The 2019–20 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team represented the University of Wyoming during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by Allen Edwards in his fourth and final year as head coach at Wyoming. The Cowboys played their home games at the Arena-Auditorium in Laramie, Wyoming as members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 9–24, 2–16 in Mountain West play to finish in last place. As the 11 seed, they upset Colorado State and Nevada to reach the semifinals of the Mountain West tournament where they lost to Utah State. They became the first ever 11 seed to win a game at the Mountain West tournament.

On March 9, 2020, head coach Allen Edwards was fired. He finished at Wyoming with a four-year record of 60–76.

Previous season The Cowboys finished the 2018–19 season 8–24, 4–14 in Mountain West play to finish in tenth place. They lost to New Mexico in the first round of the Mountain West tournament. They did not compete in a post-season tournament.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Justin James 1 G 6'7" 180 Senior Port Saint Lucie, FL Graduated/2019 NBA draft Tariq Johnson 5 G 6'5" 200 Freshman College Park, MD Medical Disqualification Trace Young 11 G/F 6'9" 210 Freshman Owensboro, KY Transferred to John A. Logan College Bradley Belt 12 G 6'4" 205 Freshman Huntsville, AL Dismissed (Violation of Team Rules) Jordan Naughton 33 F 6'10" 225 Senior Rancho Cucamonga, CA Graduated

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Greg Milton III 12 G 6'3" 185 Sophomore Elk Grove, CA Junior college transfer from Sacramento City College Tyler Morman 15 F 6'9" 220 Junior Mableton, GA Junior college transfer from Florida SouthWestern State College

2019 recruiting class

Media Day

The Mountain West Men's Basketball Media Day was held at Green Valley Ranch in Henderson, Nevada on October 15, 2019. Wyoming was picked to finish 10th in the conference, ahead of only San Jose State. No Wyoming players were selected to the preseason All-Conference team.

Roster

Statistics Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG A.J. Banks 33 30 23.6 .491 .394 .706 2.7 1.7 0.7 0.3 4.8 Haize Fornstrom 18 0 2.1 .750 1.000 .500 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.5 Kenny Foster 32 6 20.5 .342 .244 .710 2.5 1.1 0.4 0.1 4.8 Jake Hendricks 33 33 34.2 .334 .327 .818 3.9 1.2 1.1 0.0 10.4 Hunter Maldonado 33 33 35.3 .422 .295 .708 5.8 4.0 1.2 0.5 15.8 Kwane Marble II 27 11 19.5 .484 .365 .761 2.8 1.0 1.1 0.2 8.2 Greg Milton III 33 3 14.6 .383 .322 .679 1.7 0.8 0.2 0.0 3.8 Tyler Morman 2 1 14.0 1.000 .000 .000 2.5 0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0 Austin Mueller 12 3 15.5 .333 .000 .333 1.3 0.4 0.1 0.1 1.3 Brandon Porter 24 3 6.8 .433 .333 .714 0.8 0.1 0.3 0.2 3.1 T.J. Taylor 33 19 24.9 .485 .375 .767 3.4 0.6 0.4 0.2 7.0 Hunter Thompson 26 23 26.4 .400 .330 .717 4.1 0.9 0.2 0.5 8.2 Javier Turner 4 0 2.5 .000 .000 .000 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Schedule and results

!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition

!colspan=9 style=| Regular season

!colspan=9 style=| Mountain West tournament

Source

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