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Laramie has a couple of Juniors who can play. one is 6’8 240/250lbs Neil Summers and the other 6’2 Jayden Smith
Summers , a lefty, can bang inside, good footwork and can step out and hit the 3. He’s sneaky quick in driving to basket
Snitch is just a flat out athlete that can jump out of the gym. He’s not a great shooter but that can be developed

Summers has interests/offers from CSU, UTEP, South Dakota, Idaho, Hawaii and various D2 schools I have not seen who is recruiting Smith
I hope at least Summers is on Linders radar.

I heard today......

I heard today that UW will be sending out emails tomorrow with the time slots that fans on the lower west side will have to pick their new seats. All of the allotted times are based upon the number of priority points that you have accumulated and you will be ranked as to how high your points are.

Wyoming vs San Jose State Preview (Tues. at 6:30 p.m.)

Pokes Open Conference Play on Tuesday Against San Jose State

Pokes are 4-1 at home this season


LARAMIE, Wyo. (Dec. 31, 2023) The Wyoming Cowboys open Mountain West play on Tuesday evening hosting San Jose State at 6:30 p.m. in the Arena-Auditorium. It will be the first home contest for the Cowboys in 17 days, as the Cowboys sport a 4-1 record at home this season.



Fans may order tickets online, via email or by phone at: Go to GoWyo.com/tickets, Email tickets@uwyo.edu by Calling (307) 766-7220 or stopping 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, listen to the contest, as well as follow stats on GoWyo.com. The game will be streamed on the MW Network and the MW App and 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 7-6 overall record after falling on the road to No. 12/14 BYU on Saturday in Provo. The Pokes lead the conference and rank sixth in the nation shooting 40.8 percent from behind the arc. Wyoming is also one of the top teams in the conference getting to the free throw line with 17.2 made freebies a game for second in the conference and No. 30 in the nation. The Pokes are second in the conference shooting 74.3 percent from the free throw line. Wyoming is shooting 46 percent from the field with opponents shooting 44.2 percent.



San Jose State heads into the game with a 7-6 record and won their last contest at home against Santa Clara by a score of 81-78 on Dec. 20. SJSU is scoring 75.7 points per game and are allowing 71.1 per night. The Spartans are shooting 47.1 percent from the field and 35.2 percent from behind the arc. Opponents are shooting 43.7 percent from the field and 34 percent from behind the arc.



About The Players

Wyoming is led in scoring this season by Sam Griffin at 18.3 points per game for second in the conference and No. 66 in the nation. He is shooting 48 percent from the field on the season and lead the team with 3.8 assists per game for eighth in the conference. Akuel Kot adds 15.8 points per game for ninth in the conference. Mason Walters is averaging 13.3 points per contest. Caden Powell leads the team with 6.4 rebounds per game, which ranks ninth in the MW this season.



SJSU is led in scoring by Myron Amey, Jr. at 14.5 points per game. He also adds 45 rebounds per game. Alvaro Cardenas adds 13.4 points per game and has a team-high 74 assists on the season. Tibet Gorener adds 13.1 points and 5.1 rebounds. Trey Anderson leads the team with 5.4 rebounds per game.



About The Series

The Cowboys and Spartans will meet for the 24th time on Tuesday. Wyoming is 20-3 all-time against the Spartans in a series that dates back to 1965. SJSU took the only meeting last season in San Jose by a score of 84-64.



Up Next

The Cowboys Meet New Mexico on the road on Saturday in an 8 p.m. start on CBS Sports Network.

Wyoming at UNM Preview (Saturday 8 p.m) CBSSN

Cowboy Cagers Head to The Pit to Face New Mexico

Contest on CBS Sports Network


LARAMIE, Wyo. (Jan. 4, 2024) – The Wyoming Cowboys hit the road for the first time in conference play to face the New Mexico Lobos in the The Pit on Saturday evening in an 8 p.m. start. The contest will be televised on CBS Sports Network with Alex Del Barrio on the call along with Pete Gillen.



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 heads into the contest with an 8-6 overall record and a 1-0 mark in conference play after defeating San Jose State at the buzzer on Tuesday by a score of 75-73. The Pokes hit 23 free throws on 25 attempts on Tuesday and rank second in the conference shooting 75.7 percent from the line. The Pokes are shooting 45.8 percent from the field with opponents shooting 44.2 percent. Wyoming is shooting 40.5 percent from behind the arc to rank first in the conference and eighth in the nation.



The Lobos head into the game receiving votes in both the Associated Press and Coaches polls. The Lobos are 12-2 overall and 0-1 in conference play falling on the road at No. 13 Colorado State on Tuesday by a score of 76-68. The Lobos feature on the top offenses in the MW at 83.4 points per game. UNM shoots 46.8 percent from the field. The Lobos are also one of the top rebounding teams in the nation at 40.5 per game.



About The Players

Wyoming is led by Sam Griffin at 18.6 points per game to rank second in the conference and No. 53 in the nation. He has scored 20 or more points in seven games including 23 against SJSU. Akuel Kot adds 15.7 points per game on the season to rank ninth in the MW. He has scored in double-figures in every game this season and 47-straight games in his career. Mason Walters adds 12 points per game and 3.5 rebounds in four games on the season. Caden Powell leads the team grabbing 6.1 rebounds per game.



New Mexico is led in scoring by Jamal Mashburn Jr. at 17.3 points per game. Donovan Dent is one of the league’s top playmakers averaging 16.3 points per game along with 6.4 assists per game. Jaelen House adds 15.1 points per game and is shooting 41 percent from behind the arc.



