# 2011–12 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team

The 2011–12 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team represented the University of Wyoming during the 2011–2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Larry Shyatt in his first year. They played their home games at the Arena-Auditorium in Laramie, Wyoming. The Cowboys are a member of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 21–12, 6–8 in Mountain West play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Basketball tournament to UNLV. They were invited to the 2012 College Basketball Invitational where they defeated North Dakota State in the first round before falling to Washington State in the quarterfinals.

## Statistics

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Jack Bentz | 10 | 0 | 1.8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Arthur Bouëdo | 33 | 2 | 11.9 | .455 | .368 | 1.000 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2.3 |
| Francisco Cruz | 33 | 33 | 32.3 | .452 | .367 | .750 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 12.0 |
| Derrious Gilmore | 24 | 1 | 12.4 | .358 | .353 | .737 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3.1 |
| Riley Grabau | 21 | 0 | 7.2 | .300 | .154 | 1.000 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| JayDee Luster | 33 | 32 | 29.8 | .360 | .328 | .700 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 5.3 |
| Tyrone Marshall | 9 | 0 | 4.3 | .200 | .000 | .600 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 |
| Luke Martinez | 32 | 31 | 29.5 | .377 | .335 | .800 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 11.8 |
| Afam Muojeke | 12 | 0 | 6.7 | .227 | .133 | .824 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 2.2 |
| Larry Nance Jr. | 33 | 0 | 17.9 | .462 | .333 | .814 | 4.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 4.1 |
| Shakir Smith | 15 | 0 | 4.2 | .105 | .100 | 1.000 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
| Adam Waddell | 33 | 33 | 28.1 | .541 | .000 | .724 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 9.6 |
| Leonard Washington | 33 | 32 | 26.0 | .560 | .304 | .714 | 6.9 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 12.9 |
| Rob Watsabaugh | 31 | 1 | 6.9 | .619 | .333 | .333 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.0 |

