Utah Valley University vs Utah State University Where: Logan, Utah When: Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. The Wolverines have yet another in-state matchup early on in the season, taking on Logan foe Utah State University. UVU didn’t face-off against USU last season, but have lost considerably to USU in previous matchups in past seasons. […]
Kicking off their regular season against Westminster, UVU’s men’s basketball team soared to an easy victory over the Griffins 96-71 in front of their home crowd on Nov. 6. After trailing briefly in the opening minutes, the Wolverines quickly took control by halftime, heading to the locker room with a commanding 42-27 lead. During the […]
The UVU men’s basketball team took on Dixie State in an exhibition game as a precursor to their home opener on Nov. 6. The game affected neither teams overall records, so both will head into their home openers 0-0. Both teams started out a little slow with early foul trouble for DSU and shots not […]
The Wolverine’s NCAA tournament hopes ended in the WAC semi-final against Grand Canyon University last season. As time ticked down in Las Vegas, UVU left the court in disappointment after failing to make it to the conference championship game. UVU was a force to be reckoned with in the 2017-2018 season. Going 16-1 on their […]
UVU men’s basketball has an updated roster for the new season, with players ready to win a championship. TJ Washington, Isaiah White and Baylee Steele are recent recruits to Utah Valley, and they already have big goals for the team. Baylee Steele is a 6’ 11” transfer from Eastern Michigan University. He is currently undecided […]
On June 7, UVU men’s basketball coach Mark Pope signed a new six-year contract extension that will take him through the 2023-2024 season. Last November, Coach Pope spoke with Vince Otoupal, Associate Vice President and director of athletics, about the possibility of a contract extension. During a two and a half month period, Pope was […]
In the past 5 seasons, 19 players have left the program Photo by Mykah Heaton At the end of her freshman season with the Utah Valley women’s basketball team in the spring of 2015, Brooke Wheeler had a meeting with head coach Cathy Nixon who informed her she would not be offered a scholarship for […]
Photo by Mykah Heaton The clock ran out on the Wolverines’ season in March 2018. The men’s basketball team couldn’t seem to put a stop to San Francisco and dropped the game 73-78 in the second round of the CBI. Looking back on the season, UVU can hold their heads high as they accomplished many […]
Photo by Cameron Hunsinger UVU’s College Basketball Invitational first round game was expected to be a close one because the team faced an Eastern Washington team that has won 17 of their last 23 games. UVU needed to recover from their semi-final WAC tournament loss from the week before, so there was no question things […]
Photo courtesy of UVU Athletics The Wolverine’s gave it all they had against GCU March 9 in their WAC tournament semi-final game, but not enough could be done as UVU was upset by the No. 3 seeded Antelopes. Had they won, UVU would’ve played in the WAC championship game the next day, capitalizing on a […]