2014–15 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team


The 2014–15 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team represented the University of Wyoming during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Larry Shyatt in his fifth 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 25–10, 11–7 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They defeated Utah State, Boise State and San Diego State to become champions of the Mountain West Tournament. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Northern Iowa.

Previous season

The 2013–14 Wyoming Cowboys finished the season with an overall record of 18–15, 9–9 in the Mountain West to finish in a tie for fifth place. In the Mountain West Conference Tournament, the Cowboys were defeated by UNLV in the quarterfinals. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to Texas A&M.

Preseason

The Cowboys were picked to finish sixth in the Mountain West Conference preseason media poll. Larry Nance, Jr. was named the preseason player of the year, as well as being named to the preseason all-Mountain West team.

Regular season

On January 12, 2015 Wyoming was ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll for the first time since 1988.

Players

Departures

Recruiting

Roster

Statistics

Source:
PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3FG%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Josh Adams353433.6.437.324.7433.33.61.40.212.8
Alexander Aka Gorski2008.3.310.267.5000.70.10.20.02.1
Jonathan Barnes1404.5.500.000.6001.10.10.10.31.4
Jack Bentz2218.3.111.000.6670.91.10.20.00.4
Derek Cooke Jr.353526.3.7201.000.5435.80.90.90.98.1
Riley Grabau343433.9.377.367.9392.22.10.20.19.1
Charles Hankerson Jr.343428.6.386.344.4563.22.60.90.06.9
Alan Herndon31215.4.474.174.5932.20.50.20.43.0
Jeremy Lieberman2509.0.268.185.7000.60.80.50.01.4
Jason McManamen35416.8.407.338.4291.50.90.30.03.7
Larry Nance Jr.313134.9.514.333.7867.22.51.21.216.1
Matt Sellers1509.4.677.000.6001.70.50.10.43.4

Schedule and results

!colspan=9 style="background:#492f24; color:#ffc425;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#492f24; color:#ffc425;"| Mountain West regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#492f24; color:#ffc425;"| Mountain West Tournament
!colspan=9 style="background:#492f24; color:#ffc425;"| NCAA Tournament

Rankings

PollPreWk 2Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5Wk 6Wk 7Wk 8Wk 9Wk 10Wk 11Wk 12Wk 13Wk 14Wk 15Wk 16Wk 17Wk 18Wk 19Final
APNRNRRVRVNRNRNRNRRV25RVRVNRNRNRNRNRNRRVN/A
CoachesNRNRRVRVNRNRNRNRRVRVRVRVRVRVNRNRNRNRRVNR