The final words in the biography section of Larry Nance Jr.’s Twitter account read “Draft Dreams.” As of Thursday night, that dream is a reality. With the 27th pick in the 2015 NBA Draft, the Los Angeles Lakers chose Nance, making him the first UW basketball player to be drafted since Theo Ratliff in 1995….
The Wyoming Cowboys men’s basketball team fell to the Northern Iowa Panthers 71-54 in the second round of the NCAA tournament. “Well, the last one’s always hard unless the streamers come down. First thing out of my mouth is definitely going to be compliments to Northern Iowa. They’re terrific,” head coach Larry Shyatt said. The…
Shame the devil if I’m going to pretend that Larry Nance’s case of mono did not make me angry. For the second straight year, Nance has been forced to sit out for an extended period of time. This time some virus called mono has claimed our Mountain West Player of the Year. Mono also took…
Wyoming anchored by their defensive prowess, used their size advantage and rode multiple big runs to a 68-42 victory over Denver in Laramie. “I was very surprised what we did tonight,” head coach Larry Shyatt said. “After we got off to a poor start we played as good as basketball we have played since we…
The Wyoming basketball team had no time for turkey as they had a busy week on the hardwood. The Cowboys improved to 6-0 on the young season with wins over Florida A&M, Stetson and New Mexico State. Wyoming’s toughest game this past week came on Saturday as they took on New Mexico State. The Aggies…
Wyoming’s bench sparked a big run that propelled the Cowboys to their 61-46 victory over Western State Tuesday night in Laramie. The Cowboys were down 12-4 early on and head coach Larry Shyatt called a time out and substituted four bench guys in. “I was very disappointed in the start of the game,” Shyatt said….
The season soon slipped away from the Cowboys. They finished the final six games with a 1-5 record. The Mountain West sleepers and the NCAA Tournament hopefuls were finished. Junior forward Larry Nance Jr. has the ball near the baseline and starts his move to the hoop, which almost always ends in a highlight reel…
