Year: | 2023–24 |
Team: | Wyoming Cowboys |
Sport: | Basketball |
Conference: | Mountain West Conference |
Short Conf: | MW |
Record: | 15–17 |
Conf Record: | 8–10 |
Head Coach: | Jeff Linder |
Hc Year: | 4th |
Asst Coach1: | Ken DeWeese |
Asst Coach2: | Nick Whitmore |
Asst Coach3: | Bryston Williams |
Asst Coach4: | Shaun Vandiver |
Stadium: | Arena-Auditorium |
Prev Year: | 2022-23 |
Next Year: | 2024-25 |
The 2023–24 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team represented the University of Wyoming during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cowboys were led by Jeff Linder in his fourth and final season and played their home games for the 42nd season at Arena-Auditorium in Laramie, Wyoming. They participated as members of the Mountain West Conference for the 25th season.
The Cowboys finished the 2022–23 season 9–22, 4–14 in Mountain West play, to finish in last place. They lost to New Mexico in the first round of the Mountain West tournament.[1]
Three players left the team during the season,[2] and had six more players transfer after the season.[3] The Cowboys also hired two new assistant coaches, Bryston Williams and Nick Whitmore, to replace Marc Rodgers and Sundance Wicks.[4]
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
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Ethan Anderson | 20 | G | 6' 1" | 208 | Jr. | Transferred to Pepperdine | ||
Max Agbonkpolo | 23 | G/F | 6' 9" | 196 | Jr. | Transferred to Utah State | ||
Nate Barnhart | 15 | F | 7' 0" | 190 | RS Fr. | Transferred to South Dakota State | ||
Xavier DuSell | 53 | G | 6' 4" | 199 | Jr. | Transferred to Fresno State | ||
Graham Ike | 33 | F | 6' 9" | 255 | Jr. | Transferred to Gonzaga | ||
Jake Kyman | 13 | G/F | 6' 7" | 213 | Jr. | Transferred to Eastern Washington | ||
24 | G | 6' 7" | 202 | RS Sr. | Graduated; Signed with the Oklahoma City Thunder Summer League team | |||
Jeremiah Oden | 25 | F | 6' 8" | 201 | Jr. | Transferred to DePaul | ||
21 | G | 6' 3" | 195 | So. | Transferred to Wisconsin Green Bay | |||
Nathaniel Talich | 0 | G | 6' 4" | 191 | Fr. | Transferred to Casper College | ||
Hunter Thompson | 10 | F | 6' 10" | 230 | RS Sr. | Graduated |
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sam Griffin | 3 | G | 6' 3" | 188 | Sr. | Tulsa | ||
Oleg Kojenets | 15 | F | 7' 0" | 228 | So. | Nebraska | ||
Akuel Kot | 13 | G | 6' 2" | 167 | Sr. | Fort Lewis | ||
Kobe Newton | 2 | G | 6' 2" | 178 | Jr. | Fullerton College | ||
Mason Walters | 33 | F | 6' 9" | 221 | Gr. | Jamestown |
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