| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 2016–17 |
| Team: | Wyoming Cowboys |
| Conference: | Mountain West Conference |
| Short Conf: | MW |
| Record: | 23–15 |
| Conf Record: | 8–10 |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Asst Coach1: | Jeremy Shyatt |
| Asst Coach3: | Jermaine Kimbrough |
| Champion: | CBI champion |
The 2016–17 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team[1] represented the University of Wyoming during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Allen Edwards in his first year. They played their home games at the Arena-Auditorium in Laramie, Wyoming as a member of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 23–15, 8–10 in Mountain West play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the first round of the Mountain West tournament to Air Force. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Eastern Washington, UMKC and Utah Valley to advance to the best-of-three finals series against Coastal Carolina. They defeated Coastal Carolina 2 games to 1 to become CBI champions. They become the second consecutive Mountain West team to win the CBI after Nevada in 2016.
The Cowboys 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]
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Conway | 2 | G | 5'8" | 175 | RS Freshman | Will play football at Wyoming | ||
| 14 | G | 6'2" | 190 | Senior | Graduated | |||
| Trey Washington III | 55 | G | 5'11" | 185 | RS Sophomore | Transferred to Texas A&M–Commerce |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nyaires Redding | 0 | G | 6'2" | 166 | Junior | Transferred from Washington State. Under NCAA transfer rules, Redding will sit out the 2016–17 season. Will have two years of eligibility remaining. Will be a walk-on at Wyoming. | ||
| Brodricks Jones | 15 | F | 6'10" | 220 | Sophomore | Transferred from UTEP. Under NCAA transfer rules, Jones will sit out the 2016–17 season. Will have three years of eligibility remaining. | ||
| 24 | G | 6'4" | 185 | Junior | Junior college transfer from Odessa College |
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | BPG | SPG | PPG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Adams | 34 | 16 | 14.6 | .434 | .277 | .756 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 7.6 | |
| Alexander Aka Gorski | 33 | 15 | 21.5 | .399 | .344 | .778 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 7.7 | |
| Sam Averbuck | 6 | 0 | 5.3 | .167 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | |
| Jonathan Barnes | 15 | 5 | 5.4 | .545 | .000 | .636 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.3 | |
| Hayden Dalton | 38 | 3 | 27.0 | .431 | .347 | .834 | 8.3 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 12.2 | |
| Alan Herndon | 38 | 38 | 31.1 | .466 | .379 | .629 | 6.0 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 11.1 | |
| Justin James | 37 | 6 | 26.2 | .462 | .419 | .762 | 5.0 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 16.0 | |
| Cody Kelley | 34 | 1 | 12.6 | .392 | .385 | .542 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 3.4 | |
| Jeremy Lieberman | 37 | 37 | 22.6 | .418 | .293 | .765 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 4.8 | |
| Morris Marshall | 14 | 1 | 6.2 | .318 | .375 | .778 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.7 | |
| Jason McManamen | 38 | 38 | 31.9 | .356 | .331 | .712 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 11.3 | |
| Andrew Moemeka | 26 | 4 | 7.8 | .667 | .000 | .500 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.7 | |
| Jordan Naughton | 37 | 26 | 12.5 | .602 | .000 | .554 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 4.4 |
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