About The Series

The Cowboys trail the all-time series with the Lobos 72-78. The Pokes downed the Lobos in The pit last season by a score of 70-56, but fell in the MW tournament by a score of 87-76 in the final game of the season for the Brown and Gold.



Up Next

The Wyoming remains on the road heading to Utah State on Tuesday for a 7 p.m. start in a contest on the MW Network.

Andrew Peasley Appreciation Thread

What a tough, competitive kid he is. He should go down as an all-time great Wyoming QB. If he hadn't been injured last year, that might have been our title season.

Crowd was chanting Peas-ley yesterday and I thought it was well deserved. He definitely left it all on the field. He was right in front of me just before the Holland kick and he couldn't even watch and was very emotional. Just a totally invested guy.

I will tolerate no Peasley slander from this day forward.

Great win tonight

Having guards who can score can keep us in games like tonight. This win and the energy from the buzzer beater might be just the kick in the pants this group needs.

They will need it, as the road only gets harder. Cowboys will need to be the best version of themselves to compete at the Pit and then Logan. Fresno back home in two weeks should be a similar game as tonight.

Watched the UNM and CSU first half and I'm sad to say they're playing a completely different game. Ball movement, really solid half court offensive sets, and actual perimeter defense. They are in a different league than Wyoming right now.

What a great way for Coach Bohl….

To end his career!

Congratulations to the Cowboys for never giving up and getting the win over a dang good team.

For all of you Coach Bohl naysayers, I hope you enjoyed getting in your last shots at our honorable coach, and I hope you are all VERY proud of yourselves. Maybe someday you will appreciate what kind of a coach Mr. Bohl has been for UW.

Enjoy your retirement Coach Bohl!

Linder Radio Show

Informative. As I suspected, Linder talked about how the offense is essentially built around Mason Walters with his ability to score and pass. So I am thinking that with Walters back, there should be a significant improvement on turnovers because he is a great ball handling big that can catch the ball and pass out of high ball screens.

Linder also talked about Kot and his ability to take and make wild shots and expected him to improve as the season goes on as he adjusts to D1 basketball. I certainly hope so. He is a player that has taken me a while to get used to and he seems erratic if you are not used to his style.
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College football needs more fixing.

College football is never ever going to be the sport I grew up with again, so you have to learn as a Poke fan to adapt. But, can we at least agree that there needs to be some major fixes to the current mess? My ideas to fix it:

1. Change the portal date until after January 1. Teams should at least have one more shot to remain as a team and not have their entire roster leave before the bowl. Not only is it hard on the teams, it is a disaster for the quality of the bowl game. Why am I watching the Guarantee Rate Guarantee Bowl if there is not a guarantee anyone is there to play except the 3rd string scrubs? Its about ratings, man.

2. NIL should not be paid to players until they have actually done something. Nothing worse than an 18 year old primadonna that arrives on campus with buttloads of cash and not any real accomplishments. Moneys should be earned and not paid until graduation and kept in a trust. Universities should pay more per diem and full living costs to all athletes so there arent any athletes that are literally starving like some were reported in the 90s.

3. Stricter rules regarding transfers. I have no issue with players transferring when the HC leaves. But I think there should be some sort of penalty for leaving otherwise, even if it is only sitting out for a few games. And current transfers have millions of exceptions allowing them to transfer literally 5 times in 5 years with any excuse to get out.

4. Change the playoff format. You have to win your conference to go to the playoff. Period. Otherwise conference championship games will be worthless. I like the idea of playing all the conference games, all the bowls with traditional matchups and play a playoff when it is all done. You have to win your bowl. You have to be a conference champion in order to get in. This one helps with number 1 so the bowls actually mean something.

Eventually greed will win and the big boys are going to all leave to form a semi pro league of 40 to 60 schools. It would be neat if leadership for the MWC could put together a contingency plan and not be caught with our collective pants down. We can all agree that this sport is a mess and could get even messier for the student athlete at smaller universities so it would be great if we could get ahead of it for once. But until then, I think my ideas or a variation of my ideas would help.

Okay, my opinion…..

Which I don’t share all that much, as my normal posts are generally posted for a bit of comic, and maybe sarcastic relief.
Okay;
1. I have been a Wyoming fan since 1966 and will be until the good Lord calls me home.
2. I want the Pokes to win every game, and finish as high up n the polls as possible,
3. I am realistic that UW is not the easiest place to recruit to, can’t compete in NIL with many schools ( including some of those in the MWC), but has found under Bohl’s command, a way to find the “right” players.
4. I am extremely appreciative of Bohl’s roll in establishing UW as a force in the top half of the conference, by bringing discipline and a blue collar work ethic to UW football and building a damn tough defense.
5. I too, like so many of you would love to see us as a “Joe Tiller, Paul Roach” offensive juggernaut.
6. All of that said, I am often surprised (and frankly annoyed) by many posters who must feel that repeating their obviously recognized opinions (which you are fully entitled to), over and over and over and………somehow moves the needle. We get it, you aren’t happy. Your constant and incredibly repetitive negativity may make you feel good, but the rest of us just think you need a life.
7. Okay, now that said, a lot of what you complain about, I (and many others) agree with. We just don’t need .to see it multiple times each week.
8. Now that I have many of you pissed off (really not my intention), here is the kicker for me:
9. Bohl coached this bowl game the way he has coached for 40 years………………and he WON, doing it his way! Be happy for that, and let’s move on.
10. Let’s give the new staff our support and a chance to show what they can do.

Forever a deeply devoted Poke fan who would buy any one of you a beer anytime,
PikesPeakPoke
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