1987–88 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team

Wyoming Cowboys basketball
1987–88 Wyoming Cowboys basketball
WAC Tournament Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, First Round
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 13
1987–88 record	26–6 (11–5 WAC)
Head coach	Benny Dees (1st season)
Home arena	Arena-Auditorium

The 1987–88 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team represented the University of Wyoming in the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. (The school uses "Cowboys" solely for men's sports; women's teams and athletes at the school are known as "Cowgirls".)

Fennis Dembo was featured on the cover of the November 18, 1987, issue of Sports Illustrated.[1] It was the first time that a Wyoming Cowboy basketball player was featured on the cover.[2] Dembo would finish his Wyoming career as the Cowboys scoring leader, 2,311 points

Regular season

Player stats

Player	Games	Minutes	Field Goals	Three Pointers	Rebounds	Blocks	Steals	Points
Fennis Dembo[3]	32	1076	205	65	231	22	51	653
Eric Leckner[4]	32	972	181	0	210	43	29	492

NCAA basketball tournament

West
- Loyola Marymount (10) 119, Wyoming (7) 115

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Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Team
1	17	Eric Leckner	Utah Jazz
2	30	Fennis Dembo	Detroit Pistons

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Awards and honors

Fennis Dembo, First Team All-Western Athletic Conference

References

http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/cover/featured/9091/index.htm
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-14. Retrieved 2015-12-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-11-11. Retrieved 2009-05-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-12-01. Retrieved 2009-05-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1988
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[1] ttp://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/cover/featured/9091/index.htm

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-14. Retrieved 2015-12-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-11-11. Retrieved 2009-05-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-12-01. Retrieved 2009-05-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[5] ttp://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1988

[6] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-03-17. Retrieved 2009-05-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

Wyoming Cowboys basketball
Venues	Little Red Gym (1904–1924) Half Acre Gym (1924–1951) War Memorial Fieldhouse (1951–1982) Arena-Auditorium (1982–present)
Rivalries	Colorado State
Culture & lore	History "Ragtime Cowboy Joe"
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
Helms and NCAA national championships in bold