Pokes play in front of Sold-Out Crowd Wyoming guard Nasir "Naz" Meyer (#2) drives toward the basket while being defended by Northern Colorado players during an exhibition game in Gillette, Wyoming. Photo by Jeff Bugher, PokesNews.com. GILLETTE, Wyo. (Oct. 11, 2026) - The Pokes were four hours from the Arena Auditorium, but the distance didn't matter with a sold-out crowd. The Wyoming Cowboys used hot shooting to race past Northern Colorado by a score of 94-68 in the Pronghorn

Wyoming head coach Sundance Wicks. Photo courtesy of UW Athletics LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Wyoming is ranked fifth in the 2026-27 Mountain West men’s basketball preseason poll, placing the Cowboys in the top half of the conference’s 10-team field. The poll, selected by conference media members, gave Wyoming 116 points. The Cowboys finished nine points behind fourth-place UNLV and 17 points ahead of sixth-place Hawai‘i. Article Continues Below Article Continues Below New Mexico was

Nasir “Naz” Meyer. Photo courtesy of UW Athletics Wyoming sophomore guard Nasir “Naz” Meyer was named to the 2026-27 Preseason All-Mountain West Team on Wednesday, following a freshman season in which he finished as the Cowboys’ second-leading scorer. Meyer was Wyoming’s lone representative on the 11-player preseason team. The 6-foot-7, 202-pound guard from Los Angeles averaged 12.9 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game last season. He appeared in 31 games, made 23 st

Photos courtesy of Josh Davis Josh Davis has spent most of his life competing. He competed in the paint for the Wyoming Cowboys, helped lead UW to two Mountain West championships and an NCAA Tournament victory over Gonzaga, and later had a professional basketball career that included time in the NBA. Today, the former Cowboy standout is facing a fight unlike any he encountered on a basketball court. Article Continues Below Article Continues Below Davis, 46, was diagnosed

Uriyah Rojas (0) 2026. Photo by Troy Babbit, UW Athletics LARAMIE, Wyo. - There's a lot of excitement in the air when it comes to Wyoming Basketball. Head coach Sundance Wicks and his staff have been steadily building something special over the last couple of years, and they just came off of an NIT bid. Pack your bags! The Wyoming Cowboys will play a pair of non-conference games at the Sunshine Slam in Daytona, Florida, and the matchups are set for the seventh annual event, w

Sundance Wicks (R), photo by Troy Babbitt, UW Athletics LARAMIE, Wyo. (May 22, 2026) – Cowboy basketball head coach Sundance Wicks announced the addition of Micah Curtis to the 2026-27 roster on Friday. He is the final scholarship player to the class, as he comes to Wyoming after spending last season at North Dakota. Article Continues Below Article Continues Below Wicks on Curtis “Rounding out our roster I felt we needed to find a young man who had a big chip on his shoulder

University of Wyoming head basketball coach Sundance Wicks. Photo courtesy of UW Athletics. LARAMIE, Wyo.– Cowboy basketball head coach Sundance Wicks announced the addition of four players to the program on Friday. Parker Gerrits is a guard and comes to UW from Washington State, Mattia De Martin is a guard from Indian Hills Community College, Linus Ruf comes to Wyoming from Germany, forward Renars Sondors is coming to UW from Louisiana Monroe, and forward Micah Curtis is com

Sundance Wicks. Photo by Troy Babbitt, UW Athletics LARAMIE, Wyo. – Cowboy basketball head coach Sundance Wicks announced the addition of forward Mike Mora to the Cowboy roster for the 2026-27 season on Thursday. An All-Conference selection at Cal State Monterey Bay last season, Mora has two seasons of eligibility remaining. Article Continues Below Article Continues Below Wicks on Mora "Recruiting our current roster was priority number one this off-season and that was extrem

Multi-year, multi-million-dollar investment becomes the largest corporate investment in program history. Photo courtesy of UW Athletics LARAMIE, Wyo. (April 6, 2026) – University of Wyoming Athletics Director Tom Burman has been talking about it for a while...and the news came out this afternoon that Wyoming Athletics announced a historic new investment from leading infrastructure company Tallgrass, marking the largest corporate contribution in program history and making Tall

Damarion Dennis. Photo by Troy Babbitt, UW Athletics Laramie, Wyo. - Wyoming has one player slated to enter the transfer portal. Wyoming guard Damarion Dennis told @LeagueRDY, as announced on X (formerly Twitter), that he intends to enter the transfer portal. Dennis, a 6-foot-1 sophomore from San Antonio, departs after a strong 2025-2026 campaign in Laramie, where he emerged as a critical part of Wyoming's basketball team. After transferring in from Texas A&M-Corpus Christ

