2015 – 16 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team represented the University of Wyoming during the 2015 – 16 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . Their head coach was Larry Shyatt in his sixth and final year , including his first tenure in 1998 . Shyatt resigned at the end of the year to take a job in the NBA . They played their home games at the Arena-Auditorium in Laramie , Wyoming . The Cowboys were a member of the Mountain West Conference . They finished the season 14 – 18 , 7 – 11 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for eighth place . They lost in the first round of the Mountain West Tournament to Utah State
Mountain West Tournament
2016 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2015–16 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team