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
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
2019–20 record	11–19 (5–10 WAC)
Head coach	Mark Madsen (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Todd Phillips Todd Okeson Jarred Jackson
Home arena	UCCU Center

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
UTRGV	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
As of August 14, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll NOTE: The 2020 WAC Tournament was canceled due to 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

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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) 165 lb (75 kg) RS 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 Mark Madsen (Stanford) Assistant coach(es) Todd Phillips (Lewis–Clark State) Todd Okeson (Nevada) Jarred Jackson (Liberty) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt 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

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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 27 November 2019.
9. https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/sports/chicago-state-university-cancels-basketball-games-in-response-to-coronavirus-concerns/2231109/
10. https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/sports/college/nmsu/2020/03/12/wac-tournament-cancelled-due-coronavirus-concerns/5029177002/
11. "Utah Valley Wolverine Athletics - 2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule". Utah Valley Wolverines. November 27, 2019. Retrieved November 27, 2019.