2015–16 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team

2015–16 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball
Conference Western Athletic Conference
2015–16 record 0–0 (0–0 WAC)
Head coach Mark Pope (1st year)
Assistant coach Cody Fueger[1] (1st year)
Assistant coach Chris Burgess[2] (1st year)
Home arena UCCU Center
2015–16 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Cal State Bakersfield 0 0       0 0  
Chicago State 0 0       0 0  
Grand Canyon* 0 0       0 0  
New Mexico State 0 0       0 0  
Seattle 0 0       0 0  
UMKC 0 0       0 0  
Utah Valley 0 0       0 0  
UTRGV 0 0       0 0  
* Ineligible for postseason during transition to Division I.
† 2016 WAC Tournament winner

The 2015–16 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team will represent Utah Valley University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Mark Pope enters the year as the new head coach for Utah Valley.[3]


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]

Roster

2015–16 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year High School/Junior College Home town
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

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

Outside of conference matches, none of the 2015-16 opponents or schedule is known. However Coach Pope has said he would like to see a rivalry with BYU added to the schedule if both schools can agree to it.

Date Opponent Result Record Site (Attendance)
*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.