The 2024–25 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team represents Utah Valley University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wolverines, led by second-year head coach Todd Phillips,[1] play their home games at the UCCU Center in Orem, Utah, and compete as members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).[2]
| 2024–25 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball | |
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| Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
| Record | 0–0 (0–0 WAC) |
| Head coach |
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| Associate head coach | Todd Okeson (6th season) |
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| Home arena | UCCU Center (Capacity: 8,500) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abilene Christian | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California Baptist | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Canyon | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seattle | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Utah | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tarleton | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UT Arlington | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah Tech | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah Valley | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2025 WAC tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous season
editThe Wolverines finished the 2023–24 season 16–16, 11–9 in Western Athletic Conference play to finish tied for fourth place.[3] As the Number 5 seed in the 2024 WAC Tournament, they lost to number 8 seed California Baptist in overtime 74–63.[4]
Offseason
editDepartures
edit| Name | Position | Height | Year | Reason for departure |
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| Trevin Dorius | C | 7'1" | Senior | Graduated[5] |
| Cache Fields | G | 6'6" | Senior | Graduated[5] |
| Jaden McClanahan | G | 5'10" | Senior | Graduated[5] |
| McCaden Adams | G | 6'3" | Freshman | Transferred to Snow College[6] |
| Simon Akena | G | 6'6" | Junior | Entered transfer portal[7] |
| Drake Allen | G | 6'4" | Junior | Transferred to Utah State[7][8][9] |
| Peter Amakasu | G | 6'4" | Freshman | Transferred to Snow College[10] |
| K'Mani Doughty | G | 6'5" | Junior | Transferred to Indiana State[11] |
| Caleb Stone-Carrawell | F | 6'7" | Senior | Transferred to Loyola Marymount[12] |
| Nate Tshimanga | F | 6'10" | Junior | Transferred to New Mexico State[13] |
Incoming transfers
edit| Name | Position | Height | Year | Previous school |
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| Kylin Green | G | 6'0" | Junior | Daytona State[14] |
| Andre Johnson Jr. | G | 6'4" | Junior | UConn[15] |
| Dominick Nelson | G | 6'5" | Junior | Polk State College[16] |
| Noah Taitz | G | 6'4" | Senior | Loyola Marymount[15] |
| Carter Welling | F | 6'10" | Sophomore | UC Irvine[17] |
| Hayden Welling | F | 6'9" | Sophomore | UC Irvine[17] |
| Cory Wells | F | 6'7" | Senior | Xavier University of Louisiana[18] |
| Majer Sullivan | C | 6'8" | Junior | Yuba College[19] |
Roster
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Schedule and results
edit| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
| November 4, 2024* 6:00pm, ESPN+ |
Western Colorado | UCCU Center Orem, UT | |||||||||
| November 9, 2024* 2:00pm, ESPN+ |
UTEP C-USA/WAC |
UCCU Center Orem, UT | |||||||||
| November 14, 2024* 11:00am |
at North Dakota | Betty Engelstad Sioux Center Grand Forks, ND | |||||||||
| November 22, 2024* TBD |
at Murray State | CFSB Center Murray, KY | |||||||||
| November 26, 2024* TBD |
vs. West Georgia Samford MTE |
Pete Hanna Center Homewood, AL | |||||||||
| November 27, 2024* TBD |
at Samford Samford MTE |
Pete Hanna Center Homewood, AL | |||||||||
| November 29, 2024* TBD |
vs. North Dakota State Samford MTE |
Pete Hanna Center Homewood, AL | |||||||||
| December 3, 2024* TBD, ACCN |
at Stanford | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA | |||||||||
| December 7, 2024* 2:00pm |
at James Madison | Atlantic Union Bank Center Harrisonburg, VA | |||||||||
| December 11, 2024* 6:00pm, ESPN+ |
North Dakota | UCCU Center Orem, UT | |||||||||
| December 14, 2024* 3:00pm |
at Jacksonville State C-USA/WAC |
Pete Mathews Coliseum Jacksonville, FL | |||||||||
| December 18, 2024* 7:00pm, ESPN+ |
at Idaho State | Reed Gym Pocatello, ID | |||||||||
| December 21, 2024* TBD, ESPN+ |
