1933–34 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team

The 1933–34 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team represented the University of Wyoming during the 1933–34 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The head coach was Willard Witte, coaching in his fourth season with the Cowboys. The team finished the season with a 26–4 record^[1] and were named national champions by the Helms Athletic Foundation.^[2][3]

1933–34 Wyoming Cowboys basketball
RMAC Champions Helms Foundation National Champions
Conference	Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
Record	26–4 (14–0 RMAC)
Head coach	Willard Witte (4th season)
MVP	Les Witte
Captain	Les Witte
Home arena	Half Acre Gym
Seasons ← 1932–33 1934–35 →

1933–34 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern
Wyoming	14	–	0		1.000			26	–	4		.867
Colorado	7	–	5		.583			9	–	8		.529
Colorado College	7	–	5		.583			10	–	11		.476
Denver	7	–	7		.500			8	–	9		.471
Northern Colorado	6	–	8		.429			13	–	14		.481
Colorado State	5	–	7		.417			5	–	7		.417
Western State	4	–	6		.400			9	–	8		.529
Colorado School of Mines	1	–	13		.071			1	–	13		.071
Western
BYU	9	–	3		.750			18	–	12		.600
Utah State	7	–	5		.583			14	–	6		.700
Utah	7	–	5		.583			14	–	9		.609
Montana State	1	–	11		.083			5	–	22		.185
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
12/16/1933*		Fort Collins VFW	W 43–26	1–0	Half Acre Gym  Laramie, WY
12/19/1933*		Denver Athletic Club	W 39–33	2–0	Half Acre Gym  Laramie, WY
12/21/1933*		at Piggly Wiggly	L 19–24	2–1
1/2/1934*		Fort Warren	W 61–18	3–1	Half Acre Gym  Laramie, WY
1/5/1934		Western State	W 36–20	4–1 (1–0)	Half Acre Gym  Laramie, WY
1/6/1934		Western State	W 37–22	5–1 (2–0)	Half Acre Gym  Laramie, WY
1/12/1934		at Northern Colorado	W 38–17	6–1 (3–0)	Greeley, CO
1/20/1934*		at Nebraska	W 33–24	7–1	Nebraska Coliseum  Lincoln, NE
1/24/1934		Denver	W 42–31	8–1 (4–0)	Half Acre Gym  Laramie, WY
1/27/1934		at Colorado	W 18–13	9–1 (5–0)	Boulder, CO
1/31/1934		Colorado	W 35–17	10–1 (6–0)	Half Acre Gym  Laramie, WY
2/3/1934		at Denver	W 41–33	11–1 (7–0)	Denver, CO
2/10/1934		Colorado College	W 37–32	12–1 (8–0)	Half Acre Gym  Laramie, WY
2/11/1934		Colorado College	W 28–18	13–1 (9–0)	Half Acre Gym  Laramie, WY
2/17/1934		Northern Colorado	W 42–27	14–1 (10–0)	Half Acre Gym  Laramie, WY
2/25/1934		at Colorado State	W 41–15	15–1 (11–0)	South College Gymnasium  Fort Collins, CO
3/1/1934		at Colorado State	W 39–21	16–1 (12–0)	South College Gymnasium  Fort Collins, CO
3/3/1934		Colorado School of Mines	W 49–25	17–1 (13–0)	Half Acre Gym  Laramie, WY
3/4/1934		Colorado Mines	W 41–16	18–1 (14–0)	Half Acre Gym  Laramie, WY
3/8/1934*		BYU	W 43–38	19–1	Half Acre Gym  Laramie, WY
3/9/1934*		BYU	W 47–44 ^OT	20–1	Half Acre Gym  Laramie, WY
3/10/1934*		BYU	W 43–34	21–1	Half Acre Gym  Laramie, WY
3/12/1934*		Belen, New Mexico	W 58–11	22–1	Half Acre Gym  Laramie, WY
3/13/1934*		Wilcox Oilers	W 43–20	23–1	Half Acre Gym  Laramie, WY
3/14/1934*		Ogden Boosters	W 39–35	24–1	Half Acre Gym  Laramie, WY
3/15/1934*		Gridley Pontiac Chieftains	W 28–25	25–1	Half Acre Gym  Laramie, WY
3/16/1934*		Reno Creamery	W 30–27	26–1	Half Acre Gym  Laramie, WY
3/17/1934*		Tulsa	L 19–29	26–2	Half Acre Gym  Laramie, WY
3/23/1934*		vs. Piggly Wiggly	L 29–35	26–3	Casper, WY
3/24/1934*		vs. Piggly Wiggly	L 29–31	26–4	Casper, WY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source^[1]

References

1. . History. University of Wyoming. 2011. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
2. "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
3. "Wyoming Cowboys season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved June 18, 2014.