# 2013–14 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team

The 2013–14 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team 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 |
| Luke Martinez | 25 | G | 6'4" | 190 | RS Senior | Bismarck, ND | Graduated |

## Recruiting

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| 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 |
| Recruiting 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 |
| Recruiting 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. ||||||

## 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. |||||