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Wyoming extends basketball coach Larry Shyatt's contract

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) The University of Wyoming has extended basketball coach Larry Shyatt's contract through April 2020.

Athletic director Tom Burman noted in a statement Wednesday that Shyatt was offered a job by an undisclosed NBA team but chose to remain at Wyoming.

Shyatt referred to "what might be considered a dream job, opportunity that we had to at least evaluate and look at" but declined to go into specifics about the job during a telephone news conference.

Shyatt said he and his wife feel lucky and proud to remain in Laramie.

Terms of the five-year deal with Shyatt include an increased base salary that escalates from $210,000 in 2015-16 to $230,000 in 2019-20.