2013–14 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team

The 2013–14 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team represented Utah Valley University in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Dick Hunsaker entered his twelfth season as the UVU head coach. The Wolverines played their home games at the UCCU Center as new members of the Western Athletic Conference.[1] They finished the season 20–12, 13–3 in WAC play to win the WAC regular season championship. They advanced to the semifinals of the WAC Tournament where they lost to Idaho. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to California.

2013–14 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball
WAC Regular Season Champions
NIT First round vs. California, L 64–77
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
2013–14 record	20–12 (13–3 WAC)
Head coach	Dick Hunsaker (12th season)
Assistant coaches	Curtis Condie Terry Parker Chris Sparks
Home arena	UCCU Center

2013–14 WAC men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Utah Valley	13	–	3		.813			20	–	12		.625
New Mexico State †	12	–	4		.750			26	–	10		.722
Grand Canyon*	10	–	6		.625			15	–	15		.500
Chicago State	8	–	8		.500			13	–	19		.406
Idaho	7	–	9		.438			16	–	17		.485
UMKC	7	–	9		.438			10	–	20		.333
Seattle	5	–	11		.313			13	–	17		.433
Cal State Bakersfield	5	–	11		.313			13	–	19		.406
Texas–Pan American	5	–	11		.313			9	–	23		.281
† 2014 WAC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll * Grand Canyon ineligible for WAC Tournament as part of reclassification from Division II

Roster

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2013–14 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 2 Hayes Garrity 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) — So Westview Big Bend CC Beaverton, OR G 3 Keawe Enos 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) — Sr Red Mountain Mesa CC Mesa, AZ G 12 Holton Hunsaker 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) — Jr Woods Cross North Salt Lake City, UT F 15 Jason Johnson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — RS Jr Eagle Utah State Boise, ID F 21 Zach Nelson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — Fr Yuba City Yuba City, CA F 22 Chad Ross 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — Jr South Gwinnett Waycross CC Snellville, GA G 32 Taylor Brown 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — Jr Alta Draper, UT F 33 Marquis Salmon 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — Fr Village Christian Los Angeles, CA C 34 Ben Aird 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) — Sr Bountiful Bountiful, UT F 44 Eli Robison 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — RS Fr Timpview Provo, UT	Head coach Dick Hunsaker (Weber State) Assistant coach(es) Curtis Condie (Utah State) Terry Parker (Louisiana Tech) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Radio broadcasts and streams

All Wolverines games will air on KOVO, part of The Zone family of networks. Games will be streamed online through The Zone's webpage as well as at Utah Valley's Stretch Internet feed.

Schedule and results

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The Wolverines participated in a China Trip during the month of August for their exhibition season. The Wolverines trip took 15 days and had 9 games. Included in the matches were Chinese Basketball Association Teams in Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Jinhua, Wenzhou, and Shenzhen. The exhibition trip was managed by World Vision Sports Management.

