In a 2020-21 season that was anything but normal, the Wolverines were able to put together a solid campaign and secure a share of the WAC regular season title. This season, they have the pieces to build upon their success to achieve a much higher goal: making the NCAA tournament for the first time in […]
The Utah Valley women’s basketball team defeated Chicago State in the first round of the WAC tournament with a final score of 61-43. The Wolverines rode a big first quarter, taking a commanding lead and never looking back. Junior guard Maria Carvalho scored a team-high 15 points, along with junior guard Madison Grange, who had […]
Every sports fan remembers the fateful day last spring that shut down the NBA season and ground daily life to a halt for nearly every American. First came the news that Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert had tested positive for the “novel coronavirus” minutes before the Jazz were set to play the Thunder in Oklahoma […]
Photo by Brady Lesueur Utah Valley University men’s basketball coach Mark Pope is entering his second season with the program and it already has his fingerprints all over it. After heavy recruiting of transfers prior to his first season with the Wolverines, Coach Pope has a team that is set to run his system the […]
This week we’re joined by UVU’s men’s basketball coach Mark Pope and we do our first mail bag. https://soundcloud.com/uvu-review-sports/wolverine-sports-world-podcast-1013
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 […]
Wolverines finish 12-18 in Mark Pope’s first season as Head Coach. The UVU men’s basketball team’s season ended Thursday with a loss to the Missouri-Kansas City Kangaroos in the first round of the Western Athletic Conference Tournament at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. With nine seconds left in the game, the ball deflected out […]
OREM — Seattle University guard Brandon Westendorf has a knack for hitting buzzer-beating shots. He did it earlier this year against Chicago State and unfortunately for the UVU men’s basketball team, he did it twice on Saturday night in Seattle. Westendorf hit one to end the first half and cut the Redhawks deficit to four […]
The UVU women’s basketball team celebrated seniors Sam Loggins and Patrice Toston Saturday in their final home game of the season, a 79-48 win over the Seattle U Redhawks. The win assures UVU at least a share of second place in the Western Athletic Conference standings going into the final game of the season. “You want […]
When the preseason polls came out for the Western Athletic Conference, the UVU men and women’s basketball teams were picked to finish sixth. However, on Saturday both teams will be playing for something not many expected. The women’s team hosts Seattle University and with a win will stay in the hunt for the 2-seed in […]