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JUCO years no longer count toward eligibility

The NCAA continues its losing streak in American courts of law.

As of this week, JUCO no longer counts against eligibility. Won't be long until we start to see quite a few 24 and 25 year olds playing in Laramie.

Wyoming vs Bellarmine (Thursday at 6:30 p.m) A-A

Cowboys Return to Arena-Auditorium Hosting Bellarmine on Thursday

First Home Contest in 27 Days



LARAMIE, Wyo. (Dec. 17, 2024) – The Wyoming Cowboys return to the friendly confines of the Arena-Auditorium on Thursday for the first time in nearly a month hosting Bellarmine at 6:30 p.m. It is the first matchup between the two schools and will be the final non-conference home game of the season.



Fans may order tickets online, via email or by phone at:
•Go to GoWyo.com/tickets
•Email tickets@uwyo.edu
•Call (307) 766-7220
•Stop by the UW Athletics Ticket Office on the West Side of the Arena-Auditorium on the corner of Willett Drive and 19th Street.



Fans can watch on the MW Network, 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, as Keith Kelly will be on the call alongside Kevin McKinney.



About The Teams

Wyoming heads into the contest with a 5-5 overall record after falling to BYU 68-49 on Saturday night in Salt Lake City. The Pokes are a perfect 4-0 at home this season. Wyoming is shooting 44.9 percent from the field and 31.5 percent from behind the arc. Opponents are shooting 42.8 percent from the field and 30.1 percent from behind the arc. The Pokes are recording 39.9 rebounds per game for third in the MW. Wyoming is +7.6 on the glass this season, which ranks second in the conference.



Bellarmine heads into the contest with a 3-8 overall record. The Knights dropped an 86-82 home contest to Ball State on Saturday. Bellarmine adds 76 points per game and allows 78.7 points. The Knights shoot 47.9 percent from the field and 37.5 percent from behind the arc. Opponents shoot 47 percent from the field and 38.7 percent from behind the arc. The Knights are one of the top free throw shooting teams in the nation shooting 82.2 percent for the season.



About The Players

The Cowboys are led in scoring this season by Obi Agbim at 18.3 points per night, which rank first in the MW. He has 22 made threes for the season and is shooting 45.8 percent from deep. Agbim went over 1,000 career points at BYU. Jordan Nesbitt adds 10.2 points per game and leads the team with 9.2 rebounds per night, which ranks third in the MW and No. 26 in the nation. Kobe Newton adds 10 points per game and is second on the team with 16 three pointers. He has matched his season scoring output from last season.



Bellarmine is led in scoring by Jack Karasinski at 16.9 points per game. Ben Johnson adds 13.5 point per game and has hit 29 threes on the season. Billy Smith has 28 triples on the season and adds 13.5 points per game as well. Dylan Branson leads the team with 4.6 rebounds per game.



About The Series

The Cowboys and Bellarmine will meet for the first time on Thursday. In fact, it marks the first time since 1993-94 that Wyoming has played a team from the State of Kentucky, as UW faced Louisville that season.



Up Next

Wyoming
will close out non-conference play on Sunday with a trip to Cal State Fullerton for a 3 p.m. MT start. ESPN+.

Wrestling, Vball, WBB

Novak and Hill still alive going into day two of the Cliff Keen Invite. An okay team performance at this point, but not great. I assume Volk is injured? Anyone know the deal? And still need a heavyweight.


Volleyball bests Idaho State and then Utah Valley to advance into the final 8 of the NIVC.


WBB soundly beaten by Missouri State.

Wyoming vs BYU (Saturday at 7 p.m.) ESPN+

Cowboys Set to Battle BYU in Salt Lake City on Saturday

Contest on ESPN+


LARAMIE, Wyo. (Dec. 12, 2024) – The Wyoming Cowboys will head to Salt Lake City for a neutral site contest against longtime foe BYU on Saturday evening in the Delta Center. The contest is slated for a 7 p.m. start on ESPN+ will mark the second-straight season the two team have met and will be the eighth meeting on a neutral floor.



Fans can 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, as Keith Kelly will be on the call alongside Kevin McKinney.



About The Teams

Wyoming head into the contest with a 5-4 overall record after falling on the road at South Dakota by a score of 82-81 on Tuesday. The Cowboys are averaging 74.4 points per game and allow 73.9 per night. UW is shooting 45 percent from the field and allow opponent to shoot 42 percent. Wyoming is holding opponents to 28.6 percent from behind the arc to lead the MW. The Poke also lead the conference this season grabbing 41.6 rebounds per game, a number that rank No. 24 in the nation.



BYU is 7-2 on the season and defeated Fresno State 95-67 on Wednesday. The Cougars average 85.7 points per game to rank No. 24 in the nation. BYU is shooting 47.8 percent from the field and make 11.1 three-pointers per game. The Cougars are grabbing 43.2 rebounds per game to rank eighth in the nation. BYU leads the nation in rebound margin at +13.7.



About The Players

The Cowboys are led in scoring by Obi Agbim at 18 points per night. He ranks third in the conference in scoring. He also adds 3.9 assists per game to lead the team and ranks fifth in the MW in threes with 19 on the season. Kobe Newton add 10.9 points per game and ha knocked down 15 threes on the season. Jordan Nesbitt adds 10.6 points per game and leads the team with 10.1 rebounds per game. He rank second in the conference and No. 14 in the nation in rebounds. He also ranks seventh in the nation in double-doubles with five on the season.



BYU is led in scoring by Richie Saunders at 13.4 points per game. He is shooting 40 percent from behind the arc this season. Egor Demin add 13.3 points per night. Fousseyni Traore adds 11.8 point per game and is shooting 66 percent from the field. Keba Keita adds 9.4 rebounds per game to lead the team.



About The Series

The Cowboys and Cougars will meet for the 176th time on Saturday and just the eighth time on a neutral floor. BYU leads the series 106-69 and are 5-2 against the Cowboys on neutral floors.



Up Next

Wyoming
returns home for the first time in a month hosting Bellarmine on December 19 at 6:30 p.m. in the Arena-Auditorium.

1.5 million shortfall?

I heard today that UW is asking the Wyoming legislature for 1.5 million to cover a short fall due to an NIL lawsuit. First I’ve heard of this lawsuit paying former athletes.

It didn’t sound like this went over very well, including Representative Bear (leader of the Wyoming Freedom Caucus) asking of the ramifications if UW didn’t pay the 1.5 million.

Anyone on the board have any inside information about this?

Heisman

I see where the average college football fan is upset that Jeanty didn’t win the Heisman. He had a great year as did Hunter. Both were the best players on their teams and conferences. Put CU in the MW and they are in the college playoffs and conversely Boise State probably doesn’t win the Big 12.

Anyway, the Heisman is a P4 award and has been for years because the national media doesn’t give two rats asses about G5 schools. It hasn’t gone to the best player in decades.
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