2015–16 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team

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2015–16 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball
Wolverines wordmark.png
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
2015–16 record12–18 (6–8 WAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaUCCU Center
Seasons
2015–16 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
New Mexico State 13 – 1   .929 23 – 11   .676
Grand Canyon* 11 – 3   .786 27 – 7   .794
Cal State Bakersfield † 11 – 3   .786 24 – 9   .727
Seattle 7 – 7   .500 15 – 17   .469
Utah Valley 6 – 8   .429 12 – 18   .400
UMKC 4 – 10   .286 12 – 19   .387
Texas–Rio Grande Valley 4 – 10   .286 8 – 22   .267
Chicago State 0 – 14   .000 4 – 28   .125
* Ineligible for postseason during transition to Division I.
† 2016 WAC Tournament winner

The 2015–16 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team represented Utah Valley University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was the first year under head coach Mark Pope.[3] They played their home games at the UCCU Center and were member of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 12–18, 6–8 in WAC play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WAC Tournament to UMKC.

Previous season[]

The Wolverines finished the season 11–19, 5–9 in WAC play to finish sixth in the WAC. They lost in the WAC Quarterfinals to UMKC to end their season. The season would be Dick Hunsaker's final season at Utah Valley as he chose to retire at the end of the season.[4]

Departures[]

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Mitch Brunell 15 G 6'5" -- RS Senior Boise, ID Graduated
Brenden Evans 20 F 6'5" -- Senior Sonora, CA Graduated
Chad Ross 22 F 6'7" -- Senior Snellville, GA Graduated

Incoming transfers[]

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Jordan Poydras 10 G 6'3" 170 Senior Los Angeles, CA Transferred from St. Cloud State. Under NCAA transfer rules, Poydras will have to sit out for the 2015–16 season. Will have one year of remaining eligibility.
Trae Young 13 G 6'2" Junior Missouri City, TX Junior college transferred from Navarro College
Josh Pollard 15 G 6'4" 200 Sophomore Cedar Hills, UT Transferred from Kansas. Under NCAA transfer rules, Pollard will have to sit out for the 2015–16 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility.
Isaac Neilson 22 C 6'10" 230 RS Sophomore Mission Viejo, CA Transferred from BYU. Under NCAA transfer rules, Neilson will have to sit out for the 2015–16 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility.
Brandon Randolph 23 G 6'2" 189 Junior Inglewood, CA Transferred from Xavier. Under NCAA transfer rules, Poydras will have to sit out for the 2015–16 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.
Tyler Ott 25 G 6'5" 185 Sophomore St. George, UT Transferred from UC Davis. Under NCAA transfer rules, Ott will have to sit out for the 2015–16 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility.
Andrew Bastien 42 C 6'9" 225 Junior Orange, CA Junior college transferred from Irvine Valley College

Recruiting class of 2015[]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Richard Harward
#70 C 		Orem, UT Orem High School 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Aug 11, 2014 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 62
Telly Davenport
#115 SF 		Idaho Falls, ID Bonneville High School 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg)  
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 59
Truman Moore
PF 		Prescott, AZ Gilbert High School 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Aug 29, 2014 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2015 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved September 22, 2015.

Roster[]

2015–16 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Marcel Davis 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr American Fork
Utah State 		American Fork, UT
G 1 Hayes Garrity 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS Jr Westview
Big Bend CC 		Beaverton, OR
G 2 Jaden Jackson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr West Jordan
Salt Lake CC 		Salt Lake City, UT
G 3 Telly Davenport 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Bonneville Idaho Falls, ID
F 4 Darrious Hamilton 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Sr Antonian Prep
Arizona Western 		San Antonio, TX
G 5 Hayden Scheneck 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS Fr Weber
Salt Lake CC 		Eden, UT
G 10 Jordan Poydras 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr De Pere
St. Cloud State 		Los Angeles, CA
G 11 Konner Frey (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Viewmont
Utah State 		Bountiful, UT
G 13 Ivory Young 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Strake Jesuit
Navarro College 		Houston, TX
G 14 Cory Cardwell 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Riverton Riverton, UT
G 15 Josh Pollard (I, W) Current redshirt 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Orem Orem, UT
F 21 Zach Nelson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Yuba City Yuba City, CA
C 22 Isaac Neilson (I) Current redshirt 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) RS So Mission Viejo
BYU 		Mission Viejo, CA
G 23 Brandon Randolph (I) Current redshirt 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Inglewood
Xavier 		Inglewood, California
G 24 Alex Carr 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr South Miner
Wabash Valley 		Birmingham, AL
F 25 Tyler Ott (I, W) Current redshirt 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Desert Hills
UC Davis 		St. George, UT
F 33 Dayon Goodman 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So Kearns Salt Lake City, UT
C 42 Andrew Bastien 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Jr Orange Lutheran
Irvine Valley College 		Tustin, CA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Radio broadcasts and streams[]

All Wolverines games will air on KOVO, AKA ESPN 960 Sports. Games will be streamed online through ESPN 960's webpage as well as at Utah Valley's Stretch Internet feed.

