Wyoming guard Hunter Maldonado combines with Cowboys sophomore post Graham Ike to comprise the highest-scoring duo in college basketball so far this season. The Cowboys play the New Mexico Lobos in the Pit Tuesday night.
(Courtesy of Wyoming athletics)
On Oct. 21, the morning the preseason Mountain West media poll was released, Jeff Linder had a very coach-like response to the expected questions about where his team was ranked – tied for 8th with the rebuilding UNM Lobos.
“I don’t really take too much stock into the media poll,” Linder said. “Now, there’s also perception is reality and it’s our job as a program to actually prove it during the season and to prove that we are program on the rise.