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LARAMIE — University of Wyoming men’s basketball coach Larry Shyatt often talks about blocking out the noise.

The noise about UW’s latest opponent — San Jose State — is that it is 5-11 overall, one of two winless teams in conference play in the Mountain West (UNLV the other) and with the lowest RPI among MW teams at 333.

The Spartans have lost 27 consecutive MW games going back to Feb...