2019–20 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team explained

Mode:	Basketball
Year:	2019–20
Prev Year:	2018–19
Next Year:	2020–21
Team:	Utah Valley Wolverines
Conference:	Western Athletic Conference
Short Conf:	WAC
Record:	11–19
Conf Record:	5–10
Hc Year:	1st
Asst Coach1:	Todd Phillips
Asst Coach2:	Todd Okeson
Asst Coach3:	Jarred Jackson
Stadium:	UCCU Center

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.

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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Schedule and results

|-!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition|-!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| WAC regular season|- style="background:#bbbbbb"| style="text-align:center"|Mar 7, 2020
2:00 pm, WAC DN|| Chicago State| colspan=2 rowspan=1 style="text-align:center"|Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[9] | style="text-align:center"|UCCU Center
Orem UT|-!colspan=9 style=""| WAC tournament|-|- style="background:#bbbbbb"| style="text-align:center"|Mar 12, 2020
9:30 pm, ESPN+| style="text-align:center"| (6)| vs. (3) Seattle
Quarterfinals| colspan=2 rowspan=1 style="text-align:center"|Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[10] | style="text-align:center"|Orleans Arena
Paradise, NV|-Source:^[11]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018-19 Men's Basketball Standings . WAC Sports . 2 December 2019 . mdy-all.
2. Web site: Missouri-Kansas City vs. Utah Valley Box Score, March 14, 2019 . . 15 March 2019 . 2 December 2019 . mdy-all.
3. Web site: Grand Canyon vs. Utah Valley Box Score, March 15, 2019 . . 16 March 2019 . 2 December 2019 . mdy-all.
4. Web site: UVU Accepts Bid to Play in CBI, Hosts CSUN on Tuesday Night . . 17 March 2019 . 2 December 2019 . mdy-all.
5. Web site: Cal State Northridge vs. Utah Valley Box Score, March 19, 2019 . . 20 March 2019 . 2 December 2019 . mdy-all.
6. Web site: Utah Valley vs. South Florida Box Score, March 25, 2019 . . 26 March 2019 . 2 December 2019 . mdy-all.
7. Web site: Staying Close to Home: Mark Pope Named BYU Basketball's 17th Head Coach . . 10 April 2019. 27 November 2019 . mdy-all.
8. Web site: 2019-20 Men's Basketball Roster. Utah Valley Wolverines. 27 November 2019.
9. Web site: Chicago State University Cancels Basketball Games in Response to Coronavirus Concerns.
10. Web site: WAC tournament cancelled due to coronavirus concerns.
11. Web site: Utah Valley Wolverine Athletics - 2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule . . 27 November 2019. 27 November 2019 . mdy-all.