2019–20 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team

The 2019–20 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team represented Utah Valley University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wolverines, led by first-year head coach Mark Madsen, played their home games at the UCCU Center in Orem, Utah as members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 11–19, 5–10 in WAC play to finish in finish in eighth place. Due to irregularities in the WAC standings due to cancelled games, they were set to be the No. 6 seed in the WAC tournament, however, the tournament was cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019–20 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record11–19 (5–10 WAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Todd Phillips
  • Todd Okeson
  • Jarred Jackson
Home arenaUCCU Center
Seasons
2019–20 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
New Mexico State 16 0   1.000 25 6   .806
California Baptist* 10 6   .625 21 10   .677
Texas–Rio Grande Valley 9 7   .563 14 16   .467
Kansas City 8 7   .533 16 14   .533
Seattle 7 7   .500 14 15   .483
Grand Canyon 8 8   .500 13 17   .433
Cal State Bakersfield 6 10   .375 12 19   .387
Utah Valley 5 10   .333 11 19   .367
Chicago State 0 14   .000 4 25   .138
* Ineligible for the 2020 NCAA tournament due to transition period
Note: The 2020 WAC tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Previous season

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The Wolverines finished the 2018–19 season with an overall record of 25–10, including 12–4 in WAC play, to finish in second place.[1] In the 2019 WAC tournament, they defeated UMKC in the quarterfinals[2] before losing to Grand Canyon in the semifinals the following day.[3] On March 17, they accepted a bid to play in the 2019 College Basketball Invitational.[4] They defeated Cal State Northridge in the first round[5] before losing in the quarterfinals to South Florida.[6]

This was Mark Pope's final season as head coach of Utah Valley; he replaced the retiring Dave Rose as head coach of the BYU men's basketball team.[7]

Roster

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2019–20 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Isaiah White 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Damien HS
Salt Lake CC
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
G 2 Jamison Overton 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Rancho Bernardo HS
Saddleback College
San Diego, CA
G 3 T. J. Washington 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Jenks HS
Coffeyville CC
Tulsa, OK
F 4 Emmanuel Olojakpoke 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Cypress Springs HS
Akron
Houston, TX
G 5 Ege Havsa 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 165 lb (75 kg) RS Jr Esenyurt Okyanus HS
Fordham
Istanbul, Turkey
F 10 Travis Wagstaff 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Olympus HS Salt Lake City, UT
G 11 Brandon Averette 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS Jr Richardson HS
Oklahoma State
Richardson, TX
F/C 13 Brandon Morley 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Sr Bingham HS
Utah
South Jordan, UT
F 15 Jacob Heese 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Desert Oasis HS
Howard (TX)
Las Vegas, NV
G 20 Bradley Kitchen 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Springville HS Springville, UT
F 21 Fardaws Aimaq   6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) So Steveston-London Secondary
Mercer
Vancouver, Canada
G/F 22 Casdon Jardine 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 218 lb (99 kg) RS Jr Twin Falls HS
Boise State
Twin Falls, ID
G 24 Trey Woodbury 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Clark HS
UNLV
Las Vegas, NV
G 32 Lewis Johnson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 193 lb (88 kg) Fr Viewmont HS Centerville, UT
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: November 27, 2019

