Wyoming Men's Basketball 2022 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 

Wyoming Cowboys

Mountain West (25-8, 13-5)

 
 
Big Wins: 1/31 Colorado State (84-78), 2/3 Boise State (72-65)
Bad Losses: 12/22 at Stanford (63-66), 2/15 at New Mexico (66-75)
Coach: Jeff Linder
 
Probable Starters:
Hunter Maldonado, Senior, Guard, 18.4 ppg, 6.3 apg, 5.8 rpg
Xavier DuSell, Sophomore, Guard, 7.8 ppg, 1.0 apg
Drake Jeffries, Senior, Guard, 10.5 ppg, 5.3 rpg
Graham Ike, Sophomore, Forward, 19.6 ppg, 9.6 rpg
Jeremiah Oden, Sophomore, Forward, 7.9 ppg, 4.6 rpg
 
Key Role Players:
Noah Reynolds, Freshman, Guard, 2.9 ppg
Brendan Wenzel, Sophomore, Guard, 5.2 ppg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 73.8 (111th in nation, 4th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 65.7 (74, 5)
Field-Goal Percentage: 46.2 (65, 3)
Field-Goal Defense: 41.5 (79. 4)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 8.3 (96, 3)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 34.6 (130, 5)
Free-Throw Percentage: 72.5 (148, 6)
Rebound Margin: 2.7 (106, 4)
Assists Per Game: 11.4 (296, 11)
Turnovers Per Game: 10.7 (35, 2)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2017CBIFirst Round win over Eastern Washington
2017CBIQuarterfinal win over Kansas City
2017CBISemifinal win over Utah Valley State
2017CBIChampionship win over Coastal Carolina
2015NCAARound of 64 loss to Northern Iowa
2014CBIFirst Round loss to Texas A&M
2013CBIFirst Round win over Lehigh
2013CBIQuarterfinal loss to Western Michigan
2012CBIFirst Round win over North Dakota State
2012CBIQuarterfinal loss to Washington State
2009CBIFirst Round loss to Northeastern
2003NITFirst Round win over Eastern Washington
2003NITSecond Round loss to North Carolina
2002NCAARound of 64 win over Gonzaga
2002NCAARound of 32 loss to Arizona
2001NITFirst Round loss to Pepperdine
1999NITFirst Round win over USC
1999NITSecond Round loss to Oregon
 
*all team stats through 3/6