Schedule and results[]

[5]

Date
time, TV 		Opponent Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/09/2015*
7:00 pm 		Western State W 97–52 
UCCU Center (505)
Orem, UT
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015*
7:00 pm, BYUtv 		at BYU
Old Oquirrh Bucket 		L 54–85  0–1
 Marriott Center (17,683)
Provo, UT
11/14/2015*
7:00 pm, YouTube 		Great Falls (MT) W 89–60  1–1
 UCCU Center (2,254)
Orem, UT
11/18/2015*
7:00 pm 		at Denver L 62–75  1–2
 Magness Arena (1,128)
Denver, CO
11/20/2015*
7:00 pm, YouTube 		Antelope Valley W 101–60  2–2
 PE Building (1,427)
Orem, UT
11/24/2015*
7:00 pm, MW Net 		at Utah State
Old Oquirrh Bucket 		L 55–81  2–3
 Smith Spectrum (8,632)
Logan, UT
11/28/2015*
7:00 pm, YouTube 		UC Davis L 70–82  2–4
 UCCU Center (2,318)
Orem, UT
12/01/2015*
7:00 pm, WAC DN 		Montana State L 72–76  2–5
 UCCU Center (1,135)
Orem, UT
12/05/2015*
7:00 pm, UVUtv 		Southern Utah
Old Oquirrh Bucket 		L 54–68  2–6
 UCCU Center (2,233)
Orem, UT
12/09/2015*
7:00 pm, UVUtv 		Weber State
Old Oquirrh Bucket 		W 84–81 2OT 3–6
 UCCU Center (2,860)
Orem, UT
12/12/2015*
7:00 pm, Watch Big Sky 		at Idaho State W 100–76  4–6
 Holt Arena (1,622)
Pocatello, ID
12/19/2015*
4:00 pm 		at UTSA W 83–78  5–6
 Convocation Center (1,098)
San Antonio, TX
12/22/2015*
4:15 pm 		vs. UNC Wilmington
Billy Minardi Classic 		L 77–102  5–7
 KFC Yum! Center (19,419)
Louisville, KY
12/23/2015*
5:00 pm, ESPNU 		at Louisville
Billy Minardi Classic 		L 68–98  5–8
 KFC Yum! Center (19,146)
Louisville, KY
12/28/2015*
8:00 pm, TheW.tv 		at Saint Mary's L 50–65  5–9
 McKeon Pavilion (2,113)
Moraga, CA
01/02/2016*
7:00 pm, YouTube 		San Diego Christian W 88–79  6–9
 UCCU Center (1,578)
Orem, UT
WAC regular season
01/07/2016
7:00 pm, ASN 		New Mexico State L 66–78  6–10
(0–1) 		UCCU Center (3,155)
Orem, UT
01/09/2016
7:00 pm, UVUtv 		Texas–Rio Grande Valley W 98–65  7–10
(1–1) 		UCCU Center (1,881)
Orem, UT
01/16/2016
7:00 pm, WAC DN 		at Grand Canyon L 88–99  7–11
(1–2) 		GCU Arena (4,672)
Phoenix, AZ
01/21/2016
6:05 pm, WAC DN 		at UMKC W 90–79  8–11
(2–2) 		Municipal Auditorium (957)
Kansas City, MO
01/23/2016
1:00 pm 		at Chicago State W 82–76  9–11
(3–2) 		Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center (957)
Chicago, IL
01/28/2016
7:00 pm, UVUtv 		Seattle L 62–73  9–12
(3–3) 		UCCU Center (2,629)
Orem, UT
01/30/2016
7:00 pm, UVUtv 		Cal State Bakersfield L 74–78  9–13
(3–4) 		UCCU Center (2,952)
Orem, UT
02/04/2016
6:00 pm, WAC DN 		at Texas–Rio Grande Valley W 88–77  10–13
(4–4) 		UTRGV Fieldhouse (1,211)
Edinburg, TX
02/06/2016
7:00 pm, WAC DN 		at New Mexico State L 74–98  10–14
(4–5) 		Pan American Center (4,476)
Las Cruces, NM
02/13/2016
8:00 pm, ASN 		at Cal State Bakersfield L 69–91  10–15
(4–6) 		Icardo Center (1,765)
Bakersfield, CA
02/18/2016
7:00 pm, UVUtv 		Chicago State W 74–72  11–15
(5–6) 		UCCU Center (2,115)
Orem, UT
02/20/2016
7:00 pm, UVUtv 		UMKC W 79–70  12–15
(6–6) 		UCCU Center (2,981)
Orem, UT
02/27/2016
8:00 pm 		at Seattle L 69–72  12–16
(6–7) 		KeyArena (2,767)
Seattle, WA
03/05/2016
2:00 pm, ASN 		Grand Canyon L 79–86  12–17
(6–8) 		UCCU Center (3,854)
Orem, UT
WAC Tournament
03/10/2016
3:00 pm, WAC DN 		vs. UMKC
Quarterfinals 		L 78–80  12–18
 Orleans Arena 
Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time.

References[]

  1. ^ "Men's Coaching Changes". BB Full Court Press. Retrieved 2015-04-27.
  2. ^ "Former Ute Chris Burgess hired as Utah Valley assistant". Deseret News. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  3. ^ "UVU hires BYU assistant Mark Pope as new basketball coach". Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  4. ^ "Utah Valley's Dick Hunsaker Stepping Down as Head Coach". SB Nation. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
  5. ^ http://wolverinegreen.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball
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