1986–87 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team

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1986–87 Wyoming Cowboys basketball
WAC Tournament Champions
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 17
1986–87 record24–10 (11–5 WAC)
Head coach
Home arenaArena-Auditorium
Seasons
← 
1987–88 →
1986–87 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UTEP 13 – 3   .813 25 – 7   .781
Brigham Young 12 – 4   .750 21 – 11   .656
New Mexico 11 – 5   .688 25 – 10   .714
Wyoming † 11 – 5   .688 24 – 10   .706
Utah 9 – 7   .563 17 – 13   .567
Colorado State 7 – 9   .438 13 – 16   .448
Air Force 5 – 11   .313 12 – 15   .444
Hawaii 2 – 14   .125 7 – 21   .250
San Diego State 2 – 14   .125 5 – 25   .167
† 1987 WAC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986–87 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team represented the University of Wyoming in the 1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. ("Cowboys" is solely used to refer to the university's men's sports; women's teams and athletes are known as "Cowgirls".) The Cowboys, then a member of the Western Athletic Conference, played their home games at the Arena-Auditorium.

The Cowboys were led by Fennis Dembo, who led the 1987 NCAA Tournament in scoring by averaging 27.8 points per game.[1]

Regular season[]

Player stats[]

Player Games Field Goals Three Pointers Free Throws Rebounds Blocks Steals Points
Fennis Dembo[2] 34 1236 240 78 282 17 50 689
Eric Leckner[3] 34 148 12 74 100 2 30 382

NCAA basketball tournament[]

  • West
    • Wyoming 64 (12),Virginia (5) 60
    • Wyoming 78, UCLA (4) 68
    • UNLV (1) 92, Wyoming 78

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Rankings[]

Main article: 1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Team players drafted into the NBA[]

No one from the Cowboys was selected in the 1987 NBA Draft. Fennis Dembo would be drafted in the 1988 NBA Draft by the Detroit Pistons.[5]

Awards and honors[]

  • Fennis Dembo, First Team All-Western Athletic Conference
  • Fennis Dembo, Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year

References[]

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  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-11-11. Retrieved 2009-05-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-12-01. Retrieved 2009-05-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-03-17. Retrieved 2009-05-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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