2013–14 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team

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.

2013–14 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball
WAC Regular Season Champions
NIT First round vs. California, L 64–77
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record20–12 (13–3 WAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Curtis Condie
  • Terry Parker
  • Chris Sparks
Home arenaUCCU Center
Seasons
2013–14 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Utah Valley 13 3   .813 20 12   .625
New Mexico State 12 4   .750 26 10   .722
Grand Canyon* 10 6   .625 15 15   .500
Chicago State 8 8   .500 13 19   .406
Idaho 7 9   .438 16 17   .485
UMKC 7 9   .438 10 20   .333
Seattle 5 11   .313 13 17   .433
Cal State Bakersfield 5 11   .313 13 19   .406
Texas–Pan American 5 11   .313 9 23   .281
2014 WAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll
* Grand Canyon ineligible for WAC Tournament as part of reclassification from Division II

Roster

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "Report: Utah Valley University set to join the WAC for 2013 season". Deseret News. Archived from the original on October 10, 2012. Retrieved October 5, 2012.
  2. ^ "Utah Valley Men's Basketball Roster". WolverineGreen.com. CBS Interactive. 2013. Archived from the original on November 21, 2013. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
  3. ^ "2013-14 WAC Men's Basketball Prospectus" (PDF). WACsports. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 11, 2013. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
  4. ^ "Men's Basketball 2013–2014 Schedule". WolverineGreen.com. 2013. Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved December 6, 2013.