Mode: | Basketball |
Year: | 2023–24 |
Prev Year: | 2022–23 |
Team: | Utah Valley Wolverines |
Conference: | Western Athletic Conference |
Short Conf: | WAC |
Record: | 16–16 |
Conf Record: | 11–9 |
Head Coach: | Todd Phillips |
Hc Year: | 1st |
Assoc Coach: | Todd Okeson (5th season) |
Asst Coach1: | Louis Wilson (1st season) |
Asst Coach2: | Rosbie Mutcherson (1st season) |
Stadium: | UCCU Center (Capacity: 8,500) |
Next Year: | 2024–25 |
The 2023–24 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team represented Utah Valley University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wolverines, led by first-year head coach Todd Phillips,[1] played their home games at the UCCU Center in Orem, Utah, and competed as members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). They finished the season 16–16, 11–9 in WAC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the No. 5 seed in the WAC Tournament, they lost to California Baptist in the first round.
See main article: 2022–23 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team.
The Wolverines finished the 2022–23 season 28–9, 15–3 in Western Athletic Conference play to finish in first place.[2] As the Number 2 seed in the 2023 WAC Tournament, they defeated number 7 seed Tarleton 72–58 in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, UVU lost to number 3 seed Southern Utah 88–89.[3] In the 2023 National Invitation Tournament, UVU defeated New Mexico, Colorado, and Cincinnati, before falling in overtime to the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the semifinals.[4]
Name | Position | Height | Year | Reason for departure | |
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Justin Harmon | G | 6'4" | Senior | Transfer to Illinois[5] | |
Le'Tre Darthard | G | 6'4" | Junior | Transfer to Oklahoma[6] | |
Tim Ceaser | F | 6'9" | Junior | Transfer to UNC Greensboro | |
Blaze Nield | G | 6'1" | Senior | Graduated | |
Trey Woodbury | G | 6'4" | Senior | Graduated | |
Tim Fuller | F/C | 6'9" | Senior | Graduated | |
Cam Alford | G | 6'1" | Junior | Transfer to Purdue Northwest | |
Tahj Small | C | 6'5" | Senior | Graduated | |
Jordan Battle | G | 6'2" | Sophomore | Transfer to Salt Lake Community College | |
Aziz Bandaogo | C | 7'0" | Sophomore | Transfer to Cincinnati[7] | |
Joao Das Chagas | F | 6"10" | Freshman | Transfer to Arizona Western |
Name | Position | Height | Year | Previous school | |
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Tanner Toolson | G | 6'5" | Sophomore | BYU[8] | |
K'Mani Doughty | G | 6'5" | Junior | New Orleans | |
Caleb Stone-Carrawell | F | 6'7" | Senior | Austin Peay[9] | |
Trevin Dorius | C | 7'1" | Senior | Utah State[10] | |
Simon Akena | G | 6'6" | Junior | McCook Community College | |
Drake Allen | G | 6'4" | Junior | Southern Utah[11] | |
Nate Tshimanga | F | 6'10" | Junior | Troy |
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