2013–14 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team

2013–14 Wyoming Cowboys basketball
CBI First round vs. Texas A&M, L 43–59
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Record	18–15 (9–9 Mountain West)
Head coach	Larry Shyatt
Assistant coaches	Scott Duncan Jeremy Shyatt Allen Edwards
Home arena	Arena-Auditorium (Capacity: 15,028)

2013–14 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 13 San Diego State	16	–	2		.889			31	–	5		.861
No. 17 New Mexico †	15	–	3		.833			27	–	7		.794
UNLV	10	–	8		.556			20	–	13		.606
Nevada	10	–	8		.556			15	–	17		.469
Boise State	9	–	9		.500			21	–	13		.618
Wyoming	9	–	9		.500			18	–	15		.545
Fresno State	9	–	9		.500			21	–	18		.538
Utah State	7	–	11		.389			18	–	14		.563
Colorado State	7	–	11		.389			16	–	16		.500
Air Force	6	–	12		.333			12	–	18		.400
San Jose State	1	–	17		.056			7	–	24		.226
† 2014 MWC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2013–14 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team[1] represented the University of Wyoming during the 2013–2014 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Larry Shyatt in his third 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 18–15, 9–9 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Conference tournament to UNLV. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to Texas A&M.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Leonard Washington	0	F	6'7"	230	RS Senior	Baton Rouge, LA	Graduated
Derrious Gilmore	1	G	5'10"	170	Senior	Baltimore, MD	Graduated
Shakir Smith	5	G	6'1"	160	Sophomore	Tucson, AZ	Suspended[2]
Luke Martinez	25	G	6'4"	190	RS Senior	Bismarck, ND	Graduated

Recruiting

College recruiting information

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Alan Herndon #89 PF	Colorado Springs, CO	Widefield High School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jul 5, 2012
	Star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 67
Keonta Vernon #110 PF	Tulare, CA	Tulare Union High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Oct 26, 2012
	Star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 65
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: "Wyoming Commit List for 2013". Rivals.com. Retrieved May 14, 2013. "Men's Basketball Recruiting". Scout.com. Retrieved May 14, 2013. "ESPN – Wyoming Cowboys Basketball Recruiting 2013". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 14, 2013. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved May 14, 2013. "2013 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved May 14, 2013.

Roster

2013–14 Wyoming Cowboys men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Charles Hankerson, Jr. 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Jr Alabama Miami, FL G 2 Riley Grabau 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Boulder HS Boulder, CO G 3 Aaron Tyser 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Sheridan College Buffalo, WY G 5 Trey Washington (W) 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Woodrow Wilson HS Dallas, TX F 11 Derek Cooke, Jr. 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Cloud Community CC Washington, D.C. G 13 Jack Benz 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr University School Chagrin Falls, OH G 14 Josh Adams 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Chaparral HS Parker, CO G 15 Jerron Granberry 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 225 lb (102 kg) RS Sr North Florida Miami, FL G 20 Nathan Sobey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Cochise College Warrnambool, AUS F 22 Larry Nance Jr. 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jr Revere HS Akron, OH G 23 Jason McManamen 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Torrington HS Torrington, WY F 24 Keonta Vernon 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Fr Tulare Union HS Tulare, CA F 32 Alan Herndon 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Widefield HS Colorado Springs, CO G 33 Zane Stull (W) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Millard North HS Omaha, NE F 43 Matt Sellers 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Jr Western Wyoming CC Champlin, MN	Head coach Larry Shyatt (Wooster) Assistant coach(es) Scott Duncan (Wooster) Allen Edwards (Kentucky) Jeremy Shyatt (Clemson) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Josh Adams	32	32	32.4	.483	.313	.734	3.1	2.9	0.8	0.3	12.7
Jack Bentz	18	0	5.8	.429	.000	.500	0.6	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.4
Derek Cooke Jr.	33	32	22.6	.629	.000	.449	5.8	1.0	0.7	0.9	6.1
Riley Grabau	33	33	35.3	.421	.420	.892	2.5	2.2	0.4	0.0	10.1
Jerron Granberry	33	7	25.2	.435	.387	.849	2.1	1.2	0.7	0.5	6.1
Austin Haldorson	15	0	4.9	.200	.250	.000	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.5
Charles Hankerson Jr.	27	1	17.2	.429	.400	.650	1.3	1.3	0.3	0.0	5.1
Larry Nance Jr.	26	26	34.7	.544	.243	.758	8.6	1.6	1.4	2.1	15.4
Matt Sellers	12	1	6.9	.286	.000	.750	0.9	0.1	0.1	0.2	1.2
Nathan Sobey	33	33	30.2	.427	.259	.691	3.4	1.9	0.5	0.2	9.8
Zane Stull	4	0	1.3	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Aaron Tyser	10	0	1.3	.714	.750	.000	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.0	1.3
Trey Washington III	29	0	9.7	.391	.333	.593	0.9	0.7	0.1	0.0	3.0

