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LARAMIE - When they arrived at the University of Wyoming, Andrew Wingard and Carl Granderson were just names on a roster. Little was known about them, and not much was expected of them outside of the coaches who recruited them. They were underdogs. Wingard, Granderson and a handful of other former UW players are in that same situation this week as the NFL draft starts today and concludes Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee. They just want a chance to show what they can do at the ultimate level of...
LARAMIE – The most successful coach in University of Wyoming women's basketball history is calling it a career. Joe Legerski, 61, announced on UW's Twitter account late Wednesday afternoon that he is retiring after 16 seasons as the Cowgirls' coach. The message was in letter form from Legerski. "The past 16 years have been an amazing journey for the Wyoming women's basketball program, and for me personally," he wrote. "In May of 2003, I was appointed the head basketball coach for the U...
LARAMIE – The last time coach Joe Legerski and the University of Wyoming women’s basketball team played Pepperdine was in 2013. UW won and Legerski picked up his 200th win. More than 100 victories and nearly six years later, UW and Pepperdine played again, and this time, the Cowgirls extended their memorable postseason run. True freshman Karla Erjavec made a free throw with 9.7 seconds to play, and UW forced a Pepperdine miss at the buzzer for a 61-60 victory in the third round of the WNIT in front of a season-best crowd of 5,134 at the Are...
LARAMIE – The University of Wyoming men's basketball team found out first hand why Nevada is the No. 7-ranked team in the country. UW didn't have many defensive answers, and couldn't generate nearly enough offense in an 82-49 loss in front of 5,287 at the Arena-Auditorium on Saturday night. UW fell to 6-19 overall and 2-10 in the MW. It was the Cowboys most lopsided loss of the season, and third time in conference play they lost by 30 or more points. UW had a season-low in points, shot a season-...
LARAMIE – Cordae Wynn is like many high school seniors. He juggles his time between basketball practice and school at Laramie High. He spends much of his time at home doing daily chores, homework and interacting with family. Wynn has aspirations of going to college and playing basketball. But there was a time not that long ago when things like that were not fathomable for Wynn. Thanks to the Kimbrough family, now they are. Jermaine Kimbrough was hired as an assistant coach for the University o...
LARAMIE – For many, the best way to see the University of Wyoming men's basketball team is when they play at home. But you might be surprised to learn where the Cowboys were when they were not doing their normal routine of games, practices, workouts and – for the players – going to class. From reading to elementary school kids to partaking in community celebrations in Laramie and around the state to playing softball with local firefighters and law enforcement officers to players and coach...
LARAMIE – As was the case last week, officials at the University of Wyoming aren't overly optimistic that its football team will be among the 78 that receive a bowl invitation Sunday. UW became the Mountain West's seventh bowl-eligible team with its 31-3 victory at New Mexico last Saturday. The Cowboys won their fourth consecutive game, finishing the regular season at 6-6 overall and third in the MW's Mountain Division at 4-4. However, the six other bowl-eligible teams in the conference have s...
LARAMIE – The University of Wyoming football team is focused on beating New Mexico on Saturday to get its sixth win and become bowl eligible. But even if the Cowboys (5-6 overall, 3-4 Mountain West) do that, the outlook – as of now – for playing in their third consecutive bowl game is unknown. If anything, they're not overly optimistic. UW athletics director Tom Burman said he talked to officials at the MW office Tuesday and was told they are afraid that a team like UW at 6-6 could get left...
LARAMIE – Three down and one to go. That’s the mentality of the University of Wyoming football team as it heads into its regular-season finale Saturday at New Mexico. The Cowboys (5-6 overall, 3-4 Mountain West) have won three consecutive games after their 35-27 come-from-behind victory over Air Force this past Saturday at War Memorial Stadium. They need to make it four if they want to get bowl eligible. UW has not played in three consecutive bowl games in school history. “We’re 3-0 in one-game playoffs,” senior strong safety Andrew Wingard s...
LARAMIE – Star Valley is known as a physical team that runs the football between the tackles and along the edges. The Braves flexed their muscles in both areas as they gained 272 rushing yards, and scored four of their five touchdowns on the ground during a 35-14 victory over Torrington to claim the Wyoming Class 3A championship Friday afternoon at War Memorial Stadium. "We've had a bunch of guys in the past that were big, bruiser guys, and this year we had guys step up to be that guy and hit s...
LARAMIE – C.J. Johnson said he felt like a stranger. The University of Wyoming redshirt junior wide receiver returned to the practice field a couple weeks ago for the first time since he injured his left knee during the Cowboys' Famous Idaho Potato Bowl victory over Central Michigan on Dec. 22, 2017. Johnson tore the anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus, and suffered a micro-fracture after being tackled awkwardly along the sideline in the game. "I got possibly one of the worst knee injuries w...
LARAMIE – The running back situation for the University of Wyoming may have become a little more uncertain. UW lost senior co-captain and leading rusher Nico Evans to injured ribs early in the third quarter in its 41-19 home-opening loss to Washington State this past Saturday at War Memorial Stadium. Evans led the team with 18 carries for 89 yards, but the Cowboys gained just 52 yards of total offense the rest of the game after Evans' injury. Fifth-year UW coach Craig Bohl didn't know after t...
