2019–20 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team

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.

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.

Previous season

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

[8]

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 Current redshirt 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

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

  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.