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
11/08/2013* 7:05 pm, UVU-TV		IUPUI	W 74–66	1–0	UCCU Center (1,437) Orem, UT
11/11/2013* 7:05 pm, UVU-TV		North Carolina A&T	W 78–71	2–0	UCCU Center (1,821) Orem, UT
11/12/2013* 6:00 pm, FCS		at No. 8 Oklahoma State	L 40–93	2–1	Gallagher-Iba Arena (7,526) Stillwater, OK
11/19/2013* 7:00 pm, P12N		at No. 17 Oregon	L 54–69	2–2	Matthew Knight Arena (5,717) Eugene, OR
11/23/2013* 6:00 pm, TV-32		at Pepperdine	L 53–58	2–3	Firestone Fieldhouse (614) Malibu, CA
11/30/2013* 6:00 pm		at Tennessee Tech	L 71–74	2–4	Eblen Center (847) Cookeville, TN
12/02/2013* 6:00 pm		at South Dakota	L 67–71	2–5	DakotaDome (1,335) Vermillion, SD
12/07/2013* 7:05 pm		St. Katherine	W 89–37	3–5	UCCU Center (530) Orem, UT
12/11/2013* 7:05 pm, UVU-TV		Weber State Old Oquirrh Bucket	W 62–59	4–5	UCCU Center (2,921) Orem, UT
12/14/2013* 7:00 pm		at Utah State Old Oquirrh Bucket	L 60–71	4–6	Smith Spectrum (9,571) Logan, UT
12/20/2013* 7:05 pm		Haskell	W 103–64	5–6	UCCU Center (480) Orem, UT
12/23/2013* 7:05 pm		North Dakota State	L 70–74	5–7	UCCU Center (1,092) Orem, UT
12/28/2013* 7:05 pm		Tennessee Tech	W 75–66	6–7	UCCU Center (1,428) Orem, UT
01/04/2014 8:00 pm		at Cal State Bakersfield	W 82–74	7–7 (1–0)	Rabobank Arena (2,045) Bakersfield, CA
01/11/2014 7:05 pm, UVU-TV		Grand Canyon	W 65–58	8–7 (2–0)	UCCU Center (2,114) Orem, UT
01/16/2014 8:00 pm		at Idaho	W 71–66	9–7 (3–0)	Cowan Spectrum (1,227) Moscow, ID
01/19/2014 2:00 pm		at Seattle	W 52–51	10–7 (4–0)	KeyArena (1,934) Seattle, WA
01/23/2014 7:05 pm, UVU-TV		UMKC	W 66–48	11–7 (5–0)	UCCU Center (2,471) Orem, UT
01/25/2014 7:05 pm, UVU-TV		Chicago State	W 62–55	12–7 (6–0)	UCCU Center (2,119) Orem, UT
01/30/2014 6:00 pm		at Texas–Pan American	W 67–53	13–7 (7–0)	UTPA Fieldhouse (1,263) Edinburg, TX
02/01/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at New Mexico State	L 49–72	13–8 (7–1)	Pan American Center (6,297) Las Cruces, NM
02/06/2014 7:00 pm, Cox7		at Grand Canyon	W 79–68	14–8 (8–1)	GCU Arena (4,514) Phoenix, AZ
02/13/2014 7:05 pm, UVU-TV		Seattle	L 57–71	14–9 (8–2)	UCCU Center (2,168) Orem, UT
02/15/2014 7:05 pm, UVU-TV		Idaho	W 89–88	15–9 (9–2)	UCCU Center (2,012) Orem, UT
02/20/2014 6:05 pm		at Chicago State	W 79–70	16–9 (10–2)	Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center (811) Chicago, IL
02/22/2014 6:05 pm		at UMKC	L 56–74	16–10 (10–3)	Independence Events Center (2,232) Kansas City, MO
02/27/2014 7:05 pm, UVU-TV		New Mexico State	W 66–61 ^OT	17–10 (11–3)	UCCU Center (4,954) Orem, UT
03/01/2014 7:05 pm, UVU-TV		Texas–Pan American	W 45–42	18–10 (12–3)	UCCU Center (2,641) Orem, UT
03/07/2014 7:05 pm, UVU-TV		Cal State Bakersfield	W 64–55	19–10 (13–3)	UCCU Center (5,068) Orem, UT
2014 WAC Tournament
03/13/2014 12:00 pm		vs. Texas–Pan American Quarterfinals	W 83–63	20–10	Orleans Arena (1,028) Paradise, NV
03/14/2014 7:00 pm		vs. Idaho Semifinals	L 69–74	20–11	Orleans Arena (1,402) Paradise, NV
NIT
03/19/2014 8:30 pm, ESPN3	No. (7)	(2) California First round	L 64–77	20–12	Haas Pavilion (1,670) Berkeley, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll, (#) during NIT is seed within region. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

References

1. "Report: Utah Valley University set to join the WAC for 2013 season". Deseret News. Retrieved 2012-10-05.
2. "Utah Valley Men's Basketball Roster". WolverineGreen.com. CBS Interactive. 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-11-21. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
3. "2013-14 WAC Men's Basketball Prospectus" (PDF). WACsports. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 11, 2013. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
4. "Men's Basketball 2013–2014 Schedule". WolverineGreen.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-12-17. Retrieved December 6, 2013.