2016–17 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team

The 2016–17 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team represented the University of Wyoming during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Allen Edwards in his first year. They played their home games at the Arena-Auditorium in Laramie, Wyoming as a member of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 23–15, 8–10 in Mountain West play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the first round of the Mountain West tournament to Air Force. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Eastern Washington, UMKC and Utah Valley to advance to the best-of-three finals series against Coastal Carolina. They defeated Coastal Carolina 2 games to 1 to become CBI champions. They become the second consecutive Mountain West team to win the CBI after Nevada in 2016.

2016–17 Wyoming Cowboys basketball
CBI champion
ConferenceMountain West Conference
Record23–15 (8–10 MW)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jeremy Shyatt
  • Tony Pujol
  • Jermaine Kimbrough
Home arenaArena-Auditorium
2016–17 Mountain West Conference
men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Nevada144 .778287  .800
Colorado State135 .7222412  .667
Boise State126 .6672012  .625
Fresno State117 .6112013  .606
New Mexico108 .5561714  .548
San Diego State99 .5001914  .576
Wyoming810 .4442315  .605
San Jose State711 .3891416  .467
Utah State711 .3891417  .452
Air Force414 .2221221  .364
UNLV414 .2221121  .344
Conference tournament winner
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