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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Unpacking Tuesday’s<a href="https://twitter.com/wyo_mbb?ref_src=tws ... wyo_mbb</a> practice:<br><br>➖ROSTER:<br>3 SRs, 3 JRs, 3 SOs, 4 FR<br><br>➖KEY RETURNERS:<a href="https://twitter.com/XavierDusell?ref_sr ... rDusell</a>, Kenny Foster, <a href="https://twitter.com/therealhunter24?ref ... unter24</a>, Graham Ike, Hunter Thompson, Drake Jeffries, Jeremiah Oden<br><br>➖KEY NEWCOMER: <br>Deng Dut (JUCO AA)<br><br>➖STRENGTHS:<br>Shooting, Scoring, Experience <a href="https://t.co/DtYvBWfND6">pic.twitter.co ... </p>&mdash; Brian Burton (@CoachBurton13) <a href=" 15, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">➖FRONTCOURT:<br>G. Ike- All-MW level player, must avoid foul trouble<br>Thompson &amp; Foster- will be even better in yr2️⃣ for Linder<br><br>➖BACKCOURT:<br>Maldonado - Most important player. Will take new role as point fwd. Avg 13, 7, &amp; 5<br><br>Dut &amp; DuSell - DuSell best % shooter in MW, Dut a JC AA <a href="https://t.co/MNtwuwt6J6">pic.twitter.co ... </p>&mdash; Brian Burton (@CoachBurton13) <a href=" 15, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">➖DEPTH:<br>An X-Factor for them to continue to trend upward<br><br>➖KEYS:<br>Rebounding, Defense<br><br>➖KEEP AN👁ON:<br>Ike - Talented sophomore who should have a breakout year<br><br>➖ASSESSMENT:<br>Building upward. Will build on last years success. Need depth &amp; defense to develop to take the next step. <a href="https://t.co/ahIOFQCCIk">pic.twitter.co ... </p>&mdash; Brian Burton (@CoachBurton13) <a href=" 15, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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In case you looked at our roster in the tweet above, it's not accurate. For some reason, the NCAA wants the players listed like they didn't just give everyone an extra year of eligibility. So in reality, we have zero seniors, 3 juniors, 3 sophomores, and 7 freshmen if our players exercise their extra year of eligibility.
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Also, I just read on the MWCboard that Wyoming has a scrimmage next weekend vs. Utah(23rd) and one the following weekend vs. UNC(the Colorado UNC) on the 30th.
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Old-Bull wrote: Fri Oct 15, 2021 11:33 am Also, I just read on the MWCboard that Wyoming has a scrimmage next weekend vs. Utah(23rd) and one the following weekend vs. UNC(the Colorado UNC) on the 30th.
Oh, yes. The super secret scrimmages.
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Craig Thompson just made a comment on Boise radio that the MWC is talking to Gonzaga. Hopefully he doesn't f it up this time.
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Well, according to the MWC media, the only teams worse than Wyoming this year in the MWC are AFA and SJSU...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/CSUMBasketball?ref_ ... ketball</a> is the preseason favorite to win the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MWMBB?src=h ... >#MWMBB</a> regular-season title!⁠<br>⁠<a href="https://twitter.com/Aztec_MBB?ref_src=t ... tec_MBB</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/NevadaHoops?ref_src ... daHoops</a> also received first place votes -- who do you think will end up at the top this season??⁠<br>⁠<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AtThePeak?s ... ThePeak</a> <a href="https://t.co/Q6HZm4GV9a">pic.twitter.co ... </p>&mdash; Mountain West (@MountainWest) <a href=" 20, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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We're owed nothing by the media until we win. We're out to earn respect this year.
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Cowboys need to be a lot better defensively if they want to prove the MWC media wrong....

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Time will tell, but tied for 8th is 9th in my book.

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I say we’re coming in 3rd
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I guess we lost by 20 in our super secret scrimmage with Utah. Awesome. 8th place here we come
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Those scrimmages are a secret for a reason. Coaches play everyone, try different combinations, experiment with strategies. It's not like they play the starting 5 for 30 minutes.

A team like Utah (i.e. more depth) probably should beat us in a closed door scrimmage.
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WestWYOPoke wrote: Sat Oct 23, 2021 9:23 pm Those scrimmages are a secret for a reason. Coaches play everyone, try different combinations, experiment with strategies. It's not like they play the starting 5 for 30 minutes.

A team like Utah (i.e. more depth) probably should beat us in a closed door scrimmage.
Why would Utah have more depth? I say that with the caveat that I don’t know how many players didn’t play. Obviously Foster and Reynolds are probably still out, but both teams have the same number of scholarship players. They are in the first year of a new head coach. That wouldn’t speak well of our staff if they have more depth in their first year than we do in our second.

Hopefully this doesn’t indicate anything real about the season, but it is still disappointing news.
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I wouldn’t read into anything with that scrimmage.

The coaches actually stop plays at certain points if things aren’t run right and work on out of bounds plays and all sorts of stuff. Like was said it is never a straight up scrimmage where both teams just keep going up and down the court like a regular game for 30 or 40 minutes.
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Who knows what happened in that scrimmage? I don't know if it's worth worrying ourselves about. It might have been a case where the coaching staff knows who their starters are going to be and are more interested in seeing the guys that will fill out the bench rolls. Or maybe Ike or Dusell didn't play.

If Maldonado, Wenzel, and Foster were still out that would make sense that we didn't play very well. I expect all three to be major contributors.
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Time will tell and soon i hope
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