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2019*
7:00pm
College of Idaho W 59–42 
Lockhart Arena 
Orem, UT
Non-conference regular season
Nov 5, 2019*
7:00 pm, WAC DN
Westminster (UT) W 72–55  1–0
UCCU Center (2,091)
Orem, UT
Nov 9, 2019*
1:00 pm, Altitude
at Denver L 62–74  1–1
Magness Arena (921)
Denver, CO
Nov 12, 2019*
7:00 pm, UVUtv/WAC DN
Ottawa (AZ) W 101–70  2–1
UCCU Center (2,091)
Orem, UT
Nov 15, 2019*
6:00 pm, CSU.TV
at UAB
BBN Showcase
W 66–55  3–1
Bartow Arena (2,532)
Birmingham, AL
Nov 18, 2019*
5:00 pm, ESPN2
at No. 9 Kentucky
BBN Showcase
L 74–82  3–2
Rupp Arena (18,859)
Lexington, KY
Nov 21, 2019*
7:00 pm, WAC DN
Lamar
BBN Showcase
L 68–74  3–3
UCCU Center (1,928)
Orem, UT
Nov 23, 2019*
4:00 pm, ESPN3
at North Dakota State W 68–62  4–3
Scheels Center (2,323)
Fargo, ND
Nov 26, 2019*
5:00 pm, NEC Front Row
at Mount St. Mary's
BBN Showcase
L 61–64  4–4
Knott Arena (1,405)
Emmitsburg, MD
Dec 1, 2019*
2:30 pm, MWN
at Colorado State L 61–92  4–5
Moby Arena (3,168)
Fort Collins, CO
Dec 4, 2019*
7:00 pm, UVUtv/WAC DN
Weber State L 67–72  4–6
UCCU Center (2,063)
Orem, UT
Dec 7, 2019*
2:00 pm, Pluto TV
at Southern Utah L 72–73  4–7
America First Event Center (3,017)
Cedar City, UT
Dec 14, 2019*
7:30 pm, WAC DN
Northern Arizona L 73–79  4–8
UCCU Center (1,582)
Orem, UT
Dec 18, 2019*
7:00 pm, MWN
at Wyoming W 69–67  5–8
Arena-Auditorium (2,716)
Laramie, WY
Dec 21, 2019*
5:00 pm
at Long Beach State L 65–68  5–9
Walter Pyramid (1,386)
Long Beach, CA
Dec 28, 2019*
7:30 pm, WAC DN
Antelope Valley W 80–65  6–9
UCCU Center (1,949)
Orem, UT
WAC regular season
Jan 2, 2020
6:00 pm, WAC DN
at Chicago State W 94–73  7–9
(1–0)
Jones Convocation Center (322)
Chicago, IL
Jan 4, 2020
6:00 pm, WAC DN
at Kansas City L 63–68  7–10
(1–1)
Swinney Recreation Center (1,147)
Kansas City, MO
Jan 11, 2020
8:00 pm, WAC DN
at Seattle L 50–83  7–11
(1–2)
Redhawk Center (999)
Seattle, WA
Jan 16, 2020
7:00 pm, WAC DN
New Mexico State L 56–70  7–12
(1–3)
UCCU Center (2,119)
Orem, UT
Jan 18, 2020
2:00 pm, WAC DN
Texas–Rio Grande Valley W 72–70  8–12
(2–3)
UCCU Center 
Orem, UT
Jan 23, 2020
8:00 pm, WAC DN
at Cal State Bakersfield L 57–58  8–13
(2–4)
Icardo Center (2,071)
Bakersfield, CA
Jan 25, 2020
6:00 pm, WAC DN
at Grand Canyon W 73–69  9–13
(3–4)
GCU Arena (7,034)
Phoenix, AZ
Jan 28, 2020
7:00 pm, WAC DN
California Baptist L 61–65  9–14
(3–5)
UCCU Center (3,367)
Orem, UT
Feb 8, 2020
2:00 pm, WAC DN
Seattle L 85–87 OT 9–15
(3–6)
UCCU Center (2,975)
Orem, UT
Feb 13, 2020
6:00 pm, WAC DN
at Texas–Rio Grande Valley L 72–80  9–16
(3–7)
UTRGV Fieldhouse (2,218)
Edinburg, TX
Feb 15, 2020
4:00 pm, WAC DN
at New Mexico State L 82–84  9–17
(3–8)
Pan American Center (5,492)
Las Cruces, NM
Feb 20, 2020
7:00 pm, WAC DN
Cal State Bakersfield W 72–58  10–17
(4–8)
UCCU Center (2,029)
Orem, UT
Feb 22, 2020
2:00 pm, WAC DN
Grand Canyon W 92–80  11–17
(5–8)
UCCU Center (5,236)
Orem, UT
Feb 26, 2020
8:00 pm, WAC DN
at California Baptist L 66–73  11–18
(5–9)
CBU Events Center (2,834)
Riverside, CA
Mar 5, 2020
7:00 pm, WAC DN
Kansas City L 51–61  11–19
(5–10)
UCCU Center (2,613)
Orem, UT
Mar 7, 2020
2:00 pm, WAC DN
Chicago State Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[9] UCCU Center
Orem UT
WAC tournament
Mar 12, 2020
9:30 pm, ESPN+
(6) vs. (3) Seattle
Quarterfinals
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[10] Orleans Arena
Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time.

Source:[11]

References

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  1. ^ "2018-19 Men's Basketball Standings". WAC Sports. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  2. ^ "Missouri-Kansas City vs. Utah Valley Box Score, March 14, 2019". Sports Reference. March 15, 2019. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  3. ^ "Grand Canyon vs. Utah Valley Box Score, March 15, 2019". Sports Reference. March 16, 2019. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  4. ^ "UVU Accepts Bid to Play in CBI, Hosts CSUN on Tuesday Night". Utah Valley Wolverines. March 17, 2019. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  5. ^ "Cal State Northridge vs. Utah Valley Box Score, March 19, 2019". Sports Reference. March 20, 2019. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  6. ^ "Utah Valley vs. South Florida Box Score, March 25, 2019". Sports Reference. March 26, 2019. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  7. ^ "Staying Close to Home: Mark Pope Named BYU Basketball's 17th Head Coach". KSL.com. April 10, 2019. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  8. ^ "2019-20 Men's Basketball Roster". Utah Valley Wolverines. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  9. ^ "Chicago State University Cancels Basketball Games in Response to Coronavirus Concerns".
  10. ^ "WAC tournament cancelled due to coronavirus concerns".
  11. ^ "Utah Valley Wolverine Athletics - 2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule". Utah Valley Wolverines. November 27, 2019. Retrieved November 27, 2019.