| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 2015–16 |
| Team: | Wyoming Cowboys |
| Conference: | Mountain West Conference |
| Short Conf: | Mountain West |
| Record: | 14–18 |
| Conf Record: | 7–11 |
| Hc Year: | 6th |
| Asst Coach1: | Scott Duncan |
| Asst Coach2: | Jeremy Shyatt |
| Stadium: | Arena-Auditorium (Capacity: 11,612) |
The 2015–16 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team[1] represented the University of Wyoming during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Larry Shyatt in his sixth and final year, including his first tenure in 1998. Shyatt resigned at the end of the year to take a job in the NBA. 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 14–18, 7–11 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Mountain West tournament to Utah State.
On March 21, head coach Larry Shyatt resigned.[2]
The Cowboys 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 second round to Northern Iowa.
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riley Grabau | 2 | G | 6'2" | 165 | Senior | Graduated | ||
| Charles Hankerson, Jr. | 3 | G | 6'4" | 230 | Senior | Graduated | ||
| 11 | F | 6'9" | 220 | Senior | Graduated | |||
| Jack Bentz | 13 | G | 6'1" | 180 | Senior | Graduated | ||
| 22 | F | 6'8" | 230 | Senior | Graduated/2015 NBA draft | |||
| Tyrell Williams | 44 | F | 6'8" | 225 | Freshman | Transferred to Western Nebraska CC |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | F | 6'8" | 185 | Sophomore | Junior college transfer from Central Wyoming College | |||
| Morris Marshall | 25 | G | 6'4" | 185 | Junior | Junior college transfer from Santa Fe College |
Source:[3]
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Adams | 30 | 30 | 36.9 | .441 | .378 | .827 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 24.7 | |
| Alexander Aka Gorski | 31 | 10 | 18.8 | .383 | .370 | .705 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 5.6 | |
| Jonathan Barnes | 28 | 23 | 10.4 | .462 | – | .474 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.9 | |
| Hayden Dalton | 28 | 1 | 14.7 | .438 | .303 | .786 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 3.8 | |
| Alan Herndon | 31 | 30 | 28.5 | .517 | .304 | .597 | 4.8 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 7.8 | |
| Justin James | 30 | 3 | 16.4 | .418 | .358 | .565 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 5.2 | |
| Jeremy Lieberman | 31 | 22 | 20.9 | .342 | .351 | .773 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 4.0 | |
| Morris Marshall | 8 | 0 | 3.0 | .286 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | |
| Jason McManamen | 31 | 31 | 35.0 | .459 | .440 | .755 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 14.4 | |
| Jordan Naughton | 23 | 0 | 11.3 | .800 | – | .488 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 3.0 | |
| Trey Washington III | 26 | 5 | 18.9 | .313 | .231 | .611 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2.8 |
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