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| November 5, 2011* 6:00 pm | | CSU Pueblo | W 85–78 | – | Arena-Auditorium (4,897) Laramie, WY |
| Regular season ||||||
| November 12, 2011* 8:00 pm | | Western State | W 78–39 | 1–0 | Arena-Auditorium (4,597) Laramie, WY |
| November 15, 2011* 7:00 pm | | Northern Colorado | W 75–56 | 2–0 | Arena-Auditorium (4,360) Laramie, WY |
| November 19, 2011* 6:00 pm | | at Green Bay | L 44–52 | 2–1 | Resch Center (2,740) Green Bay, WI |
| November 22, 2011* 7:00 pm | | South Dakota | W 67–56 | 3–1 | Arena-Auditorium (4,238) Laramie, WY |
| November 25, 2011* 7:00 pm | | Portland State Jim Thorpe Classic | W 65–51 | 4–1 | Arena-Auditorium (4,396) Laramie, WY |
| November 26, 2011* 7:00 pm | | Maryland Eastern Shore Jim Thorpe Classic | W 73–43 | 5–1 | Arena-Auditorium (4,182) Laramie, WY |
| November 27, 2011* 7:00 pm | | Louisiana Tech Jim Thorpe Classic | W 73–58 | 6–1 | Arena-Auditorium (4,083) Laramie, WY |
| November 30, 2011* 7:00 pm | | Utah Valley | W 74–41 | 7–1 | Arena-Auditorium (4,137) Laramie, WY |
| December 3, 2011* 8:00 pm | | Bradley MWC – MVC Challenge | W 66–49 | 8–1 | Arena-Auditorium (4,643) Laramie, WY |
| December 9, 2011* 7:00 pm, RTRM | | at Colorado | W 65–54 | 9–1 | Coors Events Center (7,049) Boulder, CO |
| December 13, 2011* 7:00 pm, The Mtn. | | UC Irvine | W 58–48 | 10–1 | Arena-Auditorium (4,084) Laramie, WY |
| December 16, 2011* 7:00 pm | | Sioux Falls | W 62–54 | 11–1 | Arena-Auditorium (3,996) Laramie, WY |
| December 19, 2011* 6:00 pm, RTRM | | at Denver | L 46–57 | 11–2 | Magness Arena (7,168) Denver, CO |
| December 22, 2011* 7:05 pm | | at Idaho State | W 80–56 | 12–2 | Holt Arena (2,190) Pocatello, ID |
| January 3, 2012* 7:05 pm, FCS | | at Utah Valley | W 76–70 | 13–2 | UCCU Center (6,556) Orem, UT |
| January 9, 2012* 7:00 pm | | Idaho State | W 73–49 | 14–2 | Arena-Auditorium (4,628) Laramie, WY |
| January 14, 2012 7:00 pm, The Mtn. | | New Mexico | L 62–72 | 14–3 (0–1) | Arena-Auditorium (6,955) Laramie, WY |
| January 18, 2012 6:00 pm, The Mtn. | | at Air Force | W 64–53 | 15–3 (1–1) | Clune Arena (1,938) Colorado Springs, CO |
| January 21, 2012 4:00 pm, The Mtn. | | Colorado State | W 70–51 | 16–3 (2–1) | Arena-Auditorium (7,901) Laramie, WY |
| January 24, 2012 6:30 pm, The Mtn. | | No. 13 San Diego State | L 42–52 | 16–4 (2–2) | Arena-Auditorium (5,692) Laramie, WY |
| January 28, 2012 1:30 pm, The Mtn. | | at Boise State | W 75–64 | 17–4 (3–2) | Taco Bell Arena (4,052) Boise, ID |
| February 1, 2012 6:00 pm, The Mtn. | | at TCU | L 52–58 | 17–5 (3–3) | Daniel–Meyer Coliseum (4,720) Fort Worth, TX |
| February 4, 2012 2:00 pm, The Mtn. | | No. 11 UNLV | W 68–66 | 18–5 (4–3) | Arena-Auditorium (7,179) Laramie, WY |
| February 11, 2012 1:30 pm, The Mtn. | | at New Mexico | L 38–48 | 18–6 (4–4) | The Pit (15,140) Albuquerque, NM |
| February 15, 2012 6:00 pm, The Mtn. | | Air Force | L 53–58 | 18–7 (4–5) | Arena-Auditorium (4,881) Laramie, WY |
| February 18, 2012 7:00 pm, The Mtn. | | at Colorado State | L 46–54 | 18–8 (4–6) | Moby Arena (8,745) Fort Collins, CO |
| February 22, 2012 8:30 pm, The Mtn. | | at No. 24 San Diego State | L 58–67 | 18–9 (4–7) | Viejas Arena (12,414) San Diego, CA |
| February 25, 2012 2:00 pm, The Mtn. | | Boise State | W 64–54 | 19–9 (5–7) | Arena-Auditorium (6,281) Laramie, WY |
| February 28, 2012 7:30 pm, The Mtn. | | TCU | W 71–59 | 20–9 (6–7) | Arena-Auditorium (5,174) Laramie, WY |
| March 3, 2012 8:30 pm, The Mtn. | | at No. 17 UNLV | L 63–74 | 20–10 (6–8) | Thomas & Mack Center (18,577) Paradise, NV |
| Mountain West tournament ||||||
| March 8, 2012 8:30 pm, The Mtn. | (6) | vs. (3) No. 20 UNLV Quarterfinals | L 48–56 | 20–11 | Thomas & Mack Center (13,772) Las Vegas, NV |
| CBI ||||||
| 03/14/2012* 7:00 pm, HDNet | | North Dakota State First Round | W 78–75 | 21–11 | Arena-Auditorium (2,732) Laramie, WY |
| 03/19/2012* 8:00 pm | | at Washington State Quarterfinals | L 41–61 | 21–12 | Beasley Coliseum (3,019) Pullman, WA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. ||||||