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Wyoming Basketball Needs Strength (of Schedule)

By Chad Smith on March 13, 2012 in Cowboy Tough

The Wyoming Cowboys coming off a 20-11 campaign did not receive an NCAA or NIT bid on Sunday. Instead the Pokes will have to “settle” for a home date in the third tiered CBI tournament against North Dakota State. If there was any single factor that kept Wyoming out of a higher tournament (besides wins) [...]

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Cowboys NIT Bound?

By Chad Smith on March 11, 2012 in Cowboy Tough

With New Mexico, San Diego State and UNLV all likely to make this year’s edition of the dance and CSU on the bubble the Wyoming Cowboys have their eyes firmly set on the NIT. With all the upsets across the country the NIT is no lock for the Pokes but I think being a 20 win [...]

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Pokes Fall To UNLV In Mountain West Tourney

By Chad Smith on March 9, 2012 in Cowboy Tough

Wyoming’s first round game against the Rebels in the Mountain West tournament was an all too familiar scene. Wyoming played a very poor first half trailing 28-11 when the whistle blew for halftime. The Cowboys then stormed back and “won” the second half 37-28 but the hole they dug for themselves was too big to overcome eventually falling [...]

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