Wyoming Cowboys basketball
Men's basketball team of the University of Wyoming / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the University of Wyoming women's basketball team, see Wyoming Cowgirls basketball.
The University of Wyoming men's basketball program, which competes in the Mountain West Conference, with the schools first recorded game dating back to 1905. Wyoming won the 1943 NCAA championship under Hall of Fame coach Everett Shelton and behind star guard Ken Sailors, who pioneered the jump shot that is now the standard in basketball. Wyoming has made a total of 16 appearances in the NCAA tournament. Since the Mountain West was formed in 1999, Wyoming has won two conference titles, including an outright championship in 2002. Prior to that, Wyoming won five championships in the Western Athletic Conference, eight championships in the Skyline Conference, and one championship in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
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University | University of Wyoming | |||
Head coach | Sundance Wicks (1st season) | |||
Conference | Mountain West | |||
Location | Laramie, Wyoming | |||
Arena | Arena-Auditorium (capacity: 11,612) | |||
Nickname | Official: Cowboys Unofficial: Pokes | |||
Colors | Brown and gold[1] | |||
Uniforms | ||||
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Pre-tournament Helms champions | ||||
1934 | ||||
NCAA tournament champions | ||||
1943 | ||||
NCAA tournament Final Four | ||||
1943 | ||||
NCAA tournament Elite Eight | ||||
1941, 1943, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952 | ||||
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen | ||||
1952, 1953, 1967, 1987 | ||||
NCAA tournament round of 32 | ||||
1981, 1982, 1987, 2002 | ||||
NCAA tournament appearances | ||||
1941, 1943, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1958, 1967, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1988, 2002, 2015, 2022 | ||||
Conference tournament champions | ||||
1987, 1988, 2015 | ||||
Conference regular season champions | ||||
1928, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1958, 1967, 1969, 1981, 1982, 1986, 2001, 2002 |
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