 lb (102 kg) JrIndian River State College
American Heritage HS		 Plantation, FL
G 3 Kwane Marble II 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)195 lb (88 kg) SoDenver East HS Denver, CO
F 10 Hunter Thompson 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)235 lb (107 kg) RS JrPine Bluffs HS Pine Bluffs, WY
F 11 Eoin Nelson 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)225 lb (102 kg) SoOtero Junior College
UCD Marian		 Dublin, IRE
G 22 Kenny Foster 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)190 lb (86 kg) SoSmoky Hill HS Aurora, CO
G 24 Hunter Maldonado 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)200 lb (91 kg) RS JrVista Ridge HS Colorado Springs, CO
F 25 Jeremiah Oden 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)180 lb (82 kg) FrSunrise Christian Academy Chicago, IL
F 33 Graham Ike 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)245 lb (111 kg) FrOverland HS Aurora, CO
G 53 Xavier DuSell 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)190 lb (86 kg) FrArizona Compass Prep Scottsdale, AZ
F 55 John Grigsby 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)215 lb (98 kg) FrPark Center HS Louisville, CO
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: October 16, 2020

Statistics

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Terrin Dickey 10.4———.0.0.0.0.0
Xavier DuSell 251123.7.497.456.7001.9.9.4.09.7
Kenny Foster 171224.5.464.419.7223.6.9.4.49.1
John Grigsby 301.0.000.000—.0.0.0.0.0
Graham Ike 12721.3.602.000.6835.4.8.5.311.2
Drake Jeffries 25422.6.381.366.8822.7.8.5.37.4
Drew LaMont 5010.4.500.5001.0001.2.8.0.03.4
Hunter Maldonado 252535.8.419.200.6946.84.61.2.412.5
Kwane Marble II 231323.0.456.308.7344.11.21.0.09.5
Eoin Nelson 809.9.579—.5003.1.0.3.03.1
Jeremiah Oden 231113.7.393.241.8572.7.4.3.34.0
Hunter Thompson 241823.4.426.358.7503.8.9.6.57.0
Marcus Williams 252431.1.452.330.7052.54.31.4.214.8

Schedule and results

The beginning of the season was delayed until November 25 as a result of the ongoing COVID–19 pandemic.[5] The Mountain West conference announced changes to the conference schedule that included a 20-game conference slate,[6] and the school announced the non-conference portion of their schedule November 10.[7]

Date
time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-Conference
November 28, 2020*
2:00 pm		 Mississippi Valley State W 97–61  1–0
 Arena-Auditorium (1,126)
Laramie, WY
November 30*
7:00 pm		 Texas Southern L 74–76  1–1
 Arena-Auditorium (1,066)
Laramie, WY
December 2*
7:00 pm		 Incarnate Word W 94–83 OT 2–1
 Arena-Auditorium (1,066)
Laramie, WY
December 6*
2:00 pm, P12N		 at Oregon State W 76–73  3–1
 Gill Coliseum 
Corvallis, OR
December 9*
7:00 pm		 Denver W 83–61  4–1
 Arena-Auditorium (736)
Laramie, WY
December 12*
2:00 pm		 at Utah Valley W 93–88  5–1
 UCCU Center 
Orem, UT
December 17*
7:00 pm		 Omaha W 82–78  6–1
 Arena-Auditorium 
Laramie, WY
Mountain West Conference
January 2, 2021
5:00 pm		 at Fresno State W 78–74  7–1
(1–0)		 Save Mart Center 
Fresno, CA
January 4
7:00 pm		 at Fresno State L 61–81  7–2
(1–1)		 Save Mart Center 
Fresno, CA
January 11
7:00 pm, CBSSN		 Boise State L 60–83  7–3
(1–2)		 Arena-Auditorium 
Laramie, WY
January 13
7:00 pm, CBSSN		 Boise State L 70–90  7–4
(1–3)		 Arena-Auditorium 
Laramie, WY
January 16
2:00 pm		 at Air Force L 69–72  7–5
(1–4)		 Clune Arena 
Colorado Springs, CO
January 18
7:00 pm		 at Air Force W 77–58  8–5
(2–4)		 Clune Arena 
Colorado Springs, CO
January 22
6:00 pm, Stadium		 Nevada W 71–64  9–5
(3–4)		 Arena-Auditorium 
Laramie, WY
January 24
2:00 pm, CBSSN		 Nevada W 93–88  10–5
(4–4)		 Arena-Auditorium 
Laramie, WY
January 28
7:00 pm, FS1		 at San Diego State L 57–87  10–6
(4–5)		 Viejas Arena 
San Diego, CA
January 30
8:00 pm, CBSSN		 at San Diego State L 71–98  10–7
(4–6)		 Viejas Arena 
San Diego, CA
February 4
7:00 pm		 Colorado State
Border War		 L 72–74  10–8
(4–7)		 Arena-Auditorium (1,807)
Laramie, WY
February 6
4:00 pm, CBSSN		 Colorado State
Border War		 L 59–68  10–9
(4–8)		 Arena-Auditorium (2,000)
Laramie, WY
February 17
6:00 pm		 vs. New Mexico W 83–74 OT 11–9
(5–8)		 Clune Arena 
Colorado Springs, CO
February 19
7:00 pm, CBSSN		 vs. New Mexico W 79–67  12–9
(6–8)		 Clune Arena 
Colorado Springs, CO
February 25
7:00 pm		 San Jose State Cancelled Arena-Auditorium 
Laramie, WY
February 27
2:00 pm		 San Jose State Cancelled Arena-Auditorium 
Laramie, WY
March 4
7:30 pm, FS1		 at Utah State L 59–72  12–10
(6–9)		 Smith Spectrum (1,627)
Logan, UT
March 6
9:00 pm, CBSSN		 UNLV W 80–69  13–10
(7–9)		 Arena-Auditorium (1,182)
Laramie, WY
Mountain West tournament
March 10
12:00 pm, Stadium		 (8) vs. (9) San Jose State
First round		 W 111–80  14–10
 Thomas & Mack Center 
Paradise, NV
March 11
1:00 pm, CBSSN		 (8) vs. (1) No. 19 San Diego State
Quarterfinals		 L 66–69  14–11
 Thomas & Mack Center 
Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time.

Source[8]

References

  1. ↑ Potter, Davis (March 9, 2020). "Wyoming fires men's basketball coach Allen Edwards". Casper Star Tribune. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Wyoming hires Northern Colorado's Linder as head coach". USA TODAY. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Potter, Davis (May 2, 2020). "Keeping track of Wyoming basketball's scholarship numbers". Casper Star Tribune. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  4. ↑ Potter, Davis (September 21, 2020). "Veteran forward not returning to Wyoming's basketball team". Casper Star Tribune. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  5. ↑ Potter, Davis (September 16, 2020). "College hoops' new start date pushes back Wyoming's seasons to Thanksgiving week". Casper Star Tribune. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
  6. ↑ "MOUNTAIN WEST ANNOUNCES CHANGES TO 2020-21 BASKETBALL FORMATS" (Press release). Colorado Springs, Colorado: Mountain West Conference. November 9, 2020. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  7. ↑ Seeman, Nick (November 10, 2020). "Cowboy Basketball Announces Non-Conference Slate". GoWyo.com. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  8. ↑ "University of Wyoming Official Athletic Site - Men's Basketball". gowyo.com.
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