Reading Time: 5 minutes Photos by Brigham Berthold OREM—The UVU wrestling room is a well-hidden but distinct location on campus. Forest green and canary yellow mats cover the wide floor beneath a low ceiling. Infrequently spaced windows and dark walls punctuate a feeling of closeness as the scent of years of sweat and effort fill your nose. Wrestlers practice […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes It had been nearly a decade since Wolverine green was seen on the ice. Now nearing the end of its first season back, the future is bright for UVU hockey. A year of dialogue between the UVU administration and hopeful students looking to revive the hockey program finally paid off last summer. The process started […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Brigham Berthold The way the game of basketball is played is changing. The age of sports analytics has given rise to a new age on the hardwood. With each passing year, more emphasis is being placed on building offenses designed around getting efficient shots. The most efficient shots in the game are layups […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The 2016-17 season for the UVU men’s basketball team has been a whirlwind of ups and downs. There’s been a wide variety of big wins and close losses, exciting finishes and disappointing ones. They overcame a 27-point deficit to beat the University of Denver early in the season. UVU followed that up with one of […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo courtesy of the Baseball Hall of Fame Throughout the history of baseball, debates have risen concerning players who used performance-enhancing drugs. Specifically, what to do with the players who broke records but were also suspected of or admitted to using steroids. Earlier this month, the Baseball Writers’ Association of America cast their ballots for […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Near the end of UVU’s men’s basketball game against Cal State Bakersfield on Jan. 21, the UVU defense forced simultaneous possession and the officials called a jump ball. In the college game, possession after a jump ball is determined by the possession arrow at the scorer’s table. Instead of being rewarded for their defensive effort, […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Mykah Heaton OREM—Five players finished in double figures and UVU beat the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 92-81 Thursday night in the UCCU Events Center. The Wolverines shot 48 times from the charity stripe and made 36 of those attempts to break the record for most free-throw tries by a UVU team […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes For the UVU men’s basketball team this season, more often than not, one of the first substitutions brings redshirt senior Jordan Poydras into the game. A transfer from Divison II St. Cloud State in Minnesota, Poydras is the leading scorer on the Wolverine bench. He averages 9.5 points per game. Like some other players on […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes When I became a writer for the UVU Review, one place that I was told I had to experience was the GCU Arena in Phoenix where the Grand Canyon basketball teams play. I was told that it was an amazing atmosphere and have heard many coaches say that it’s one of the best atmospheres in […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Clemson University Tigers won college football’s national championship Jan. 9 in what became an instant classic. Quarterback Deshaun Watson marched Clemson’s offense down the field with two minutes to play and capped off the drive with a game-winning touchdown pass, setting aside Alabama’s vaunted defense and talk of a dynasty. Earlier in the game, […]