Wyoming
Which Wyoming hoopster wore it best? No. 1
LARAMIE — Do you ever see a quantity on a Wyoming basketball jersey and consider all the good gamers to put on it?
Yeah, me too.
On this summer time collection, I’ll offer you my tackle which Pokes’ hoopster was one of the best ever to don every quantity. The standards are easy: How did he carry out at UW? What sort of affect did he have on this system?
Justin James and the Wyoming Males’s Cowboy Basketball staff was defeated by the Fresno State Bulldogs 75-62 on the Enviornment-Auditorium in Laramie on Jan. 30, 2019./ UW Athletics media relations photograph
No. 1 – JUSTIN JAMES
Guard, 2015-19, Port Saint Lucie, Fla.
Résumé in Laramie
* 73 video games began
* 131 video games performed
* 15.7 factors per recreation
* 28.1 minutes per night time
* Third in scoring in Wyoming historical past with 2,061 factors
* 2016-17 Third Staff All-Mountain West
* 2017-18 First Staff All-Mountain West
* 2018-19 Second Staff All-Mountain West
* 2016-17 Mountain West Sixth Man of the 12 months
Why James?
You may make an argument for all 9 guys who’ve worn the No. 1 throughout their careers in Laramie.
John Kimball was named to the RMAC first staff in 4 straight seasons and helped lead the Cowboys to a Helms Basis Championship in 1934. Donta Richardson was an all-conference choice on back-to-back Mountain West title groups. JayDee Luster was the league’s Defensive Participant of the 12 months in 2011-12. Marcus Williams claimed Freshman of the 12 months honors in 2020-21.
Brad Jones slashed and gashed his approach by Mountain West defenses. He is nonetheless seventh all-time in free throws made with 476. He is ranked eighth in assists with 351.
Steven Leven and Charles Hankerson had loads of highlights, too.
Nonetheless, this determination was comparatively straightforward. Justin James is the third all-time main scorer in Wyoming historical past. That places him in firm with greats like Fennis Dembo, Brandon Ewing and Flynn Robinson. His 2,061 profession factors can be ok for fifth most in convention historical past behind solely BYU’s Jimmer Fredette (2,599), Utah State’s Sam Merrill (2,197), San Diego State’s Brandon Heath (2,189) and Ewing, who capped his profession with 2,168 factors.
The Florida product was additionally named the Mountain West Convention’s high sixth man in 2016-17. James arrived on campus in Larry Shyatt’s closing season. He made his mark below new head coach Allen Edwards, main the Cowboys to a 24-win season and a CBI Championship as a sophomore.
Wyoming gained 20 video games once more the next season earlier than bottoming out in 2018-19 with a document of 8-24. That definitely wasn’t James’ fault. Throughout his senior marketing campaign, James averaged a team-high 22.1 factors per recreation.
He parlayed his UW profession into changing into the fourth choose of the second spherical of the 2019 NBA Draft. James performed for the Sacramento Kings — and their G-League staff — for 3 seasons. He’s at present a member of the Cleveland Cost, an affiliate of the Cavaliers.
James is only one of 29 NBA Draft choices in Wyoming basketball historical past.
Who else wore No. 1
John Kimball (30’s), Donta Richardson (00’s), Steve Leven (00’s), Brad Jones (00’s), JayDee Luster (00’s), Derrious Gilmore (10’s), Charles Hankerson Jr (10’s), Marcus Williams (20’s)
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* All accessible rosters offered by the College of Wyoming Athletics Division. If we missed a participant who wore this quantity, please electronic mail cody@7220sports.com
* A lot of gamers wore completely different jersey numbers throughout their careers. From the 1930’s by the 50’s, gamers had been issued a house and an away jersey.