Welcome to Wyoming Hoops: Micah Curtis
LARAMIE -- "We recruit winners."
Sundance Wicks said that, referring to landing high school standouts Madden Smiley and Chris Pohl in the offseason. The latter could soon be a menace in the paint for the Wyoming basketball program. The other, leading the charge and manning the point.
This third-year bench boss wasn't just talking about success at the prep level, though, when he made that statement. Can't forget the NCAA Transfer Portal, which has been more of a foe to this university than a friend in years past.
Did Wicks flip the script in 2026-27?
It appears so.
The Cowboys return 50% of their offensive production from an 18-win squad that punched its ticket to the postseason for the first time since March of 2022. Promising freshmen Naz Meyer (12.9 ppg) and Gavin Gores (7.3) bought into the mission. So did transfer guards Uriyah Rojas (6.2) and Khaden Bennett (10.2). Those four, along with redshirt rookie Neil Summers, are all back in the mix this fall.
That group also accounted for 15.1 of the team's 35.5 boards per game. Meyer and Bennett each averaged nearly five a night.
Damarion Dennis and his 11.2 points an outing are gone. He's now at Texas Tech, lacing them up for former UW head coach Jeff Linder. Forwards Simm-Marten Saadi (Central Arkansas) and Abou Magassa (UNC Asheville) changed addresses, too. Adam Harakow (Western Michigan) and Jared Harris (Prairie View A&M) also entered free agency.
Outside of Dennis' production, the other four combined to net just 16.4 points per contest.
Wyoming lost its leading scorer, Leland Walker (13.5 ppg), along with Kiani Saxon and Matija Belic to graduation. That trio averaged 21 a game.
Let's meet the 10 new faces on this roster:
NAME | Micah Curtis
YEAR | Redshirt freshman
HT/WT | 6' 8", 230
HOMETOWN | St. Louis Park, Minn.
POSITION | Forward
JERSEY NUMBER | 12
PREVIOUS SCHOOL | North Dakota
YEARS OF ELIGIBILITY | Four
NOTABLE | The 6-foot-8 redshirt freshman was limited to just three games during the 2025-26 campaign at North Dakota -- his first at the collegiate level -- after being sidelined with a season-ending back injury. The St. Louis Park, Minn., native shared a frontcourt with twin brother Marley Curtis. In just his second-career game, Micah Curtis netted 22 points on 10-of-12 shooting in a 128-58 rout of Mayville State. He added six rebounds -- two on the offensive glass -- along with a team-best five blocks. Nearly 20 schools, including Northern Illinois, Ohio and South Dakota State, among others, showed interest in the 230-pound forward after he hit the open market. At St. Louis Park High School, Curtis led his team in scoring during his senior season, pouring in nearly 30 points an outing. He was also the leading rebounder, snagging 9.8 boards a night. That output earned him First Team All-Metro West honors. Curtis has not yet been cleared to be a full participant in practice.
QUOTABLE | "Mike is a future's bet for us right now. I mean, he's still recovering from his back stuff, so it'll be a slow drip for him. But the talent is there, the ability to impact winning is there. Unbelievable kid, great human. The character stuff fits for us. So, right now, you're not going to see a ton of Micah right now in the summer, just until he gets cleared with all the stuff that's going on, but, for us, that's one of those things where you know when you're maxing out your roster. You got to stockpile draft picks, as well, so you want to get really good young guys that maybe somebody else is going to pass over because of the situation. And, for us, we thought that was value for us. We thought that Micah had a ton of value for what we needed, at the time. So, rounding out the roster was huge," -- Wyoming head coach Sundance Wicks on adding North Dakota forward Micah Curtis to the roster in the offseason.
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