The 2009–10 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team represented the
University of Wyoming
The University of Wyoming (UW) is a Public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in Laramie, Wyoming, United States. It was founded in March 1886, four years before the territory was admitted as the 44th state, ...
during the 2009–2010
NCAA Division I
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men's basketball season. The Cowboys were coached by
Heath Schroyer
Heath Martin Schroyer (born March 15, 1972) is an American college basketball coach, currently the athletic director at McNeese State University, where he was head coach of the men's basketball team from 2018 until 2021. He has had previous head ...
who was in his 3rd season and played their home games at the
Arena-Auditorium
Arena-Auditorium is a 11,612-seat multi-purpose arena in Laramie, Wyoming. The arena opened in 1982 and has since been the home of the University of Wyoming Cowboys basketball team, as well as home to the Cowgirls basketball team since 2003. in
Laramie, Wyoming
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. The Cowboys are a member of the
Mountain West Conference
The Mountain West Conference (MW) is a collegiate athletic conference in the Western United States, participating in NCAA Division I. Its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The MW officially began operations on Ja ...
. They finished the season 10–21, 3–13 in Mountain West play and lost in the first round of the
2010 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament
The 2010 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was played at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas Valley, Las Vegas, Nevada, from March 10–13, 2010. The tournament is sponsored by Conoco. The first-round game and all four quarte ...
to
Air Force
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.
Offseason
*April 15: Cowboy basketball head coach Heath Schroyer announced the signing of Desmar Jackson, a high school standout from Warren, Ohio, to a National Letter of Intent to attend the University of Wyoming. Jackson will enroll at Wyoming for the fall semester of 2009.
*April 27: Akron, Ohio native Daylen Harrison signed a National Letter of Intent to play basketball for the Cowboys on Sunday. Harrison will enroll at Wyoming for the fall semester of 2009, following his senior year of high school.
*May 6: University of Wyoming Athletics Director Tom Burman announced that head basketball coach Heath Schroyer's contract has been extended for two years, through April 30, 2014. Schroyer's base salary was also increased from $150,000 to $160,000. His original contract was a five-year deal that was due to end after the 2011-12 season.
*May 6: The NCAA released the Academic Progress Rate (APR) Public Report for the 2007–08 academic year, and the University of Wyoming men's basketball team received its highest annual score in the history of the APR. The team achieved an annual score of 935 during the 2007-08 academic year, the Cowboys improved their multiyear score to 884. Due to the Cowboys' academic improvement and a favorable comparison based on other academic and institutional factors, the Cowboys will be allotted 13 scholarships for the 2009–10 season. That is the maximum number of scholarships allowed by the NCAA for men's basketball programs.
*May 18: University of Wyoming redshirt sophomore point guard JayDee Luster was announced as a team captain for the 2009–10 Cowboy basketball team.
Roster
Statistics
Schedule and results
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Mountain West tournament
References
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Wyoming Cowboys basketball seasons
Wyoming
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