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Oct 31* 7:00 pm	UC Colorado Springs	W 85–81	–	Arena-Auditorium (4,561) Laramie, WY
Regular season
Nov 8* 7:00 pm	Tennessee–Martin Global Sports Main Event	W 78–60	1–0	Arena-Auditorium (5,082) Laramie, WY
Nov 13* 7:00 pm, P12N	at Colorado Global Sports Main Event	L 58–63	1–1	Coors Events Center (9,429) Boulder, CO
Nov 16* 1:00 pm	Arkansas State Global Sports Main Event	W 85–64	2–1	Arena-Auditorium (4,934) Laramie, WY
Nov 18* 7:30 pm	Jackson State Global Sports Main Event	W 73–65	3–1	Arena-Auditorium (4,099) Laramie, WY
Nov 22* 8:00 pm, RTRM	South Dakota	W 70–53	4–1	Arena-Auditorium (5,086) Laramie, WY
Nov 25* 5:00 pm, BTN	at No. 7 Ohio State	L 50–65	4–2	Value City Arena (15,438) Columbus, OH
Nov 30* 7:30 pm	Montana State	W 79–54	5–2	Arena-Auditorium (4,631) Laramie, WY
Dec 2* 7:00 pm, RTRM	Black Hills State	W 79–65	6–2	Arena-Auditorium (4,536) Laramie, WY
Dec 7* 7:15 pm, MSN	vs. South Dakota	W 67–66 ^OT	7–2	Rushmore Plaza Civic Center (3,356) Rapid City, SD
Dec 15* 2:00 pm, RTRM	at Denver	L 61–64	7–3	Magness Arena (4,940) Denver, CO
Dec 20* 7:00 pm, RTRM	SMU	L 54–62	7–4	Arena-Auditorium (4,486) Laramie, WY
Dec 22* 4:00 pm	Northern Colorado	W 72–59	8–4	Arena-Auditorium (4,513) Laramie, WY
Jan 1* 2:00 pm	Western State	W 69–52	9–4	Arena-Auditorium (4,262) Laramie, WY
Mountain West regular season
Jan 4 4:05 pm, RTRM	at Nevada	L 58–61	9–5 (0–1)	Lawlor Events Center (5,740) Reno, NV
Jan 8 7:00 pm, ESPN3	New Mexico	L 69–72	9–6 (0–2)	Arena-Auditorium (4,711) Laramie, WY
Jan 11 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at Boise State	W 52–50	10–6 (1–2)	Taco Bell Arena (7,445) Boise, ID
Jan 18 2:00 pm	San Jose State	W 67–56	11–6 (2–2)	Arena-Auditorium (5,673) Laramie, WY
Jan 22 7:05 pm, RTRM	at Air Force	W 66–59	12–6 (3–2)	Clune Arena (1,881) Colorado Springs, CO
Jan 25 2:00 pm	Nevada	W 64–62 ^OT	13–6 (4–2)	Arena-Auditorium (6,944) Laramie, WY
Jan 29 8:00 pm	at Fresno State	L 62–67	13–7 (4–3)	Save Mart Center (5,946) Fresno, CA
Feb 1 4:05 pm, RTRM	Utah State	W 74–57	14–7 (5–3)	Arena-Auditorium (5,981) Laramie, WY
Feb 5 9:05 pm, ESPNU	at New Mexico	L 61–66 ^OT	14–8 (5–4)	The Pit (15,077) Albuquerque, NM
Feb 8 8:00 pm, ESPN3	at UNLV	L 46–48	14–9 (5–5)	Thomas & Mack Center (13,863) Paradise, NV
Feb 11 9:05 pm, ESPNU	No. 5 San Diego State	W 68–62	15–9 (6–5)	Arena-Auditorium (5,801) Laramie, WY
Feb 15 3:00 pm	at San Jose State	W 46–38	16–9 (7–5)	Event Center Arena (1,153) San Jose, CA
Feb 18 7:05 pm, RTRM	Fresno State	W 72–66	17–9 (8–5)	Arena-Auditorium (5,386) Laramie, WY
Feb 22 7:05 pm, RTRM	at Colorado State	L 67–82	17–10 (8–6)	Moby Arena (6,590) Fort Collins, CO
Feb 26 7:05 pm, RTRM	Air Force	L 53–55	17–11 (8–7)	Arena-Auditorium (4,468) Laramie, WY
Mar 1 4:05 pm, CBSSN	Boise State	L 63–72	17–12 (8–8)	Arena-Auditorium (5,389) Laramie, WY
Mar 5 8:05 pm, RTRM	at Utah State	L 54–65	17–13 (8–9)	Smith Spectrum (9,909) Logan, UT
Mar 8 2:05 pm, RTRM	Colorado State	W 83–75	18–13 (9–9)	Arena-Auditorium (6,734) Laramie, WY
Mountain West tournament
Mar 13 3:30 pm, CBSSN	at UNLV Quarterfinals	L 67–71	18–14	Thomas & Mack Center (9,854) Paradise, NV
CBI
Mar 19* 6:00 pm, FCS Pacific	at Texas A&M First round	L 43–59	18–15	Reed Arena (2,346) College Station, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

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See also

• 2013–14 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team

References

1. The university uses "Cowgirls" as its women's athletic nickname.
2. "Wyoming basketball star sentenced". Star Tribune. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
3. "University of Wyoming Official Athletic Site - Men's Basketball". Archived from the original on August 14, 2011. Retrieved May 15, 2013.