1942–43 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team

1942–43 Wyoming Cowboys basketball
NCAA tournament National champions
Big Seven regular season champions
National Championship Game,
W 46–34 vs. Georgetown
ConferenceMountain States Conference
Record31–2 (4-0 Big Seven)
Head coach

The 1942–43 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team represented the University of Wyoming in NCAA men's competition in the 1942–43 NCAA college basketball season. The Cowboys won the Mountain States Conference championship and were the first basketball team from the Rocky Mountains to win an NCAA title. Kenny Sailors of Hillsdale, Wyoming averaged 15.5 points per game and Milo Komenich averaged 16.7 points per game in leading the team to the championship. Despite playing just nine home games during the year, the Cowboys won 32 games.

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