The Tradition Begins! Welcome to the first season of The Dirt from the Stampede! As many of you know, we strive to provide you, the students, with the information needed to know our opponent and get inside their heads. In addition, you’ll find a great game to give you the true Cowboy experience. It’s going to be an exciting year for UW Athletics and you, the fans, are a vital part of the Pokes’ success. Our Cowboys have been praised by the media, opposing fans and players and the home field advantage created by the students of The War. This is our War and no one comes in here and pushes us around!

The Dirt

Cowboy Basketball (10-20 3-13 in MWC play)
The Pokes played two games this last week and were able to break a losing streak totaling 8 games. The Air Force Academy traveled to Laramie on Tuesday and the Pokes were able to beat the Falcons in a back and forth contest but the Pokes were able to pull ahead at the end of the game and beat Air Force 58-49. On Saturday Wyoming traveled to play the Running Rebels of UNLV and had a rough start to the game. After the first half Wyoming trailed by 21 points and the game was essentially over. The men were actually able to outscore the Rebels in the second half but it was just too many points and the final score was 74-56. Wyoming will fly back to Vegas to play in the Mountain West Conference Tournament as the #8 seed. They will play Air Force again who is the nine seed and then if they are able to win that game they will play the #1 seed New Mexico Lobos.

Upcoming Games:

Mountain West Conference Tournament in Las Vegas Nevada March 9th-13th

Air Force Falcons (9-20 1-15 in MWC play) on Wednesday March 10th 3:00 P.M.

Cowgirl Basketball (18-10 9-7 in MWC play)

The Cowgirls played two games this past week and were able to finish off the season with two victories. First, the Cowgirls traveled to Colorado Springs on Wednesday to take on the Air Force Falcons. Our Cowgirls were able to get off to a great start and score almost 90 points as the Cowgirls won going away 87-60. Then the Running Rebels came to Laramie on Saturday and the Cowgirls looked to get some revenge from an earlier loss. The Rebels were able to overcome a thirteen point lead but our Cowgirls were able to regroup and win a back and forth game 78-73. Now the girls will have to play UNLV in the first round of the Mountain West Conference Tourney again.

Upcoming Games:

Mountain West Conference Tournament in Las Vegas March 9th to March
13th

UNLV Rebels (13-17 6-10 in MWC play) on Tuesday March 9th 8:00 P.M.

Go Pokes!!!