LARAMIE — The Jeff Linder era began the day the music died.
Wyoming routed Mississippi Valley State 97-61 on Nov. 28, 2020, in Linder’s first game taking over as head coach of the floundering men’s basketball program.
Only 1,216 fans made it through the turnstiles for the opener due to limited-capacity seating, and the pep band was not allowed inside the Arena-Auditorium due to COVID-19 protocols.
The Double-A had already been muted by two miserable 24-loss seasons for the Cowboys, who were 10-23 (.303) at home during Allen Edwards’ final two seasons in a venue where UW is 435-159 (.