Cowboy Basketball Officially Opens Season with First Practice
Pokes host College of Idaho in Exhibition on Oct. 25
Pokes host College of Idaho in Exhibition on Oct. 25
LARAMIE, Wyo. (Sept. 25, 2024) – A new era of Cowboy basketball officially began on Wednesday afternoon in the Arena-Auditorium with the first practice of the Sundance Wicks era. Wyoming will host College of Idaho a month from Wednesday in an exhibition contest inside the Arena-Auditorium.
Notes on the Pokes
- Head Coach Sundance Wicks is in his first season as head coach of the Cowboys. A
native of Wyoming, Wicks is the 23rd coach in school history. He spent three seasons
as an assistant at UW leading Wyoming to the NCAA tournament in 2022.
- In his only season at Green Bay, Wicks was named the 2023-24 Horizon League
Coach of the Year. He was also named the Joe B. Hall National Coach of the Year,
which is presented annually to the top rookie, first-year head coach in NCAA
Division I college basketball. Green Bay improved in the win column by 15 games for
the ninth most in NCAA History.
- Wyoming welcomes back four-letterwinners and a redshirt from last season’s team
and welcome nine transfers along with two incoming freshmen.
- Kobe Newton is the leading returning scorer for the Pokes at 4.5 points per game.
he shot 49 percent from behind the arc for the season in 20 games. He missed time
with an injury.
- Oleg Kojenets grabbed 2.5 rebounds per game last season, as he is Wyoming’s top
returning rebounder.
- Touko Tainamo was an All-Summit League selection at Denver last season with
15.2 points per game and 7.7 rebounds.
- Obi Agbim added 15.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.9 assists. He was an All-RMAC
player and All-Region selection at Fort Lewis College.
- Jordan Nesbitt comes to UW from Hampton University. He has over 1,000 career
points with 500 career rebounds and 250 assists.
- Dontaie Allen recorded 56 three-pointers last season at Western Kentucky.
2024 Schedule
The 30-game slate features 20 Mountain West Conference contests along with 10 non-conference games with five of those contests being played inside the Arena-Auditorium.
Mountain West national television partners CBS Sports and FOX Sports are now in a selection procedure, which will include the shifting of games from their current dates. Additional announcements on television selections will be made soon along with game times.
Season tickets are currently available for Cowboy Basketball. 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.
The Pokes will host College of Idaho in an exhibition contest on October 25. Wyoming will officially open the season against Concordia-St. Paul on November 4. UW will then host Tennessee State on November 11. The Cowboys will battle Utah Tech (November 16), Southeastern Louisiana (November 22) and Bellarmine (December 19) to round out non-conference home contests.
Wyoming will play a non-conference road game at Texas Tech on November 13. Wyoming will close out non-conference play at Cal State Fullerton on December 22.
UW will play in the Cancun Challenge on November 26 opening against Tulane then will either battle Loyola-Marymount or Belmont the following day. Wyoming will also face BYU in a neutral site game at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah on December 14.
The 20-game MW slate starts on December 4 with a trip to Utah State. Wyoming will open the home portion of the conference schedule against Nevada on December 28 and Boise State on New Year’s Eve. Other conference home games include New Mexico on January 7 and the Border War against Colorado State on January 18.
The Pokes will host Fresno State on January 28, Utah State on February 4 and UNLV on February 8. UW will welcome Air Force on February 18 and San Jose State on February 22. UW will close the conference home schedule against San Diego State on March 1.
Wyoming will play Front Range foe Air Force on the road on January 4 and make a trip to Boise State on January 14. UW will head to UNLV on January 21 and San Jose State on January 25. A trip to San Diego State is set for February 1 and back-to-back road games at New Mexico (February 11) and Colorado State (February 15). UW will close the road schedule at Nevada on February 25 and at Fresno to close the regular season on March 4.