Nico Evans' Twitter handle is @NextUp_Nico. That's fitting, as Evans is next up to be the University of Wyoming's leading running back. The fifth-year senior earned the starting job during fall camp, and will start in UW's season-opener Saturday night at New Mexico State. "It feels great, but the job is not over," Evans said. "This whole season is going to be a competition, so I can't relax. I have to do all the things I have been doing to keep this spot." On top of that, Evans was elected as...
LARAMIE – Trey Woods is switching positions – again. The University of Wyoming sophomore is moving from running back to defensive end, fifth-year coach Craig Bohl said after Tuesday's practice. Woods was recruited to UW in 2017 as a linebacker, but switched to running back at the start of last season. Woods led the Cowboys with 493 rushing yards in 2018. "We think he has some really good athleticism, we think he has great promise (at defensive end) and also I think it is an indication of som...
LARAMIE – Jalani Ellison's name has been mentioned more often than not. The University of Wyoming freshman cornerback has impressed coaches through the Cowboys' first 10 practices of fall camp. Listed at 6-foot and 160 pounds when he signed out of Reseda High in Reseda, California, Ellison is in the hunt to be UW's fourth cornerback, along with redshirt junior Antonio Hull and redshirt freshmen C.J. Coldon and Keyon Blankenbaker. "Athletically, he brings a different element to the group, w...
Who will be the quarterback, and how will he play? Who will run the ball? Will the offensive line be better? Those are all legitimate questions about the University of Wyoming's offense heading into this season. But there is another question that is key to the Cowboys' success offensively in 2018: Who is the big-play threat at wide receiver? Among the seven receivers who caught passes last season, along with three tight ends, all return. However, junior receiver C.J. Johnson, who led UW with...
LAS VEGAS – The University of Wyoming football team often has been the underdog since the Mountain West's first year in 1999. The Cowboys have fed off that underdog mentality to prove people wrong and finish better than expected. For example, they were picked to finish last in the Mountain Division in 2016, but won it. However, expectations are higher this season, for both the team and certain players. The media picked UW to finish second behind Boise State in the division, which was a...
LARAMIE – During this past season, at Mount Zion Academy in Baltimore, Tariq Johnson had some free time and watched the University of Wyoming men's basketball team defeat Nevada 104-103 in double overtime at home. "I kept telling myself, 'I can see myself playing there because of their playing style, which was the same as at Mount Zion,'" Johnson said. About a month later, UW started recruiting the 6-foot-5, 200-pound guard and eventually signed him. "When I got the first call (from Wyoming), I...
LARAMIE – Justin James got the feedback he wanted. Now, the University of Wyoming senior guard is back on campus working on what NBA coaches and staff told him to improve in order to give professional basketball at the highest level a shot next year. The 6-foot-7, 180-pound James was one of approximately 150 underclassmen who, at the very least, tested the NBA draft waters to see how they stacked up. James didn't hire an agent and recently returned to UW for his senior season. James worked o...
ARLINGTON, Texas – The University of Wyoming is now an Adidas school – for all of its sports. UW announced Wednesday an eight-year contract with the Portland, Oregon, based company to supply footwear, apparel and accessories for all 17 of its men's and women's sports. The contract starts June 1. UW athletics director Tom Burman said the contract is worth $5.75 million, and could be extended one year. However, most of the money in the contract involves product, not actual dollars. Burman sai...
Fullback position still evolving, developing for Cowboys LARAMIE – Mike Bath wants three but, right now, he only has one. The University of Wyoming fullbacks/tight ends coach wants three fullbacks who can play in games for the Cowboys this season. The departure of four-year starter Drew Van Maanen left a rather large gap at that position. Junior Jaylon Watson is the fullback on the roster with game experience, but even that is limited to roughly 40 snaps. Along with Watson, four other players g...
LARAMIE – The roles are reversed as the University of Wyoming men’s basketball team hosts Utah State at 7 p.m. today at Arena-Auditorium. On Jan. 20, UW was coming off a bye week as it headed into its game at Utah State. Thanks to a strong first half and a resilient second half, UW escaped with an 85-77 victory. Heading into tonight’s game, Utah State (13-11 overall, 6-5 Mountain West) is riding a three-game winning streak and hasn’t lost since that home setback to UW. The Aggies also are coming off a bye week. For UW (15-8, 6-4) to avoid c...
LARAMIE – Expectations were high for the University of Wyoming football team in 2017, and for the most part, the Cowboys lived up to them. UW posted back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since 1998-99, and played in consecutive bowl games for the first time in 30 years. Its 37-14 victory over Central Michigan in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl on Dec. 22 capped an 8-5 season, and was its first bowl win since 2009. But when looking back at this past season, the biggest storyline is more l...
LARAMIE – Whether Josh Allen plays in the University of Wyoming's bowl game remains uncertain, but there is reason for optimism. UW's junior starting quarterback missed the last two games of the regular season with a sprained right throwing shoulder, which occurred late in the first half Nov. 11 against Air Force. UW found out Sunday it will play Central Michigan in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl at 2 p.m. Dec. 22 in Boise, Idaho. "The shoulder is getting better day by day. I've been getting b...
LARAMIE – Last year's bowl game was nice, but now the University of Wyoming football team wants more. "We're very motivated. We lost our last two games – games we could have won," UW redshirt sophomore middle linebacker Logan Wilson said. "We don't want to end the last two seasons with a loss and not on a three-game losing streak this season." UW accepted an invitation Sunday to play in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, and will take on Central Michigan of the Mid-American Conference at 2 p.m., Dec...