The 2015–16 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team represented Utah Valley University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was the first year under head coach Mark Pope. They played their home games at the UCCU Center and were member of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 12–18, 6–8 in WAC play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WAC tournament to UMKC.
Previous season The Wolverines finished the season 11–19, 5–9 in WAC play to finish sixth in the WAC. They lost in the WAC Quarterfinals to UMKC to end their season. The season would be Dick Hunsaker's final season at Utah Valley as he chose to retire at the end of the season.
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Mitch Brunell 15 G 6'5" -- RS Senior Boise, ID Graduated Brenden Evans 20 F 6'5" -- Senior Sonora, CA Graduated Chad Ross 22 F 6'7" -- Senior Snellville, GA Graduated
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Jordan Poydras 10 G 6'3" 170 Senior Los Angeles, CA Transferred from St. Cloud State. Under NCAA transfer rules, Poydras will have to sit out for the 2015–16 season. Will have one year of remaining eligibility. Trae Young 13 G 6'2" Junior Missouri City, TX Junior college transferred from Navarro College Josh Pollard 15 G 6'4" 200 Sophomore Cedar Hills, UT Transferred from Kansas. Under NCAA transfer rules, Pollard will have to sit out for the 2015–16 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility. Isaac Neilson 22 C 6'10" 230 RS Sophomore Mission Viejo, CA Transferred from BYU. Under NCAA transfer rules, Neilson will have to sit out for the 2015–16 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility. Brandon Randolph 23 G 6'2" 189 Junior Inglewood, CA Transferred from Xavier. Under NCAA transfer rules, Poydras will have to sit out for the 2015–16 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. Tyler Ott 25 G 6'5" 185 Sophomore St. George, UT Transferred from UC Davis. Under NCAA transfer rules, Ott will have to sit out for the 2015–16 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility. Andrew Bastien 42 C 6'9" 225 Junior Orange, CA Junior college transferred from Irvine Valley College
Recruiting class of 2015
Roster
Radio broadcasts and streams All Wolverines games will air on KOVO, AKA ESPN 960 Sports. Games will be streamed online through ESPN 960's webpage as well as at Utah Valley's Stretch Internet feed.
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style="background:#006633; color:#CFB53B;"| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style="background:#006633; color:#CFB53B;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#006633; color:#CFB53B;"| WAC regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#006633; color:#CFB53B;"| WAC tournament
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