Sundance Wicks. Photo courtesy of UW Athletics LARAMIE, Wyo. – It’s Always Sunny in Laramie. "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" …Finally got the chance to use that in an article. Although the song relates to something nuclear...it relates to how bright the future is under Sundance Wicks. The buzzer blasted inside Koch Arena on Tuesday night, marking the end of the season for Wyoming Basketball. For head coach Sundance Wicks, his quest for building greatness didn

Photo courtesy of UW Athletics WICHITA, Kan. (March 17, 2026) – The Wyoming Cowboys season came to an end on Tuesday evening falling to Wichita State 74-70 in the First Round of the National Invitation Tournament inside Koch Arena in Wichita, Kan. The Pokes battled back in the second half but fell just short to finish the season 18-15 overall. “We will take a lot of pride having a winning season and we will grow and build off of this,” UW head coach Sundance Wicks said. “Ou

Photo by Troy Babbitt, UW Athletics LARAMIE, Wyo. – The Wyoming Cowboys will head to Wichita State for the First Round of the National Invitational Tournament on Tuesday evening at 5 p.m. MT inside Koch Arena. It marks the first contest in the event for the Cowboys since the 2003 season and first postseason contest for the Pokes since the 2021-22 campaign. The contest will be televised on ESPNU. Wyoming is one of five Mountain West teams that were invited to the 88th annua

Sundance Wicks. Photo by Troy Babbitt, UW Athletics LARAMIE, Wyo. (March 15, 2026) – The Wyoming Cowboys were selected to play in the National Invitational Tournament on Sunday evening. It is the first time that Wyoming has appeared in the NIT since the 2003 season, as it marks the ninth overall appearance for the Brown and Gold. The Cowboys will face Wichita State in the First Round of the tournament on Tuesday evening at 5 p.m. MT on ESPNU. The Cowboys are 18-14 on the se

Sundance Wicks. Photo courtesy of UW Athletics LARAMIE, Wyo. - College basketball’s landscape has shifted dramatically in recent years, with NIL money, agents, and the transfer portal often dominating the conversation and headlines. But for Wyoming head coach Sundance Wicks, building a successful program is about far more than the size of an NIL deal. Hired in May 2024 after Jeff Linder departed for an assistant coaching role at Texas Tech, Wicks inherited a depleted roster

Gores Leads Pokes with 20 points for career-high Photo courtesy of UW Athletics SAN JOSE, Calif. – The Wyoming Cowboys used a balanced effort offensively shooting over 57 percent from the field in an 88-78 road win at San Jose State on Saturday afternoon in The Events Center in San Jose, Calif. Wyoming closed conference play with their fifth win in their last six games doing so for the first time since the 1999-00 season. "We are starting to dial into our identity, and we too

Photo by Troy Babbitt, UW Athletics LARAMIE, Wyo. (March 3, 2026) – The Wyoming Cowboys shot 69 percent from the field in the first half, including six opening frame three-pointers from Khaden Bennett, in an 83-73 win over Nevada on Tuesday evening inside the Arena-Auditorium. It marked the 14th win in the Dome of Doom this season for the most since the 2021-22 season. Wyoming moves to 17-13 overall and 8-11 in conference play as UW honored seniors Leland Walker, Kiani Saxon

Photo by Troy Babbitt, UW Athletics LARAMIE, Wyo. – Freshman Nasir (Naz) Meyer recorded an and-one with 35 seconds left to give the Cowboys a lead that Wyoming wouldn’t relinquish as Wyoming held Air Force scoreless in the final two minutes to earn the 66-62 victory. It marked the 13th home win of the season for the Pokes with Wyoming moving to 16-13 overall and 7-11 in conference play. “Air Force deserves all the credit and let’s talk about a team that has every reason no

Photo courtesy of UW Athletics BOISE, Idaho (Feb. 24, 2026) – The Wyoming Cowboys could not overcome a late first-half run by Boise State in a 72-62 loss to the Broncos inside ExtraMile Arena in Boise, Idaho, on Tuesday evening. The Cowboys led by as many as seven points in the opening frame, but went over two minutes without a basket to close the first half. “Players play and tough players win, and our attention on defense lacked a bit tonight,” UW head coach Sundance Wi

Photo by Troy Babbitt,UW Athletics LARAMIE, Wyo. (Feb. 19, 2026) - The Wyoming Cowboys open a two-game road swing on Saturday with a trip to The Valley of the Sun for contest with Grand Canyon University. The game is set for a 6 p.m. start on the Mountain West Network. Fans can watch, listen to the contest, as well as follow stats on GoWyo.com. The game will be broadcast live on radio over the 26 affiliate stations of the Cowboy Sports Network with Keith Kelley on the call a