Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by James Durrant The 2015-16 year can only be considered a momentum-building year for Utah Valley University athletics in and there is a lot for students to look forward to when their teams take the field for the 2016-17 campaigns. Whether it was on the soccer pitch or the basketball court, UVU did some […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Shane Truskolaski One of the best parts about being a student at UVU is the opportunity to support the wide array of athletic programs on campus. Having been a student at UVU for a while now, I’ve noticed a growing trend of student involvement and attendance at our athletic events. With this coming […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The best sports time of the year is coming to a close. Brackets have been busted as upsets have ruled the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship. I have felt like a kid on Christmas morning, perhaps better. As a lover of sports, I have always looked forward to March. The college basketball tournament has it all. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Regular season champs across the country being left in the cold One of the biggest stereotypes of college basketball is that the regular season doesn’t matter and that no one pays any attention until March. Fans of the Austin Peay Governors just may agree with the former statement, as their team finished the regular season […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Anthony Davis, Anthony Bennett, Andrew Wiggins, Karl-Anthony Towns. What do these names mean to you? These are the last four first-picks in the 2015 NBA draft. All of which played only one year in college and then declared for the draft. It is no lie that college basketball has been dominated by freshman for the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes There’s nothing quite like March Madness in the world of sports. Just about everyone fills out a bracket for one reason or another, no matter how much or how little one knows about the teams involved. This year there will be seemingly no advantage knowing about the sport when the brackets start getting filled out. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Relationships between universities in the state of Utah are interesting and diverse when it comes to college basketball. Some, like Utah Valley University and Brigham Young University, are just starting to play each other on a regular basis. Some never meet on the hardwood. Others, like the U of U and BYU, have played each […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Anytime you can get an NCAA Champion and former NBA player to be a part of your basketball program, there is typically an excitement that comes along with it. When Utah Valley University announced the hiring of Mark Pope as the new head coach of the men’s basketball team last summer the excitement was exactly […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes Feature photo courtesy of Brooke Morrill With the coming of a new semester means we take a look at the Top 10 storylines in UVU athletics at the midway point of the year. 1. Men’s Cross Country 3-Peat. Senior Jason Lynch crossed the finish line in a time of 23:58.86 to win the individual WAC […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Going to temple square, races highlight just a few traditions for two athletes While there are many different holidays around this time of year that people celebrate, the overwhelming majority celebrates Christmas whether it is in a spiritual or commercial sense. That is no exception for the Utah Valley University student-athletes. During this time of […]