1987–88 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team
American college basketball season
1987–88 Wyoming Cowboys basketball | |
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WAC Tournament Champions | |
Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 13 |
AP | No. 13 |
Record | 26–6 (11–5 WAC) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | Arena-Auditorium |
Seasons ← 1986–87 1988–89 → |
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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
Roster
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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
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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 |
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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".
- ^ "University of Wyoming Official Athletic Site - Traditions". Archived from the original on May 14, 2012. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
- ^ "Fennis Dembo Past Stats, Playoff Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards". Archived from the original on November 11, 2007. Retrieved May 14, 2009.
- ^ "Eric Leckner Past Stats, Playoff Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards". Archived from the original on December 1, 2007. Retrieved May 14, 2009.
- ^ "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".
- ^ "1988 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com". Archived from the original on March 17, 2010. Retrieved May 14, 2009.