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2014–15 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team

2014–15 Wyoming Cowboys basketball
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Mountain West Tournament champions
NCAA Tournament, Round of 64
Conference Mountain West Conference
2014–15 record 25–10 (11–7 Mountain West)
Head coach Larry Shyatt (5th year)
Assistant coach Scott Duncan
Assistant coach Jeremy Shyatt
Assistant coach Allen Edwards
Home arena Arena-Auditorium
Seasons
« 2013–14 2015–16 »
2014–15 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Boise State 14 4   .778     25 9   .735
San Diego State 14 4   .778     27 9   .750
Colorado State 13 5   .722     27 7   .794
Wyoming 11 7   .611     25 10   .714
Utah State 11 7   .611     18 13   .581
Fresno State 10 8   .556     15 17   .469
UNLV 8 10   .444     18 15   .545
New Mexico 7 11   .389     15 16   .484
Air Force 6 12   .333     14 17   .452
Nevada 5 13   .278     9 22   .290
San Jose State* 0 18   .000     2 28   .067
*Ineligible for postseason play due to APR penalties
2015 MWC Tournament winner

The 2014–15 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team represented the University of Wyoming during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Larry Shyatt in his fifth year. 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 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 first round to Northern Iowa.

The 2013–14 Wyoming Cowboys finished the season with an overall record of 18–15, 9–9 in the Mountain West to finish in a tie for fifth place. In the Mountain West Conference Tournament, the Cowboys were defeated by UNLV in the quarterfinals. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to Texas A&M.

The Cowboys were picked to finish sixth in the Mountain West Conference preseason media poll. Larry Nance, Jr. was named the preseason player of the year, as well as being named to the preseason all-Mountain West team.

On January 12, 2015 Wyoming was ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll for the first time since 1988.

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*AP does not release post-tournament rankings


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