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:
 
2017 CBI First Round win over Eastern Washington
2017 CBI Quarterfinal win over Kansas City
2017 CBI Semifinal win over Utah Valley State
2017 CBI Championship win over Coastal Carolina
2015 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Northern Iowa
2014 CBI First Round loss to Texas A&M
2013 CBI First Round win over Lehigh
2013 CBI Quarterfinal loss to Western Michigan
2012 CBI First Round win over North Dakota State
2012 CBI Quarterfinal loss to Washington State
2009 CBI First Round loss to Northeastern
2003 NIT First Round win over Eastern Washington
2003 NIT Second Round loss to North Carolina
2002 NCAA Round of 64 win over Gonzaga
2002 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Arizona
2001 NIT First Round loss to Pepperdine
1999 NIT First Round win over USC
1999 NIT Second Round loss to Oregon
 
*all team stats through 3/6