at Weber State | Dee Events Center Ogden, UT | |||||||||
| December 28, 2024* 2:00pm, ESPN+ |
Bethesda (CA) | UCCU Center Orem, UT | |||||||||
| WAC regular season | |||||||||||
| January 4, 2025 2:00pm, ESPN+ |
Abilene Christian | UCCU Center Orem, UT | |||||||||
| January 9, 2025 6:00pm, ESPN+ |
Grand Canyon | UCCU Center Orem, UT | |||||||||
| January 11, 2025 2:00pm, ESPN+ |
Cal Baptist | UCCU Center Orem, UT | |||||||||
| January 16, 2025 6:00pm, ESPN+ |
at UT Arlington | College Park Center Arlington, TX | |||||||||
| January 18, 2025 2:00pm, ESPN+ |
Utah Tech Old Hammer Rivalry |
UCCU Center Orem, UT | |||||||||
| January 23, 2025 8:00pm, ESPN+ |
at Cal Baptist | Fowler Events Center Riverside, CA | |||||||||
| January 25, 2025 TBD, ESPN+ |
at Seattle | Redhawk Center Seattle, WA | |||||||||
| February 1, 2025 6:00pm, ESPN+ |
at Grand Canyon | GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ | |||||||||
| February 6, 2025 6:00pm, ESPN+ |
UT Arlington | UCCU Center Orem, UT | |||||||||
| February 8, 2025 2:00pm, ESPN+ |
Tarleton | UCCU Center Orem, UT | |||||||||
| February 15, 2025 6:30pm, ESPN+ |
at Southern Utah | America First Event Center Cedar City, UT | |||||||||
| February 20, 2025 7:00pm, ESPN+ |
at Utah Tech Old Hammer Rivalry |
Burns Arena St. George, UT | |||||||||
| February 22, 2025 2:00pm, ESPN+ |
Seattle | UCCU Center Orem, UT | |||||||||
| March 1, 2025 2:00pm, ESPN+ |
Southern Utah | UCCU Center Orem, UT | |||||||||
| March 6, 2025 TBD, ESPN+ |
at Abilene Christian | Moody Coliseum Abilene, TX | |||||||||
| March 8, 2025 TBD, ESPN+ |
at Tarleton | Wisdom Gym Stephenville, TX | |||||||||
| WAC tournament | |||||||||||
| March 11–15, 2025 TBD |
vs. TBD | Burns Arena and Orleans Arena St. George, UT and Paradise, NV | |||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "UVU has chosen its next head basketball coach". Deseret News. 2023-04-07. Retrieved 2023-09-08.
- ^ "UVU Marks 10 Years in the WAC With Impressive Athletic and Academic Records". www.uvu.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
- ^ "Utah Valley 74-67 Abilene Christian (Mar 9, 2024) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
- ^ "California Baptist men's basketball team outlasts Utah Valley in overtime to win WAC Tournament opener". Press Enterprise. 2024-03-14. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
- ^ a b c "UVU men's hoops can't stay with UT Arlington on Senior Day". heraldextra.com. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
- ^ "Men's Basketball Lands UVU Transfer McCaden Adams". Snow College Athletics. 2024-04-24. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
- ^ a b "Utah men's college basketball transfer portal tracker". Deseret News. 2024-04-13. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
- ^ Media, Broadway (2024-04-10). "Utah Valley Guard Drake Allen Enters Transfer Portal - ESPN 960 Sports". Retrieved 2024-04-13.
- ^ "Utah State adds a top scoring transfer from another in-state school". Deseret News. 2024-04-26. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
- ^ "Utah Valley Transfer Commits to Snow College Men's Basketball". Snow College Athletics. 2024-06-07. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "K'mani Doughty - Basketball". Indiana State University Athletics. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "Experienced Scorer Caleb Stone-Carrawell Signs With LMU". Loyola Marymount University Athletics. 2024-05-03. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
- ^ "NM State Adds Forward Nate Tshimanga to Roster". New Mexico State University Athletics. 2024-07-11. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "Utah Valley signs JUCO standout Kylin Green". Utah Valley University Athletics. 2024-05-06. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ a b "UVU men's hoops officially signs two more transfers". heraldextra.com. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "UVU Men's Basketball Signs Dominick Nelson Wednesday". Heber Valley Radio. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ a b "Welling Brothers Sign with Utah Valley". Utah Valley University Athletics. 2024-05-07. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "Utah Valley Basketball Adds Cory Wells from Xavier (La.)". Utah Valley University Athletics. 2024-05-16. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "Utah Valley signs Yuba College standout Majer Sullivan". Utah Valley University Athletics. 2024-09-12. Retrieved 2024-09-13.