2013–14 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team American college basketball season
The 2013–14 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team represented Utah Valley University in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season . Dick Hunsaker entered his twelfth season as the UVU head coach. The Wolverines played their home games at the UCCU Center as new members of the Western Athletic Conference .[ 1] They 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
[ 2]
2013–14 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Name
Height
Weight
Year
Previous school
Hometown
G
2
Hayes Garrity
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
—
So
Westview Big Bend CC
Beaverton, OR
G
3
Keawe Enos
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
—
Sr
Red Mountain Mesa CC
Mesa, AZ
G
12
Holton Hunsaker
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
—
Jr
Woods Cross
North Salt Lake City, UT
F
15
Jason Johnson
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
—
RS Jr
Eagle Utah State
Boise, ID
F
21
Zach Nelson
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
—
Fr
Yuba City
Yuba City, CA
F
22
Chad Ross
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
—
Jr
South Gwinnett Waycross CC
Snellville, GA
G
32
Taylor Brown
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
—
Jr
Alta
Draper, UT
F
33
Marquis Salmon
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
—
Fr
Village Christian
Los Angeles, CA
C
34
Ben Aird
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
—
Sr
Bountiful
Bountiful, UT
F
44
Eli Robison
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
—
RS Fr
Timpview
Provo, UT
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on
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
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The Wolverines participated in a China Trip during the month of August for their exhibition season. The Wolverines trip took 15 days and had 9 games. Included in the matches were Chinese Basketball Association Teams in Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Jinhua, Wenzhou, and Shenzhen. The exhibition trip was managed by World Vision Sports Management.
Date time, TV
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
11/08/2013 *7:05 pm, UVU-TV
IUPUI
W 74–66
1–0
UCCU Center (1,437)Orem, UT
11/11/2013 *7:05 pm, UVU-TV
North Carolina A&T
W 78–71
2–0
UCCU Center (1,821)Orem, UT
11/12/2013 *6:00 pm, FCS
at No. 8 Oklahoma State
L 40–93
2–1
Gallagher-Iba Arena (7,526)Stillwater, OK
11/19/2013 *7:00 pm, P12N
at No. 17 Oregon
L 54–69
2–2
Matthew Knight Arena (5,717)Eugene, OR
11/23/2013 *6:00 pm, TV-32
at Pepperdine
L 53–58
2–3
Firestone Fieldhouse (614)Malibu, CA
11/30/2013 *6:00 pm
at Tennessee Tech
L 71–74
2–4
Eblen Center (847)Cookeville, TN
12/02/2013 *6:00 pm
at South Dakota
L 67–71
2–5
DakotaDome (1,335)Vermillion, SD
12/07/2013 *7:05 pm
St. Katherine
W 89–37
3–5
UCCU Center (530)Orem, UT
12/11/2013 *7:05 pm, UVU-TV
Weber State Old Oquirrh Bucket
W 62–59
4–5
UCCU Center (2,921)Orem, UT
12/14/2013 *7:00 pm
at Utah State Old Oquirrh Bucket
L 60–71
4–6
Smith Spectrum (9,571)Logan, UT
12/20/2013 *7:05 pm
Haskell
W 103–64
5–6
UCCU Center (480)Orem, UT
12/23/2013 *7:05 pm
North Dakota State
L 70–74
5–7
UCCU Center (1,092)Orem, UT
12/28/2013 *7:05 pm
Tennessee Tech
W 75–66
6–7
UCCU Center (1,428)Orem, UT
01/04/2014 8:00 pm
at Cal State Bakersfield
W 82–74
7–7 (1–0)
Rabobank Arena (2,045)Bakersfield, CA
01/11/2014 7:05 pm, UVU-TV
Grand Canyon
W 65–58
8–7 (2–0)
UCCU Center (2,114)Orem, UT
01/16/2014 8:00 pm
at Idaho
W 71–66
9–7 (3–0)
Cowan Spectrum (1,227)Moscow, ID
01/19/2014 2:00 pm
at Seattle
W 52–51
10–7 (4–0)
KeyArena (1,934)Seattle, WA
01/23/2014 7:05 pm, UVU-TV
UMKC
W 66–48
11–7 (5–0)
UCCU Center (2,471)Orem, UT
01/25/2014 7:05 pm, UVU-TV
Chicago State
W 62–55
12–7 (6–0)
UCCU Center (2,119)Orem, UT
01/30/2014 6:00 pm
at Texas–Pan American
W 67–53
13–7 (7–0)
UTPA Fieldhouse (1,263)Edinburg, TX
02/01/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN3
at New Mexico State
L 49–72
13–8 (7–1)
Pan American Center (6,297)Las Cruces, NM
02/06/2014 7:00 pm, Cox7
at Grand Canyon
W 79–68
14–8 (8–1)
GCU Arena (4,514)Phoenix, AZ
02/13/2014 7:05 pm, UVU-TV
Seattle
L 57–71
14–9 (8–2)
UCCU Center (2,168)Orem, UT
02/15/2014 7:05 pm, UVU-TV
Idaho
W 89–88
15–9 (9–2)
UCCU Center (2,012)Orem, UT
02/20/2014 6:05 pm
at Chicago State
W 79–70
16–9 (10–2)
Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center (811)Chicago , IL
02/22/2014 6:05 pm
at UMKC
L 56–74
16–10 (10–3)
Independence Events Center (2,232)Kansas City, MO
02/27/2014 7:05 pm, UVU-TV
New Mexico State
W 66–61 OT
17–10 (11–3)
UCCU Center (4,954)Orem, UT
03/01/2014 7:05 pm, UVU-TV
Texas–Pan American
W 45–42
18–10 (12–3)
UCCU Center (2,641)Orem, UT
03/07/2014 7:05 pm, UVU-TV
Cal State Bakersfield
W 64–55
19–10 (13–3)
UCCU Center (5,068)Orem, UT
2014 WAC tournament
03/13/2014 12:00 pm
vs. Texas–Pan American Quarterfinals
W 83–63
20–10
Orleans Arena (1,028)Paradise, NV
03/14/2014 7:00 pm
vs. Idaho Semifinals
L 69–74
20–11
Orleans Arena (1,402)Paradise, NV
NIT
03/19/2014 8:30 pm, ESPN3
No. (7)
(2) California First round
L 64–77
20–12
Haas Pavilion (1,670)Berkeley, CA
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll , (#) during NIT is seed within region. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in
Mountain Time .
References