Cowboys sign a rebounder

According to the Casper Star Tribune the Cowboys basketball team has signed F Brian Gibson out of Delgado JC in New Orleans. Gibson currently leads the JUCO ranks with over 14 rebounds a game.

Gibson is old for his year (25 next year) and only 6'8 but he has a wide body and a knack for grabbing rebounds. He also scores 12 points a game but his focus on the boards should be a boost for the Cowboys next year.

I think Schroyer has done a good job this year in recruiting players that fill gaps in the Pokes lineup. Wyoming gets out rebounded nearly every game and Gibson should help quite a bit. With Boubacar Sylla in doubt next year with foot ailments Gibson will provide some more depth down low. Francisco Cruz is a sharpshooter from outside and should help with three pointers.

Hopefully these two have a bigger impact than Thomas Manzano did this year.

Pokes sign a marksman

The Pokes have received a verbal commitment today from SF Francisco Cruz out Western Nebraska Community College. Cruz has the ability to hit the long range shot - which has been the achilles heel for the Pokes this year. Cruz is averaging over 20 points a game this season and hitting 47% from three point range. As a team the Cowboys are shooting 20% below that mark.

Listed at 6'4 205 Cruz doesn't have ideal size but should make up for that his attitude and determination. Coming out Lincoln High School (Denver) Cruz played an inside game but went to WNCC to develop his outside game and it has paid off. Earlier this season Cruz scored 41 points.

Cruz who is orginally from Nogales, Mexico will be a Junior which adds to the strain of the Wyoming class size. A majority of the Cowboys will be Juniors next year with only a couple sophomores and just one freshman expected. This lack of balance in class size makes its hard to get every player enough minutes and as we've seen they then leave the program early.

Cruz visited Laramie last weekend for the BYU game. He had an offer from Montana. CSU, UNLV, San Francisco and Washington State were also interested.

*UPDATE* - 4:47PM MST

According to WNCC Cruz will switch to shooting guard when he joins the Cowboys. Cruz cited location, the conference and the desire to rebuild the program as reasons he joined. Glad he is on board and the switch to SG should be a good one for him.

SoCal guard commits to Cowboys

Joe Hudson must have liked what he saw on Saturday night. After traveling from sunny San Diego to Laramie Hudson witnessed a tenacious Wyoming Cowboys team that came back from 14 down to take defeat the San Diego State Aztecs.

According to the North County Times Hudson verbally commited to the Pokes just two days later. Hudson is the Pokes first recruit to commit for the 2010 season. He brings the ability to hit from long range or slash to the basket.

Here is a solid Q&A he did with the North County Times.

ESPN recruiting ranks him as a 74 grade.

Casper Tribune
Hudson, a 6-foot-1 guard from Escondido High School, averaged more than 21 points and hit 85 3-pointers as a junior and entered the 2010 calendar year averaging nearly 25 points per game as a senior, according to a Dec. 31 story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.