The 2014–15 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team represented Utah Valley University in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Dick Hunsaker was in his thirteenth season as the UVU head coach. The Wolverines played their home games at the UCCU Center as members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 11–19, 5–9 in WAC play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WAC tournament to Cal State Bakersfield.
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| Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
| Record | 11–19 (5–9 WAC) |
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| Home arena | UCCU Center |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico State † | 13 | – | 1 | .929 | 23 | – | 11 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Canyon* | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMKC | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 14 | – | 19 | .424 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seattle | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 18 | – | 16 | .529 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Bakersfield | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 14 | – | 19 | .424 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah Valley | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas–Pan American | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 10 | – | 21 | .323 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago State | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 8 | – | 24 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| * Ineligible in transition from Division II. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2015 WAC tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
On March 8, head coach Dick Hunsaker announced he would be stepping down at the end of the season.[1]
Previous season
The Wolverines finished the season 20–12, 13–3 in WAC play to win the WAC regular season championship. They advanced to the semifinals of the WAC tournament where they lost to Idaho. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to California.
Roster
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Radio broadcasts and streams
All Wolverines games will air on KOVO, part of The Zone family of networks. Games will be streamed online through The Zone's webpage as well as at Utah Valley's Stretch Internet feed.
Schedule and results
| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | |||||||
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| 11/08/2014* 7:05 pm | Colorado Mesa | W 70–62 | UCCU Center (N/A) Orem, UT | ||||||||
| Regular season | |||||||||||
| 11/14/2014* 7:05 pm, UVUtv | South Dakota | W 60–52 | 1–0 | UCCU Center (2,302) Orem, UT | |||||||
| 11/17/2014* 6:05 pm, Watch Big Sky | at Eastern Washington | L 50–75 | 1–1 | Reese Court (1,155) Cheney, WA | |||||||
| 11/22/2014* 7:00 pm, Watch Big SKy | at Southern Utah Old Oquirrh Bucket | W 85–75 | 2–1 | Centrum Arena (N/A) Cedar City, UT | |||||||
| 11/26/2014* 7:00 pm, Watch Big Sky | at Idaho State | W 60–57 | 3–1 | Holt Arena (1,121) Pocatello, ID | |||||||
| 11/29/2014* 8:00 pm, BigWest.tv | at UC Davis | L 43–64 | 3–2 | The Pavilion (1,240) Davis, CA | |||||||
| 12/01/2014* 8:05 pm, Watch Big Sky | at Sacramento State | L 56–65 | 3–3 | Colberg Court (383) Sacramento, CA | |||||||
| 12/06/2014* 7:00 pm, Watch Big Sky | at Montana State | L 60–68 | 3–4 | Worthington Arena (1,527) Bozeman, MT | |||||||
| 12/09/2014* 7:00 pm, P12N | at No. 3 Arizona | L 56–87 | 3–5 | McKale Center (14,321) Tucson, AZ | |||||||
| 12/13/2014* 7:05 pm, UVUtv | Utah State Old Oquirrh Bucket | L 47–50 | 3–6 | UCCU Center (6,121) Orem, UT | |||||||
| 12/20/2014* 7:00 pm, KJZZ | at Weber State Old Oquirrh Bucket | L 61–73 | 3–7 | Dee Events Center (6,803) Ogden, UT | |||||||
| 12/23/2014* 7:05 pm, WAC Digital | Idaho State | W 51–47 | 4–7 | UCCU Center (1,109) Orem, UT | |||||||
| 12/27/2014* 7:05 pm, WAC Digital | Sacramento State | L 49–74 | 4–8 | UCCU Center (932) Orem, UT | |||||||
| 12/30/2014* 7:05 pm, Youtube | Bristol University | W 83–50 | 5–8 | UCCU Center (655) Orem, UT | |||||||
| 01/03/2015* 1:00 pm, SECN | at Arkansas | L 46–79 | 5–9 | Bud Walton Arena (15,410) Fayetteville, AR | |||||||
| 01/10/2015 7:05 pm, UVUtv | Seattle | W 70–52 | 6–9 (1–0) | UCCU Center (1,888) Orem, UT | |||||||
| 01/15/2015 7:05 pm, UVUtv | Grand Canyon | L 74–83 | 6–10 (1–1) | UCCU Center (1,426) Orem, UT | |||||||
| 01/22/2015 6:00 pm, WAC Digital | at Texas–Pan American | W 72–54 | 7–10 (2–1) | UTPA Fieldhouse (1,737) Edinburg, TX | |||||||
| 01/24/2015 7:00 pm, ASN | at New Mexico State | W 69–44 | 7–11 (2–2) | Pan American Center (5,878) Las Cruces, NM | |||||||
| 01/29/2015 7:05 pm, UVUtv | Chicago State | W 78–62 | 8–11 (3–2) | UCCU Center (2,124) Orem, UT | |||||||
| 01/31/2015 7:05 pm, ASN | UMKC | L 59–66 | 8–12 (3–3) | UCCU Center (2,670) Orem, UT | |||||||
| 02/05/2015 8:00 pm, WAC Digital | at Cal State Bakersfield | L 69–72 | 8–13 (3–4) | Icardo Center (1,060) Bakersfield, CA | |||||||
| 02/07/2015 8:00 pm, WAC Digital | at Seattle | L 33–53 | 8–14 (3–5) | KeyArena (2,563) Seattle, WA | |||||||
| 02/09/2015* 7:05 pm, Youtube | St. Katherine College | W 77–55 | 9–14 | UCCU Center (1,117) Orem, UT | |||||||
| 02/14/2015 7:00 pm, WAC Digital | at Grand Canyon | L 57–83 | 9–15 (3–6) | GCU Arena (6,116) Phoenix, AZ | |||||||
| 02/19/2015 7:05 pm, UVUtv | New Mexico State | L 38–51 | 9–16 (3–7) | UCCU Center (2,749) Orem, UT | |||||||
| 02/21/2015 7:05 pm, UVUtv | Texas–Pan American | L 49–72 | 10–16 (4–7) | UCCU Center (1,715) Orem, UT | |||||||
| 02/26/2015 6:05 pm, KSMO | at UMKC | L 50–69 | 10–17 (4–8) | Municipal Auditorium (1,204) Kansas City, MO | |||||||
| 02/28/2015 1:05 pm, CSU-TV | at Chicago State | L 44–65 | 10–18 (4–9) | Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center (631) Chicago, IL | |||||||
| 03/07/2015 7:05 pm, UVUtv | Cal State Bakersfield | L 69–74 | 11–18 (5–9) | UCCU Center (2,309) Orem, UT | |||||||
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| 03/12/2015 3:00 pm, WAC Digital | vs. Cal State Bakersfield Quarterfinals | L 40–55 | 11–19 | Orleans Arena (1,060) Paradise, NV | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. | |||||||||||
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