(Laramie, WY) – *GoWyo.com release* A new era of Cowboy basketball officially began on Wednesday afternoon in the Arena-Auditorium with the first practice of the Sundance Wicks era. Wyoming will host College of Idaho a month from Wednesday in an exhibition contest inside the Arena-Auditorium. Notes on the Pokes – Head Coach Sundance Wicks is in his first season as head coach of the Cowboys. A native of Wyoming, Wicks is the 23rd coach in school history. He spent three seasons as an assistant at UW leading Wyoming to the NCAA tournament in 2022. – In his only season at Green Bay, Wicks was named the 2023-24 Horizon League Coach of the Year. He was also named the Joe B. Hall National Coach of the