1987–88 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team
1987–88 Wyoming Cowboys basketball | |
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WAC Tournament Champions | |
Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 13 |
AP | No. 13 |
1987–88 record | 26–6 (11–5 WAC) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | Arena-Auditorium |
1987–88 WAC men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 BYU | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 26 | – | 6 | .813 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 Wyoming † | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 26 | – | 6 | .813 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 19 | – | 11 | .633 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTEP | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 23 | – | 10 | .697 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 22 | – | 14 | .611 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado State | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 22 | – | 13 | .629 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego State | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 12 | – | 17 | .414 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Air Force | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hawaii | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 4 | – | 25 | .138 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1988 WAC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1] |
The 1987–88 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team represented the University of Wyoming in the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. (The school uses "Cowboys" solely for men's sports; women's teams and athletes at the school are known as "Cowgirls".)
Fennis Dembo was featured on the cover of the November 18, 1987, issue of Sports Illustrated.[2] It was the first time that a Wyoming Cowboy basketball player was featured on the cover.[3] Dembo would finish his Wyoming career as the Cowboys scoring leader, 2,311 points
Regular season[]
Player stats[]
Player | Games | Minutes | Field Goals | Three Pointers | Rebounds | Blocks | Steals | Points |
Fennis Dembo[4] | 32 | 1076 | 205 | 65 | 231 | 22 | 51 | 653 |
Eric Leckner[5] | 32 | 972 | 181 | 0 | 210 | 43 | 29 | 492 |
NCAA basketball tournament[]
- West
- Loyola Marymount (10) 119, Wyoming (7) 115
Rankings[]
Team players drafted into the NBA[]
Round | Pick | Player | NBA Team |
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1 | 17 | Eric Leckner | Utah Jazz |
2 | 30 | Fennis Dembo | Detroit Pistons |
Awards and honors[]
- Fennis Dembo, First Team All-Western Athletic Conference
References[]
- ^ sports-reference.com 1987-88 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary
- ^ "Registered & Protected by MarkMonitor".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-14. Retrieved 2015-12-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-11-11. Retrieved 2009-05-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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